Child Car Seat Checks
The summer travel season is here and more and more of us are going to be on the road. Nationally, with pandemic restrictions relaxing,...
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Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
- Jun 4
- 1 min
Home Safe Missoula, we will miss you!
For the past 25 years, by my calculations, there has been a life-saving non-profit organization here in town that has paid for taxi rides...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
- Jun 4
- 2 min
Drive Safe Missoula On TikTok
If you follow Drive Safe Missoula, you likely know that we recently ran a TikTok contest (see previous Blog Post) where we awarded a...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
- May 26
- 1 min
$1000 Winner Announcement
The Brawl of TikToc $1000 Winner Announced.
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
- May 24
- 1 min
Remember your seatbelt!
Shout out to Wake Up Montana and Maria Anderson for this great reminder to wear your seatbelt this weekend. And, did you see Missoula...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
- May 19
- 1 min
100 Deadly Days of Summer
Drive Safe, Drive Sober, & Buckle Up Buttercup! #DriveSafeMissoula #DriveSober #BuckleupMontana #BuckleUp #Missoula #Montana
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
- May 4
- 1 min
May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
From Montana to Texans and from Florida to Canada...May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. I think these picures say it best. From one...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
- Apr 26
- 1 min
A different kind of Child Passenger Safety system.
Here are four options that may help solve some of the common child passenger safety issues that are often faces when traveling, infact...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
- Apr 26
- 1 min
“The only thing I know, is that I know nothing.” - Socrates
This is one of the most exciting sentences ever. Why? Because it means that we have so much to learn and that just rocks. When I was a...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
- Apr 20
- 2 min
Don't Be there!
One of my greatest life lessons came from the 1986 movie The Karate Kid II when Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) was talking to Daniel LaRusso...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
- Apr 16
- 1 min
Have you had your child's car seat checked recently?
I'm happy to announce that Missoula Rual Fire Department's (MRFD) Monthly Car Seat Check Events are beginning again. Their first event...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
- Mar 5
- 4 min
Motorcycle Lane Filtering in Montana? What you should know.
Montana Senat Bill 9 was passed allows the operator of a two-wheeled motorcycle to overtake stopped or slow-moving vehicles at a speed...
Aubrey Godbey - Curry Health Center
- Mar 4
- 2 min
Motorcycle Riding Tips from a New Rider.
Sadly, Montana saw it's first motorcycle rider fatality of 2021 this last week and it happened right here in Missoula. With overal...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
- Feb 26
- 3 min
Think Twice in Missoula
What is Think Twice and where the heck are they in Missoula? I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Think Twice is the most...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
- Feb 22
- 2 min
What Anna would like you to know.
The other day I received an unexpected email from a teacher with a request from a student. At first I was thinking the email might be...
Dodd McDermott - Deputy Fire Marshal - Missoula Rural Fire Department
- Feb 8
- 1 min
Slow Down and Move Over
Highway traffic accidents pose a daily hazard for first responders. Unfortunately, responders are often killed and injured assisting at...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
- Feb 3
- 2 min
Super Bowl Sunday
Super Bowl LV kicks off on Sunday, February 7, 2021 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers taking on the defending Super Bowl Champions, the...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
- Jan 25
- 1 min
Should we here in Montana be embarrassed?
Take a look at this map and where Montana sits comparred to other states. Oh, and keep in mind, this is like golf, the lower the score,...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
- Jan 22
- 1 min
The Sobering Truth: Incentivizing Alcohol Death and Disability
Here's an NCD Policy Report from Vital Strategies that may be worth a bit of your time. Why? Just check out this from pages 9 and 10 of...
Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
- Jan 12
- 1 min
Worth the Read: Traffic Safety Trends to keep and eye on in 2021
Here's a link to a great Car and Driver article by Cari Shane that was posted on January 2, 2021. It talks about Traffic Deaths druing...
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