I often hear safety professionals talk about—well, criticize—slogans that make light of safety or make it a personal choice. We talk about how safety is everybody’s responsibility, and that’s true.

You may have heard that federal officials are cracking down on highway humor. Signs like “Seat belts are in, everybody’s wearing them” and “Don’t be a grinch, let them merge” are to be ...

Food safety is essential for maintaining health and nutrition. It involves proper food storage, preparation, consumption, and delivery to prevent food-borne illnesses. With around 420,000 annual ...

New Jersey isn’t the first state channeling some local humor to get attention to the same droll safety slogans drivers tend to ignore. Massachusetts DOT officials did it in 2014, channeling a ...

The DOT was looking for creative ways to share the safety slogans. “Our entire communications team from across the state helped come up with ideas and the traffic management center team executed ...