The Transportation Improvement Association (TIA), through the support of State Farm, is again challenging Michigan high school students to create a public service announcement billboard to educate drivers about the dangers of distracted driving.
Strive for a Safer Drive (S4SD) is a teen driving initiative aimed at reducing serious traffic crashes, injuries, and fatalities among Michigan’s most inexperienced drivers – teens. It is presented by Ford Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) and the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP). All Michigan High Schools are eligible to apply.
Jim Santilli, CEO of the Transportation Improvement Association, was hospitalized for six days at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in March due to COVID-19. Today, he is fully recovered and grateful for the outstanding care he received.
Jim Santilli, CEO of the Transportation Improvement Association (TIA), is encouraging the Michigan Legislature to make distracted driving a top priority and take action on Senate Bill 288. If passed, SB288 would make Michigan a hands-free state. There are currently more than 20 hands-free states in the nation.
The Transportation Improvement Association (TIA) presented transportation safety awards during its 2019 Annual Meeting and Law Enforcement Appreciation Breakfast at the Suburban Collection Showplace on Monday. The awards honored individuals and an agency for making a tremendous impact on improving transportation safety through engineering, education, and enforcement.
In addition to saving lives and preventing injuries on our roadways, the Transportation Improvement Association (TIA) is committed to ensuring drone operators fly safely. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), there are now more registered drone operators in the United States than there are registered manned aircraft.
“Since its formation, TIA has become one of the leading traffic safety agencies in the country for collecting and analyzing traffic crash data.”
Alan Mulally, President and CEO
Ford Motor Company
Since 1967, the Transportation Improvement Association (TIA) has been one of the leading safety agencies in the world. Created by more than two-hundred government and corporate leaders, TIA is committed to identifying transportation safety trends that negatively impact society, and developing solutions that can be implemented to save lives, prevent injuries, and improve mobility.
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