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    Super Bowl Sunday
    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 Kansas City, Chiefs in Tampa Bay. Just under two hours Southwest of Kansas City is the great town of Emporia, Kansas. (I wonder if they still have their "Drive-thru Zoo?") In Emporia, Lyon County Sheriff's Deputy Zach Shafer has been coming up with some great traffic safety signs to help remind people to drive sober this Super Bowl weekend. Yo
    186 Lives Too Many
    Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
    • Dec 3, 2020
    • 1 min

    186 Lives Too Many

    As of November 30, 2020 we have lost 186 lives on Montana roadways. Here in Montana, we have a Vision Zero initiative. What that means is that we have a goal of getting to zero death and zero serious injuries on our roadways. It might seem like we have a long way to go, but in reality if every driver were to choose to drive sober & aleart while wearing a seatbelt...we would almost be there. Then if us who ride mortorcycles, wear All The Gear All The Time (ATGATT) we cou
    Is it an Accident or is it a Crash?
    Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
    • Aug 25, 2020
    • 3 min

    Is it an Accident or is it a Crash?

    Long before working here at Drive Safe Missoula, I spent eight years as a Police Officer for the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department. During those years, I dispatched to hundreds and hundreds of "Reported Traffic Accidents." I've filled out hundreds of "Missouri Uniform Accident Reports" (which have since been retitled Missouri Uniform Crash Reports). An intersection in my patrol area was routinely ranked in the Top 10 highest accident intersections in Kansas City, Missou
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