As reported on the Edmonds Beacon website July 17, travelers on I-5 in Washington are going see a reminder to Choose Your Ride carefully.
Carlile Transportation Systems, in cooperation with the Washington Trucking Associations and Washington Traffic Safety Commission, has wrapped a semi-truck with a graphic of a half taxi - half patrol car and the message, Choose Your Ride.
Drivers for Carlile based in Tacoma, Wash. see the aftermath of drunk and drugged drivers and want to help stop impaired driving. They hope to remind partiers that nothing kills a good mood like a driving under the influence, or DUI, arrest.
In Pierce, King and Snohomish counties, officers are out in force as part of Target Zero Teams. Full-time DUI squads are concentrating on impaired driving, the number one contributing factor to traffic deaths in Washington.
“Carlile … and the Washington Trucking Associations are other great members on the Target Zero Team,” said Darrin Grondel, director of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission. “They realize it will take the entire community to get us to zero traffic deaths and serious injuries, which is the vision of Target Zero.”
For additional information about the Washington Traffic Safety Commission, visit www.wtsc.wa.gov.
Based in Anchorage, Alaska, Carlile has terminals and offices across North America. Its service includes the Williston basin.
