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 "Speed too Fast for Conditions" as a percent of total crashes by 10% by 2009.
• Reduce 85th percentile speeds on noninterstate to 71 mph for each of the four quarters by 2008.

THE LAW

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

PUBLICATIONS

Traffic Safety Problem Identification

PROGRAMS

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

TRAINING

None available at this time.

CONTACT

Law Enforcement Liaison
State Highway Traffic Safety Bureau
406.444.7301