Safety Corridor Program
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has identified, through data analysis and research, corridors within each of its twelve highway districts that have a high rate of collisions, fatalities and injuries. These selections were not made to target particular communittees. The corridor program is designed to make driving safer for the driver and their passengers by reducing DUIs, insurance violations, drug trafficing, and other illegal activities. Through these efforts, they aim to reduce fatalities and injuries as much as possible.
Highway Safety Teams are being developed along each of these corridors to strategically address issues relating to the driver, the vehicle, the highway and emergency response to incidents.
These teams are a partnership of state, local and federal governments, along with a multitude of other public and private sector entities, including schools, civic organizations and businesses.
The
purpose is to provide a multi-jurisdictional
approach to reducing fatalities and injuries
and include engineering, enforcement, education
and emergency response involvement.
Below
is a map of Highway Districts and the Corridors
within each District.
Click on the map to download the fullsize PDF.
What is involved in a Drive Smart Corridor Enforcement Blitz?
The enforcement blitz is a cooperative effort among all of the law enforcement agencies and Drive Smart Kentucky along the corridor. They work together to schedule the blitz, broadcast through media, advertise along the corridor with radar trailers and variable message boards, and patrol during the actual blitz.
Radar trailers are the most visible part of the blitz. The trailers are parked along the corridor for the week before and during the enforcement period.
They indicate your speed in amber if you are traveling at or below the speed limit. If you are traveling too fast, they flash your speed in red.
During the last week of the blitz, the local and state law enforcement departments are out heavily patroling along the corridor. There are also variable message boards.
In addition to the radar trailers and the message boards, they also have targeted enforcement signs along the roadside. They are made of high visibility reflective materials that are easy to see,
as well during the day as at night.
The next thing you are likely to see is officers working along the side of the road.
If you are traveling at night, you might go through a safety checkpoint.
All of this is done in order to keep you and your family safe.
Click here for corridor forms.
