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Below are some helpful Traffic Safety related websites:
- Community Traffic Safety Team Coalition Website – www.ctst.org
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration – www.nhtsa.dot.gov
- Florida Department of Transportation – www.dot.state.fl.us/
- Dept. of Highway and Motor Vehicles – www.flhsmv.gov/
- Operation Lifesaver – www.oli.org/
- IPTM – www.iptm.org/
- Stay Alive Just Drive– www.sajd.org/ ********************************************************
Safe Mobility for Life Coalition Completes Aging Road User Strategic Safety Plan
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- Florida Department of Transportation – www.dot.state.fl.us/
Story of the lollipop memorials <VIDEO> GHSA Testifies on Highway Safety Reauthorization <ARTICLE> President Obama Announces Historic 54.5 mpg Fuel Efficiency Standard Consumers will save $1.7 trillion at the pump, $8K per vehicle by 2025 <ARTICLE> Safely Work Week Toolkit Russell and Kim Hurd of Abingdon, Maryland Speak About the Loss of Their 26-year-old Daughter Heather The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a traffic safety facts sheet that that estimates that 32,788 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2010. This represents a decline of about 3 percent as compared to the 33,808 fatalities that occurred in 2009. Lowest number of roadway deaths in 50 year.
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U.S. DOT Releases New “Faces of Distracted Driving” Video As Part of Drive
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Driven to Distraction:Teens Behind the Wheel
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FDOT September Safety Advisor Click Here
RSA Newsletter from the FHWA Office of Safety Click Here
Southwest Florida LEL Newsletter Click Here
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Field Operations Guide for Safety/Service Patrols
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FHWA's Office of Operations has released guidance to help safety/service patrol operators better understand the steps and tasks associated with managing incidents-particularly for those situations not encountered every day. Click here for the guide.
In addition to the guide, a checklist and visor cards are also available
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2010 Florida Seat Belt Survey Results ************************************************** Directions in Highway Safety Spring Newsletter New Study: Motorcycle Deaths Decline Slightly But Concerns Develop <CLICK> ***************************
Keeping Eyes on Distracted Driving’s Toll
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State Highway Safety Agencies Receive Teen Driving Grant Funding
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Optical illusion of young girl makes drivers slow down
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New research findings on the
Developing Teen Brain and Early Prevention
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GHSA Produces Teen Driving Guidebook for
State Highway Safety Offices
Publication Funded by State Farm® Will Help States Protect
Teens Behind the Wheel
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What do you know?
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WARNING!!! (VERY GRAPHIC IN NATURE)
RED LIGHT RUNNING - DISTRACTED DRIVER VIDEO
2009 NHTSA Older Population Traffic Safety Facts US Department of Transportation Expands Airline Passenger Protections U.S. Department of Transportation Unveils Strong New Measures to Improve Passenger Bus Safety The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a traffic safety facts sheet that that estimates that 32,788 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2010. This represents a decline of about 3 percent as compared to the 33,808 fatalities that occurred in 2009. Lowest number of roadway deaths in 50 year. CLICK U.S. Department of Transportation Releases New “Faces of Distracted Driving” Video *************************** Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces Second National Distracted Driving Summit *************************** DOT, Seventeen Magazine, and AAA Launch National Two-Second Turnoff Day Video Challenge *************************** U.S. Department of Transportation Teams with ESPN and State Farm® To Go ‘On the Road’ to Wipe Out Distracted Driving *************************** U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Proposal to Require Seatbelts on All New Motorcoaches *************************** A podcast of the WSLR interview, on June 16, between WSLR host Gary Olson and Bicycle/Pedestrian Advocates Director Mike Lasche, is available from: ************************************************************************* TIGER II FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: PLANNERS REJOICE *************************** The Maintenance of Signs and Sign Supports - A Guide for Local Highway and Street Maintenance Personnel Guidebook can be downloaded HERE Please note: we do not have a printed version of this guidebook yet.
*************************** New Safe Routes to School On-Line Resource for Law Enforcement Officers *************************** DISTRACTED DRIVING RELATED ARTICLES CELL PHONE SAFETY PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS Good Drivers Just Drive http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=LduvovKsvuM Castrol – Drive Safely http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=MRIiMdC2hKw +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *************************** *************************** DOT, Seventeen Magazine, and AAA Launch National Two-Second Turnoff Day Video Challenge *************************** U.S. Department of Transportation Teams with ESPN and State Farm® To Go ‘On the Road’ to Wipe Out Distracted Driving *************************** *************************** Traffic Fatalities for 2009 Reach Record Low *************************** New Study: Motorcycle Deaths Down Dramatically in 2009 *************************** *************************** GOVERNOR CRIST APPLAUDS FEDERAL APPROVAL FOR FLORIDA HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT *************************** - NHTSA Distracted Driving Ad/Video
Below are the Previous months informational Traffic Safety related items:
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U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood: North Dakota & Indiana
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U.S. Department of Transportation Releases New
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TRAFFIC FATALITIES IN 2010 DROP TO LOWEST LEVEL IN RECORDED HISTORY <Click Here>
Bob & Eilene Okerblom of Santa Maria, California Speak About the Loss of Their Son Eric
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http://btlsarasota.podomatic.com/
It was a great interview. We covered a wide range of biking/walking topics including sidewalk riding, bike lanes, the recent drive to get the Governor to veto HB 971 (mandatory lane law), bicycle parking in downtown Sarasota, why Florida’s roads are historically bad for cyclists, and where to ride in Sarasota. Enjoy! Mike Lasche
Mike Lasche, the Director of Bicycle/Pedestrian Advocates, has been appointed, by the Secretary of FDOT, to the newly formed Florida Bicycle and Pedestrian Partnership Council, as the citizen representative of the Florida bicycling community. It will be the first statewide bike/ped advisory council since sometime in the late 1980’s.
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The Department of Transportation has announced the next round of competition for Federal infrastructure grants. This time there is $600 million available. As with the first round, multimodal projects are highly encouraged. DOT has partnered with Housing and Urban Development for this second round of grants—which means there will be funding available for transportation and land use planning! Interested communities will need to act quickly: Pre applications are due on July 16 and awards will be made mid September.
The grant announcement is available here: http://tinyurl.com/26xjb6k
National Safety Council White Paper on Distracted Driving
Understanding the distracted brain
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GHSA - Summer 2010 Directions in Highway Safety Newsletter
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New Report Shows States Increasing Efforts on Distracted Driving (click here)
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New Data Show Bicycling and Walking Up by 25 Percent (click here)
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Louisiana Toughens Texting Ban (click here)
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U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Applauds Massachusetts for Tough Anti-Texting Ban (click here)
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U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Praises Delaware for Tough New Ban on Texting and Cell Phone Use (click here)
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Distracted Driving Remains Serious Highway Safety Challenge (click here)
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State Highway Safety Agencies Supporting Oprah's No Phone Zone Day
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Joins Oprah for ‘No Phone Zone Day’ to End Distracted Driving
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Michigan Becomes 24th State to Ban Texting and Driving
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Wisconsin Makes 25: Half of States Now Ban Texting While Driving
- Washington State Toughens Cell Phone and Texting Ban (click for doc)
- GHSA Receives Teen Driving Grant from The Allstate Foundation - States to Compete for these Teen Driving Fund (click for doc)
- U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces Major Investigations to Resolve Issue of Sudden Acceleration (click for doc)
- U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Appoints New Advisory Council Members for Transportation Statistics (click for doc)
- U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Proposes Rule to Ban Texting for Truck and Bus Drivers (click for doc)
- Lucky 21! Iowa Becomes 21st State to Ban Texting for All Drivers (click for doc)
- Teens are "Belting it Out" with Ford and GHSA's Campaign to Sing for Safety (click for doc)
- Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces First Enforcement Crackdown Campaign on Distracted Driving (click for doc)