Roadway Express and the Ohio State Highway Patrol have partnered to create an educational video called, "Sharing the Road Safely with Commercial Vehicles," in an effort to inform drivers of highway safety.

The video is intended to provide highway safety facts to passenger-car drivers, who have been found to be the cause of the vast majority of accidents between cars and trucks. Most accidents occur because drivers fail to stay in their lane or run off the road, drive too fast for the conditions, fail to obey signs or signals, don't yield to the right of way, or are not paying attention.
The video shares the following safety tips:

-- Pass trucks quickly and don't linger in blind spots - the areas where truck drivers can't see you with their mirrors, especially the back and right side of truck.
-- Allow more room for trucks entering the highway or stopping.
-- Don't pull in front of trucks until you can see both headlights in your rearview mirror.
-- In construction zones, slow down, increase your following distance and let other drivers merge.
-- Keep your motions alert and stay free of distractions.
-- Drive for the conditions - slow down and turn your headlights on if the weather is bad or visibility is reduced.
-- Move over for stopped safety vehicles.
Copies of "Sharing the Road Safely with Commercial Vehicles" will be distributed to law enforcement agencies to use in drivers education programs as well as to Roadway Express drivers who make presentations to the public.
Roadway Express and the Highway Patrol have worked together for more than six years to communicate the "share the road" message to the public.
For additional information, contact Roadway Express at https://yrc.com/.