Be Safe Around Garbage Trucks

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Slow Down to Get Around is a national safety campaign that reminds motorists to drive more carefully near solid waste collection vehicles. Motorists are often distracted while driving and frequently crash into collection employees or vehicles—sometimes with fatal consequences.

Image from member about Slow Down to Get Around program

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has endorsed the campaign and has partnered with NSWMA to develop several flyers. The flyers are intended to be used as a bill stuffer and can be used to communicate this important safety message to customers, local regulators and others. They can be customized to include a photograph of one of your trucks.

The Slow Down to Get Around program was developed by NSWMA with Rumpke Consolidated, a waste hauler, and the McNeilus Companies, which manufactures garbage trucks, after two tragic accidents that resulted in the death of one Rumpke employee and severe injuries to a second. Both accidents were due to distracted driving.

Continue reading here: What can you do to stop litter?

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