Montana Department of Transportation

Hazardous Actions, Speed & License Compliance

In Montana, inattentiveness, carelessness, and driving too fast accounted for over 50% of the crashes in the past 10 years. The inattentive drivers were more susceptible to fatal crashes than the other two categories. Some of the contributing factors of inattentiveness listed by the Highway Patrol include eating, smoking, talking on cell phones, adjusting controls, inserting tapes and CDs, looking at maps.

OUR GOALS

• Reduce number of speeding-related fatalities to 85 by 2013.
• Reduce speeding-related fatal crashes to 35% by 2013.

THE LAW

61-8-303 Speed Restrictions
Speed Limits (DOJ)

PROGRAMS

OPI Driver's Education
Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP)
Contracted Media Ads, Articles & Airtime

PUBLICATIONS

Traffic Safety Problem Identification

RESOURCES

Distraction.gov
Pledge to Stop Distracted Driving

TRAINING

None available at this time.

CONTACT

MDT State Highway Traffic Safety Bureau Chief
State Highway Traffic Safety Office
406-444-7417