The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has released a video promoting the life-saving strategies of its lane-departure report.


AASHTO previously released "Driving Down Lane-Departure Crashes," a study outlining a number of relatively low-cost, systematic approaches that many state departments of transportation are implementing to save lives.

Now an informational video featuring AASHTO President Pete Rahn is being released to promote the report's life saving strategies. Improving safety is one of Rahn's top presidential priorities and, as the director of the Missouri Department of Transportation; he's cut lane departure related fatalities by 25 percent over the past three years.

"It's unacceptable that 42,000 people are killed on the nation's highways each year. I have seen first hand how these strategies can save lives. Prevention is the key," Rahn said.

In October 2007, the AASHTO Board of Directors set a goal of cutting America's highway death toll in half within two decades with the ultimate goal of zero deaths on our nation's roadways. To accomplish this goal AASHTO members are making every effort to reduce the number of traffic fatalities by approximately 1,000 per year.

You can watch the video by visiting: www.youtube.com/aashtovideo