Highway Patrol to Conduct Operation Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT)

 

The Highway Patrol will conduct Operation TACT beginning Monday, September 17th at 6:00 a.m. TACT is a two week enforcement initiative that focuses on aggressive driving around commercial motor vehicles. Troopers will also take enforcement action against big trucks for traffic violations. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is partnering with the Highway Patrol in an effort to reduce collisions involving big trucks and other vehicles.

Operation TACT will be conducted on I-77 in Iredell County between the Amity Hill Road and US 21 and on I-85 in Cabarrus County between Kannapolis Parkway and Lane Street.

A press event will be held on Monday, September 17th, at 11:00 a.m. at the 1-85 rest area (southbound lanes) in Cabarrus County. Colonel Fletcher Clay, Commander of the Highway Patrol, and Mrs. Rose McMurray, Chief Safety Officer with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will speak at the event.

For additional information please call Lt. Everett Clendenin at 919-733-5027.