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Title: October 26, 2006 is Drive Safely Work Week


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October 2-6, 2006is Drive Safely Work Week
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What Is DSWW?
  • Drive Safely Work Week (DSWW) is an annual week
    recognized nationally devoted to improving the
    safety and health of the nations workforce by
    promoting safe driving practices at their place
    of business. The campaign week is always the
    first full week in October. In 2006, NETS
    celebrates the 10th year of the campaign.

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Participate in the DSWW Campaign Annually TO
  •  
  • Save lives, your employees, their families and
    members of your community
  • Protect your organization from the human,
    economic and liability costs associated with
    motor vehicle crashes
  • Demonstrate good corporate citizenship by making
    the roadways safer for everyone.

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Workplace Trends
  • 91 percent of employees commute to and from work
  • 18 percent of all motor vehicle trips are
    work-related
  • One in four work-related deaths are due to a
    traffic-related trauma.
  • Employers have an opportunity to make a
    difference on our nations roadways by improving
    the safety in their own communities and
    neighborhoods.

5
Drive the Campaign Message Home
  • What is most compelling about the DSWW campaign
    is that employees tend to share what they have
    learned with their families and friends, greatly
    expanding the scope of the campaign with the
    potential to improve the attitudes and behaviors
    of a great many drivers.
  •  

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Do You Know Your Employees Risk on the Road?
  • Every 5 seconds a crash occurs.Every 7 seconds a
    property damage crash occurs.Every 10 seconds
    there is a traffic-related injury.Every 12
    minutes in the US, someone dies in a traffic
    crash.
  • Every 31 minutes someone dies in an
    alcohol-related crash.
  • Every 113 minutes a pedestrian is killed in a
    traffic crash.
  •  

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DSWW 2006 Campaign Theme
  • The DSWW 2006 campaign focuses on ten practical
    driving behaviors that every driver should
    practice to ensure their safety and the safety of
    others on the road.

Safe Driving is YOUR Responsibility
Make the Commitment
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DSWW 2006 Campaign Theme
  • Make the Commitment
  • The pledge to responsible driving is an integral
    part of the campaign and is an action statement
    directed at every participant. Employers are
    encouraged to use the Make the Commitment pledge
    cards to drive home their concern for the safety
    of their workforce and to acknowledge their duty
    of care for employees while on the road.     

9
DSWW 2006 Campaign Message
  • Driving is an everyday activitybut it is a
    serious responsibility and deserves your full,
    undivided attention.
  •  
  • Safe driving is up to you. Recognize the risks
    you faceand do all you can to ensure your own
    safety and the safety of others.
  •  
  •  

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DSWW 2006 e-Tool Kit
Campaign Materials available on-line at
www.trafficsafety.org/dsww.asp
  • Dear Partner in Traffic Safety Letter
  • Corporate Plan of Action
  • 5 Daily Fact Sheet and Employee Activities
  • Newsletter Article
  • 5 Workplace Safety Ads
  • 5 Daily Campaign Messages
  • Drive Responsibly Pledge Card
  • Campaign Poster
  • Resource Catalog of Campaign Incentives
    Proclamation
  • Press Release

For those who prefer printed materials, the 2006
DSWW Tool Kit is available for 35.00, and
includes color copies of all campaign materials,
a campaign poster, and a CD-Rom containing all of
the campaign materials for easy production and
distribution.
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Campaign Week Daily Focus
  • Monday - Help Your Employees Get Their Vehicles
    Road-Ready
  • Vehicle Maintenance Checklist
  • Tuesday - Help Your Employees Get Their Vehicle
    Organized to Drive Focused
  • Get Your Car in Order Checklist 
  • Wednesday Help Your Employees Get the BIG
    PICTURE
  • Adjust Your Mirrors to Reduce Blind Spots
    Guidelines
  •  
  • Thursday - Teach Your Employees to Create a
    Safety Cushion
  • Two-Second Safety Cushion
  •  
  • Friday - Have ALL Employees Commit to Safe
    Driving
  • Take the Pledge to Drive Responsibly
  •  

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Campaign Pledge Card
13
Campaign Letter to Employees
14
Campaign Workplace PSAs
15
Campaign Resource Guide
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Drive Safely Ribbon Incentives
 
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DSWW 2006 Employer Symposium

Mark Your Calendars The Driver-The Vehicle
-The Roadway Future Implications for Employers
September 27, 2006, 900 am to 430 pm Baltim
ore Convention Center
18
DSWW 2006 Employer Forum

Mark Your Calendars Alcohol Impaired Drivi
ng Strategies for the Workplace September 2
8, 2006, 900 AM to 430 PM Baltimore Conventio
n Center
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Participate in the Annual Drive Safely Work Week
Campaign
  • October 2-6, 2006
  • 10th annual campaign

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This week Make the CommitmentSAFE DRIVING IS
YOUR RESPONSIBILITYKnow What to Anticipate
from YOUR Vehicle, the Roadway and YOURself  
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DSWW National Sponsors
  • Anheuser-Busch Companies
  • Autoliv
  • Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
  • Coors Brewing Company
  • General Motors Corporation
  • Liberty Mutual Insurance Group
  • Maryland highway Safety Office
  • Michigan Highway Safety Office
  • Monsanto
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety
    Health
  • Nationwide Insurance
  • Safety Cost Improvement
  • UPS

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Add Another Second
  • Avoid tailgating.
  • Create a safety cushion by following the
    two-second rule
  • Add additional seconds in bad weather or when
    road conditions are poor.
  • Consider the stopping distance of other vehicles.
    The larger the vehicle, the longer it takes to
    stop.
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