Native language speakers are invited to translate highway safety messages as part of a recent initiative launched by the Office of the Secretary of Transportation Tribal Affairs and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). At the 2023 Native Languages Summit, USDOT Assistant Secretary Arlando Teller announced that any translated safety campaign messages that are provided by Tribes will be posted on a USDOT web page. The purpose of this initiative is both to bring attention to traffic safety campaign slogans as well as helping preserve native languages by documenting a set of non-typical sentences. Native language speakers are asked to translate the traffic safety slogans that are posted here. If you have questions or would like to provide these messages in your language please contact Milo Booth, Director of Tribal Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, at 202-309-9786 or milo.booth@dot.gov. or Rita Hill, Stakeholder Engagement Specialist, NHTSA at 720-281-5933 or rita.hill@dot.gov.
