Traffic Safety Education Services

The vendor is required to provide traffic safety education should develop responsible and capable drivers by teaching state-specific traffic laws, safe driving practices, and responsible behaviors, ultimately reducing crashes, fatalities, and injuries. 
- Education is important because it is a proactive solution.
- Services include:
• Reducing and eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries
• Unrestrained passenger fatalities (all seating positions)
• Alcohol impaired driving fatalities
• Speed related fatalities
• Motorcycle fatalities, including un-helmeted
• Young drivers (under 20) fatal crashes
• Vulnerable roadway user fatalities
• Senior driver fatalities
• Distracted driving fatalities
• Traffic laws and regulations – including the importance of understanding speed limits, right-of-way rues, proper merging and the meaning of road signs and signals.
• Defensive driving techniques – such as learning to anticipate potential hazards and taking proactive measures to avoid crashes, such as maintaining a safe following distance and scanning the road ahead.
• Hazard recognition – identifying potential dangers early, such as erratic drivers, road debris, and sudden changes in road conditions.
• Risk management and behavior modification – understanding the risks associated with risky driving and making informed choices and decisions that minimize the danger of death or serious injury by assessing the risks accurately and taking steps to mitigate them.
• Working with law enforcement to set up outreach events.
• Encouraging local businesses to fund traffic safety events for their employees and their community.
• Connecting with various health and safety organizations to promote safe driving and bicycling and walking.
• Attending and hosting school events, state fairs, festivals, concerts, safety days and booths that deliver information in an engaging and meaningful way.
- Duties
• Understand the crash and injury data that the bureau uses to ensure that education is being delivered where most needed.
• Develop, schedule, and conduct bureau approved traffic safety presentations at schools serving all ages, senior centers, businesses and other locations requesting traffic safety education services.
• Accommodate all statewide requests for safety demonstrations, using vendor owned equipment (such as simulators and impairment goggles) and bureau approved presentations.
• Work with the bureau to develop and distribute age-appropriate bureau approved brochures and safety education materials.
• Work with business and industry safety leaders to advance road safety among all drivers, employees, their families and the communities where they live and work.
• Provide a schedule of activities to the bureau each month or more often, as needed.
• Progress reports, no less than monthly, or as determined during contract negotiations.
• Ensure that it remains up to date on traffic safety laws and education techniques.
- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: June 16, 2025