"Slow Down Nevada! Leave Speed at the Track" is a campaign with a message to Nevada motorists: slow down.

The campaign will kick off with an intense wave of saturation patrol enforcement across the state with 18 agencies. A partner in the campaign is the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

"This campaign brings together more partners than we have ever had working together to keep Nevada Roads safe" said Chuck Abbott, chief of the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety, a division of the Department of Public Safety. "2006 was the worst year on record for traffic fatalities in Nevada, this campaign can't kick off too soon."

"We are proud to be affiliated with the Nevada Department of Public Safety and its PACE Yourself program," said LVMS general manager Chris Powell. "While we love fast cars, we are committed to keeping all of the racing and high speeds confined to the speedway."

The enforcement wave of the Slow Down Nevada campaign will be grant funded officer over-time to target speeding drivers on the roads and interstates throughout Nevada.

"Traffic crashes are the number one killer of Americans ages three through thirty-three" said Phil Galeoto, director of the Department of Public Safety (DPS). "DPS is committed to working with all law enforcement agencies in Nevada."

"With 432 traffic fatalities in Nevada in 2006, the continuity of the message is critical. In every situation, giving yourself enough time to get where you are going can save your life. Paired with always wearing your seat belt and not driving impaired it can truly be the difference between life and death," Said Erin Breen, director of UNLV Safe Communities Partnership.

For more information, contact: Erin Breen, Safe Community Partnership at 895-2015 or 523-2750; Valerie Evans, Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety, at 432-5083 or 249-8560; or Kevin Honea, Nevada Highway Patrol at 432-5205 or 985-5497.