• Episode 2 : Mountain Driving, SETT Team & Aircraft w/Jay Nelson PIO MHP
    Jun 10 2021

    We are joined this Friday with Sergeant Jay Nelson, PIO from Montana Highway Patrol.

    We discuss some mountain driving tips, the Strategic Enforcement Traffic Team, as well as air assets utilized by MHP.

    A great discussion, and we are extremely thankful Sergeant Nelson was able join us today!

    And remember as Jay said, the cheapest life insurance policy is wearing your seat belt! Click it, every trip, every time.

    You can follow all of what MHP does on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/MTHwyPatrol

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    15 mins
  • Episode 1 : Work Zones, Attenuators & New Technology
    Jun 4 2021

    This is a reboot of a previous podcast series hosted by GMNTSM pre-merge with UM&WTS.

    We are joined by Jed Falgren, State Transportation System Management and Operations (TSMO) Director, Minnesota Department of Transportation.

    The discussion for this episode revolves around Truck Mounted Attenuator, Autonomous Vehicles, Median Barriers, and some other work zone safety technology coming into action from MnDoT.

    For any questions on what we discuss, you can email Jed at: jed.falgren@state.mn.us (even if it's just saying how cool some of this tech is)

    Safety Alerts MN Twitter : https://twitter.com/SafetyAlertsMN

    Upper Midwest (& West) Traffic Safety Twitter : https://twitter.com/SafetyUpper

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    54 mins