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Slow Down and Move Over
Highway traffic accidents pose a daily hazard for first responders. Unfortunately, responders are often killed and injured assisting at...

Super Bowl Sunday
Super Bowl LV kicks off on Sunday, February 7, 2021 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers taking on the defending Super Bowl Champions, the...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
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Should we here in Montana be embarrassed?
Take a look at this map and where Montana sits comparred to other states. Oh, and keep in mind, this is like golf, the lower the score,...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
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The Sobering Truth: Incentivizing Alcohol Death and Disability
Here's an NCD Policy Report from Vital Strategies that may be worth a bit of your time. Why? Just check out this from pages 9 and 10 of...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
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Worth the Read: Traffic Safety Trends to keep and eye on in 2021
Here's a link to a great Car and Driver article by Cari Shane that was posted on January 2, 2021. It talks about Traffic Deaths druing...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
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Legalization of Marijuana and Public Health - MT DPHHS - Drive Safe Missoula Meeting
The Legalization of Marijuana here in Montana took effect on January 1, 2021. So what does that mean as it pertains to public health? ...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
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Kids Safety Superhero Campaign
Safe Kids Missoula Coalition launching Safety Superhero Campaign recognizing safe behaviors. Missoula, MT — Safe Kids Missoula introduced...

"This program has changed my entire life for the better."
ROAD Court (Responsibility, Opportunity and Accountability for Drivers) Missoula County ROAD Court is designed to provide an alternative...
Samantha Arcand - ROAD Court
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Free Car Seats in Missoula? Really?
Yes. As part of the Buckle Up Montana program, Drive Safe Missoula offers a limited number of free car seats to eligible Missoula County...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
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Driving druing the holidays is riskier, folks, so Drive Safe Missoula.
In Montana, fatal accidents increase by 34% during the holidays. Drive Safe Missoula.
Sheila Callahan - Mountain Broadcasting
1 min read


186 Lives Too Many
As of November 30, 2020 we have lost 186 lives on Montana roadways. Here in Montana, we have a Vision Zero initiative. What that means...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
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3 Generations - Saved by the Belt
Seatbelts have saved the lives of 3 generations in this family.

Walk This Way
Introduction All of us, at one time or another, are pedestrians. It is essential to recognize that even though the number of Montana...
Lieutenant Brad Giffin
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It's National Seat Belt Day!
National Seat Belt Day
November 14, 2020
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
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Impaired driving remains an issue that affects Americans every day.
In Missoula County, MOST young people don’t drink and drive -- approximately 3.5% of 10th graders have ever driven a vehicle after drinking.
Shannan Sproull
3 min read


Need something for the kids?
Our Drive Safe Missoula Kids Activity page is available to download. Click & Download the Activity Page Print the Activity Page Help your...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
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Halloween is this weekend. Here are some simple tips for a safer Halloween.
Drivers: Don’t Drive Impaired! Avoid using handheld electronic devices. Remember that as soon as you step out of your car, you become a...


Our Top 8 Montana Winter Driving Tips...and so much more!
The Top 8 Montana Winter Driving Tips and still way too many people do #6.
Presented by The Missoula Police Traffic Division


Make Halloween Less Scary: Put an End to Distracted Driving.
With Halloween ust around the corner, there doesn’t seem to be a shortage of scary stories. So, let me tell you one.
Reagan Mecham
3 min read

Lonie, Founder of this Band.
Drive Safe Missoula (home of the Missoula County Buckle Up Coalition and the DUI Task Force) owes its very existence Lonie Hutchison.
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
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