NATM Encourages Members to Participate in Trailer Safety Week

This year’s national Trailer Safety Week takes place June 5-11, 2022. While NATM prides itself on promoting trailer safety 365 days of the year, Trailer Safety Week offers a unique opportunity for the trailer industry to come together and make the nation’s roadways safer one trailer at a time. The mission of Trailer Safety Week (TSW) is to improve the safety of the nation’s roadways by increasing trailer safety awareness through education of end users, dealers, and manufacturers on safe trailering practices. Held the first week of June every year, Trailer Safety Week has reached more than 300,000 people and is the first nationwide traffic safety initiative aimed at addressing safe towing practices for light- and medium-duty trailers. NATM has developed content and resources in furtherance of this mission, all available through www.TrailerSafetyWeek.com.

5 Reasons NATM Members Should Celebrate Trailer Safety Week

1. Participation shows customers your company’s commitment to safety
2. NATM Members are industry leaders in safe products and practices  
3. Provides an opportunity to partner with local government agencies
4. Allows companies to play a role in unifying the trailer industry
5. Creates media placement opportunities for participating companies

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Convinced your company should be celebrating Trailer Safety Week? NATM is encouraging its members to participate in this campaign to reach end users and dealers as either Trailer Safety Allies, Champions, or Partners.

Trailer Safety Ally Program:
Becoming an Official Trailer Safety Week Ally is a wonderful opportunity for companies who want to be involved in the safety movement but don't have significant time to invest. NATM provides Allies with the official Trailer Safety Communications kit to promote their involvement in Trailer Safety Week and to share information about safe trailering practices. This digital kit includes pre-crafted social media posts, downloadable Trailer Safety Week graphics, a blog post, and much more. Promoting the company’s involvement with Trailer Safety Week is a breeze with this jam-packed kit. The content can even be customized to include content specific to each Ally’s products and services that promote trailer safety.
Becoming a Trailer Safety Week Ally shows potential customers that your company prides itself on making safe products. Visit www.TrailerSafetyWeek.com for more information.

For the awareness campaign to expand its reach and effectively improve roadway safety, Trailer Safety Week depends on extraordinary supporters who go above and beyond to reach their industry contacts and end users. Further, to continue expanding the educational resources available to end users, NATM is looking to partner with experts and other key stakeholders in towing and traffic safety.

As the Association is committed to expansion, two programs were created for industry organizations that would like to join NATM and its TSW Allies in improving trailer safety: TSW Champions and TSW Partnerships. 

Trailer Safety Champion Program:
NATM created the Trailer Safety Week Champion program to highlight companies whose support of TSW exceeds that of a TSW Ally. As such, the company will earn greater promotional opportunities. While Trailer Safety Week includes Allies across the country, Trailer Safety Week Champions are those who fulfill the following requirements and receive the benefits listed on the TSW website here: www.trailersafetyweek.com/interest. 

Trailer Safety Partner Program: 
The next level of involvement is TSW Partnerships. The Trailer Safety Week Partnership program was established to recognize companies, groups, and agencies who support the mission of Trailer Safety Week through content development and resource sharing. Partnerships require more significant commitment in terms of educational content creation and the sharing of content and must conform to specific standards and requirements. For more information on what it takes to become a TSW Partner, contact NATM Executive Director Kendra Ansley at Kendra.Ansley@natm.com

For more information about becoming a Trailer Safety Ally, Champion or Partner, visit www.TrailerSafetyWeek.com. NATM looks forward to working with its members to improve the safety of the light- and medium-duty trailer industry!