Highway Watch®

Highway Watch® is a national highway safety and security program that trains transportation professionals to report accidents, dangers on the highways and suspicious activities.

To set up your training or to order materials, contact Nebraska Trucking's Highway Watch coordinator, Lisa Jennings, at 402-330-3154 in Omaha or nehighwaywatch@yahoo.com.

The goal of Highway Watch® is to train transportation workers across the country to recognize potential safety and security threats in order to protect this country's infrastructure and the transportation of goods, services and people.
 
Highway Watch® is administered by the American Trucking Associations (ATA) under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. ATA has contracted with state trucking associations, including the Nebraska Trucking Association, to organize statewide Highway Watch® programs in all 50 states.

Who can participate?
• Truck drivers
• Bus drivers
• State & local employees involved in transportation
• Emergency responders
• Office personnel of transportation companies
• Road construction workers

How does it work?
After completing Highway Watch® training, participants call the central Highway Watch® hotline phone number to provide precise location and incident information. The Highway Watch® call center verifies the Highway Watch® participant’s identification. (Each Highway Watch® participant is given a unique ID number upon completion of training.) After identification, the Highway Watch® call center passes the information to the proper state, regional, or local law enforcement agency or emergency dispatch center. Highway Watch® reports are combined with information from other sources and shared with appropriate federal agencies.

 

Training options
Highway Watch® offers many free training options.

• Classroom training: A Highway Watch® trainer to come to your facility at your convenience to train your employees. Training lasts approximately one hour.

• Train-the-trainer: You or someone from your staff can be trained so you can conduct future classroom training without waiting for an outside trainer.

• Self-study: Classroom training is recommended, but not required. If you can’t get all of your drivers together for a classroom session, you can get audiocassettes, CDs, VHS videos or DVDs for self-study.

• Accelerated training: If your company already has hazardous materials and security training, you likely qualify for the accelerated enrollment plan. The training may take less than 30 minutes.