'Ol' Blue' ®, a 1951 vintage working-truck, driven by RJ Taylor, is also an 80,000 pound teacher's aide. The School Program was incorporated into the Ol' Blue, USA agenda in 1986, however the truck and driver, RJ Taylor, had already visited schools for 15 years. Ms. Bobbi Farrell came up with the name, Big Wheels Little Kids © in 1988. Ol' Blue, USA conducted its first cross-country National Safety Tour in 1995, with much success. To see which schools have requested visits, and which truck shows Ol' Blue, USA will be visiting this year click here.

Founded in 1986, Ol' Blue, USA (United Safety Alliance, Inc), a non-profit 501 (c)(3) public charity, Federal EIN #95-4487026, California #CT 99171, is dedicated to promoting traffic safety and improving relations between law enforcement, commercial drivers and the motoring public. During our National Safety Tour 'Ol' Blue'®, a 1951 working truck, pulls a 53-foot "Rolling Billboard" trailer featuring our sponsor's logos and those of the California Highway Patrol, Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement, Nevada Highway Patrol, and the U.S. Department of Transportation. We conduct simulated truck inspections at trade shows and truck stops. We also take our various programs to community events and public schools in our efforts to teach safety around all large vehicles.

Bicycle Safety Around Large Vehicles

This is the first chapter to the online Story Book and Coloring Book section of our school program. It is impossible for Ol' Blue, USA to visit each and every school that wishes to see our program, although we would love to visit everyone!

We hope you view these pages with your teachers and classmates and spread the word about safety around large vehicles. Remember it is "People Working Together for Highway Safety" ® that makes a difference in the safety and lives of all of us.

Did You Know...?

'Ol' Blue' ® and driver, RJ Taylor, once hauled the Apollo 14 capsule?

At 55 mph it takes 1 & 1/2 footballs fields (450 feet) to stop 'Ol' Blue' ®.

If you took a bathroom scale which that could read high weights and placed it under one of Ol' Blue's front tires, it would read 6,000 pounds! Now if you took your parents car, placed the whole car on the scale, the average car would weigh only 4, 000 pounds! Ol' Blue's one front tire weight is 1 and 1/2 times more than the total weight of your parent's car!