We are grateful to WCHE 1520 Radio and the Daily Local News for helping with this very serious issue. The U.S. Department of Transportation and The Federal Highway Administration have developed the TIM (Traffic Incident Management) program with the goal to reduce injury and death to Emergency Responders operating on the highway. There are very good reasons for the aggressive campaign being launched. On February 24, 1959 East Whiteland Fire Police Captain Herbert W. Thomson was directing traffic on Route 30 in Frazer while struck by a driver in a hurry to get home. A witness said that Thomson's body went up into the air and completely revolved before landing on the pavement. He was killed instantly. On Monday afternoon March 9, 1998 a tragedy took place on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in which Lionville Firefighter Dave Good was killed, many other Emergency Responders injured, and an ambulance destroyed, when a tractor trailer crashed into the emergency scene. At 2:19 p.m. Thursday May 22, 2014 the driver of a PennDOT Route 202 Patrol truck was attempting to hook up to a disabled vehicle when a speeding car was coming toward him. He jumped at the last moment, suffering a broken leg, but escaped being crushed to death. On Friday May 30, 2014 another PennDOT Route 202 truck was struck at Route 202 & 29 injuring the driver of that truck. On Sunday June 1, 2014, a Pennsylvania Turnpike worker William McGuigan was killed as a tractor trailer hit him as he was getting out of his truck. McGuigan's co-worker Steve Rudzik was also injured in the accident. Retired Deputy Chief of the New York City Fire Department Vincent Dunn, says that you are in more danger from speeding trucks and cars on the highway than anything taking place at the scene, and you must first address the danger from traffic before working at the scene. We all need to work together to protect each other while out on the highway and to get the message to the public to slow down and move over when approaching an emergency scene. The article in today's Daily Local News is an effort to help move this campaign forward, but will take the effort of everyone involved to bring a solution to this serious issue.