Nevadans have until June 15 to vote for favorite electronic freeway safety messages
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Transportation is inviting Nevadans to vote on traffic safety messages to be displayed on electronic freeway signs throughout the state.
In summer 2020, NDOT invited Nevada drivers to submit contest entries for traffic safety messages to be displayed on freeway signs. Nearly 1,000 submissions were received. All were closely evaluated based on creativity and relevance to Nevada traffic safety and signage needs.
Now that traffic volumes are returning to normal, NDOT has resumed the contest and is inviting Nevadans to visit dot.nv.gov/sign before June 15 to vote for their top three selections from the following entries:
— When Driving Use Your Thinker and Your Blinker
— That’s The Temperature Not the Speed Limit
— Texts Means Wrecks
— It’s Not a Race Leave Some Space
— There is No Need to Drive At Warp Speed
— Practice Vehicle Social Distancing. Don’t Tailgate
— Your Seat Belt Looks Good On You
— Gamble at the Casino Not Your Car. Buckle Up!
— Camp In The Mountains, Not the Left Lane
— Turn Signals Come Free with Vehicles. Use Them.
— Don’t Get Exhausted. Tailgating Blows.
The messages, which were all submitted by Nevadans, are a mix of popular national driving safety messages and original messages.
The winning messages will periodically be displayed on some of the approximately 400 electronic freeway signs statewide. As summer travel season approaches and certain health restrictions loosen, increased freeway travel will give more visibility to the important traffic safety messages.
Last year, nearly 315 individuals were killed in Nevada traffic crashes. With over 90 percent of U.S. crashes caused in part by driver behavior such as speeding or driving impaired, distracted or recklessly, the message boards are an important driving safety reminder. In Nevada, speeding has been a large contributor to traffic deaths, leading to approximately 35 percent of traffic deaths last year.
“Speeding or driving impaired, distracted, or recklessly are choices we make, and those choices can have deadly consequences,” NDOT Director Kristina Swallow explained. “We appreciate everyone who invested their time and talent to contribute effective messages that can be a first-line defense in reminding motorists in Nevada to drive safely.”