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<font face="Architects Daughter">A message from Michele Bollenbeck -
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Greetings!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I have
attached the most current edition of the MN NETS newsletter.
This edition focuses on fall driving tips and impaired driving
resources for a safe Halloween.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Below is the
October National NETS newsletter and the National Safety
Council’s transportation safety update.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Happy reading!<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:60.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#5E9732">NETS</span><span
style="font-size:60.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#008BA7">Work</span><span
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<p
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style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666">A
monthly publication of the Network of Employers
for Traffic Safety<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#008BA7">October
20, 2014</span><span
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Summaries of timely road safety news, events,
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Thank
you to everyone who participated in
Drive Safely Work Week 2014 - Driving
Your Safety Culture Home!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">This
year, more than ever, the materials are
designed for use beyond the designated
week and can help to include road safety
for all employees as a part of your
organization's safety culture all year
long. The free tool kit will remain
available at </span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a
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href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.1.zhxa.1p8v"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">http://trafficsafety.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5E9732;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.75pt;font-weight:normal">LATEST
ROAD SAFETY NEWS<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Nearly
two out of three U.S. roadway fatalities
impact employers directly<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Nearly
two-thirds of all people killed on U.S.
roadways were members of the nation's
workforce, creating a significant human
and economic toll on employers, according
to the Network of Employers for Traffic
Safety (NETS). NETS kicked off its
national Drive Safely Work Week campaign
October 6. More than 2200 organizations
representing approximately 23 million
employees were poised to take part in the
week that promotes safe-driving education
and awareness for all employees and their
families. "This year's Drive Safely Work
Week campaign provides significant support
for employers looking to build or bolster
a strong safety culture," said Joseph
McKillips, NETS Chairman and Sr. Manager,
Commercial Program Support, Global
Environment, Health, and Safety for
Abbott. "Whether crashes happen on the job
or off, employers bear a large portion of
the human and economic cost. This further
highlights the value a workplace road
safety program can have on employees and
the general public." Materials are not
dated and may be used throughout the year
to enhance road safety education and
outreach. To access the materials, go to:
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.2.zzbh.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">http://trafficsafety.org/</span></a>
To see the full press release, go to: <a
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href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.3.zzbi.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.businesswire.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">The
Transportation Research Board 94th
Annual Meeting is January 11-15<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
TRB website<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">The
Transportation Research Board (TRB) 94th
Annual Meeting will be held in Washington,
D.C. at its new venue, the Walter E.
Washington Convention Center. The
information-packed program is expected to
attract 12,000 transportation
professionals from around the world to
Washington, D.C., January 11-15, 2015. The
TRB Annual Meeting program covers all
transportation modes, with more than 4,500
presentations in nearly 800 sessions and
workshops addressing topics of interest to
all attendees—policy makers,
administrators, practitioners,
researchers, and representatives of
government, industry, and academic
institutions. NETS will be involved in two
panels at this year's meeting. More
details will be made available once the
program is finalized. For more information
on the 2015 annual TRB meeting, go to: <a
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href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.4.zzbj.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.trb.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">U.S.
traffic safety misleads the public:
Column<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
Leonard Evans, via USA Today, September
18, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Last
November, the federal government reported
something it has done only once in more
than 20 years: an increase in the highway
fatality rate. But the real story about
highway safety in the USA is not this
one-year bump. It is far worse. The U.S.,
when compared with other industrialized
countries, is utterly failing to
adequately tackle highway safety — at the
cost of tens of thousands of lives a year.
In 1972, for example, the U.S. and the
Netherlands recorded their greatest number
of road traffic deaths. Over the next 39
years, based on the author's own research,
the number of traffic deaths in the USA
declined by 41%. That might seem
impressive, except that highway deaths in
the Netherlands and Germany declined by
81% over those same years. In Great
Britain, they dropped by 76%. In fact,
U.S. deaths declined less than in 25 other
countries. To see the full article, go to:
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.5.zzbk.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.usatoday.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Vital
Signs: Health Burden and Medical Costs
of Nonfatal Injuries to Motor Vehicle
Occupants — United States, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,
CDC, October 10, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">The
purpose of this study was to describe the
current health burden and medical and work
loss costs of nonfatal crash injuries
among vehicle occupants in the United
States. More than 2.5 million Americans
went to the emergency department (ED)—and
nearly 200,000 were then hospitalized—for
crash injuries in 2012. On average, each
crash-related ED visit costs about $3,300
and each hospitalization costs about
$57,000 over a person's lifetime. The best
way to keep people safe and reduce medical
costs is to prevent crashes from happening
in the first place. But if a crash does
occur, many injuries can still be avoided
through the use of proven interventions.
More can be done by health and safety
officials at every level to prevent
crashes and reduce injuries, but
state-level changes are especially
effective. To see the abstract of the
study, go to: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.6.zzbl.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.cdc.gov/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Drunk
vs. distracted driving in DC and the 50
states<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
The Huffington Post, October 16, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">While
there's social stigma against drunk
driving thanks to decades of advertising,
texting and driving is more widely
tolerated. Around 20% of high schoolers
said they have ridden with a drunk driver,
while a full half of all adults and
teenagers said that they have ridden in a
car while the driver was texting. As the
drunk driving fatality rate continues its
decades-long decline, the danger of
distracted driving is worsening as
smartphone usage increases. Between 2005
and 2012, the number of drunk driving
fatalities per person decreased 28%. In
the same time period, the percentage of
people observed "visibly manipulating"
their phones while driving increased a
staggering 650%. Even though most states
outlaw texting while driving, the
associated fines are usually far lower
than those for drinking and driving, even
though several studies show they can be
equally as dangerous. In Massachusetts,
the fine for drunk driving is 50 times the
fine for texting and driving. The only
outlier is Alaska, where the fine for
texting and driving is $10,000, when the
fine for driving while intoxicated is only
$1,500. To see the full article, go to: <a
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href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.7.zzbm.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.huffingtonpost.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Pedestrian
safety and teens (Infographic)<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
Safe Kids<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">According
to a new Safe Kids research report, half
of teens surveyed say they cross the
street while distracted by a mobile
device. Teens who had been hit or nearly
hit more frequently reported crossing in
the middle of a block or running across
the street. The research includes an
examination of fatality data that shows
75% of teen pedestrian deaths occur
between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m., when it's dark
out. A new infographic illustrates the
risk. View the infographic here: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.8.zzbn.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.safekids.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">New
studies point out dangers of 'talking'
to car<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
Associated Press, October 7, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Just
because you can talk to your car doesn't
mean you should. Two new studies have
found that voice-activated smartphones and
dashboard infotainment systems may be
making the distracted-driving problem
worse instead of better. The systems let
drivers do things like tune the radio,
send a text message or make a phone call
while keeping their eyes on the road and
their hands on the wheel, but many of
these systems are so error-prone or
complex that they require more
concentration from drivers rather than
less, according to studies by the AAA
Foundation for Traffic Safety and the
University of Utah. One study examined
infotainment systems in some of the most
common auto brands on the road: Chevrolet,
Chrysler, Ford, Hyundai and Mercedes. The
second study tested the Apple iPhone's
Siri voice system to navigate, send texts,
make Facebook and Twitter posts and use
the calendar without handling or looking
at the phone. To see the full article, go
to: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.9.zzbo.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">http://usnews.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Car
seat safety: Most parents use car seats
incorrectly when driving newborns home<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
Headlines and Global News, October 11,
2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">A
new study found that infants are exposed
to risk as soon as their parents drive
them home from the hospital due to an
incorrect position or installation of car
seats. Researchers from the Oregon Health
and Science University Hospital observed
267 families to determine if the parents
unintentionally placed their newborns at
risk based on the child safety guidelines
defined by the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA). The team
found that 93% of the participants made at
least one critical error in positioning
and installation of the car seat.
Researchers observed how the new mothers
install the car safety seat and how they
positioned their newborns into the seat on
their way home. They also noted all the
errors observed based on the manufacturer
recommendation for the installation and
use of car safety seats. To see the full
article, go to: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.10.zzbp.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.hngn.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Obama
taps Dinh-Zarr for NTSB position<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
Safety + Health Magazine, September 22,
2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">President
Barack Obama on Sept. 17 announced that he
intended to nominate Bella Dinh-Zarr as a
member of the National Transportation
Safety Board. Dinh-Zarr is the director of
the FIA Foundation's U.S. office after
having served as the group's road safety
director from 2007 until earlier this
year. She has served in a variety of other
roles, including: Director of North
America's Make Roads Safe Campaign for
Global Road Safety from 2006 to 2007,
National director of traffic safety policy
for AAA from 2002 to 2006, Social
scientist with the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration from 2001 to
2002. Once Dinh-Zarr's nomination is made
official, it will need to be approved by
the Senate. To see the full article, go
to: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.11.zzbq.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
class="top"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="#top"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">back to top</span></a> </span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><img
id="_x0000_i1027"
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.5pt;margin-left:0in"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" name="state"></a><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5E9732;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.75pt;font-weight:normal">STATE
and regional ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVES<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
</div>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Not
wearing seat belt may be a crime in New
Jersey<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
USA Today, October 7, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Under
a recent New Jersey Supreme Court
decision, failure to wear a seat belt, or
to require minor passengers to wear them,
could expose you to criminal charges and a
prison term. In essence, the court said
that an infraction of the state's
seat-belt law, usually a $20 ticket, can
be used as one of the elements in a
criminal law that could expose an offender
to a prison term up to 10 years. The
criminal law in question makes it a crime
for a person to knowingly violate any law
that is intended to protect public health
and safety or to knowingly fail to perform
a duty imposed by law to protect public
health and safety, if that action or
failure to act involves some recklessness
and results in injury or death. To see the
full article, go to: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.12.zzbr.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.usatoday.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">State
announces smart phone app to combat
drunk driving<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
County10.com, 10/11/2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">The
Governor's Council on Impaired Driving
announces the launch of the "Drive Sober
Wyoming" smart phone app. This app gives
those who have had too much to drink
another way to find a ride home. The app
helps users phone or text a friend for a
ride. The text message sends a map link
with the approximate user location. The
app user designates friends to contact
with one tap of the icon. Taxi services
are listed by town and can be contacted
from a drop down menu. The Laws, Penalties
and Cost of a DUI icons quickly let the
app user know the risk of driving drunk
including steep monetary costs, the loss
of driving privileges and jail. The app
also allows anyone to report an impaired
driver on the road to the Highway Patrol.
To see the full article, go to: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.13.zzbs.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">http://county10.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Survey
ranks the states with the rudest drivers<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
Automotive Fleet, September 16, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">A
survey asking drivers to rank the states
with the rudest drivers found that the
worst offenders were from Idaho. The
survey of 2,000 licensed drivers across
the country found Washington, D.C., the
second rudest region, with New York coming
in third. Wyoming and Massachusetts round
out the top 5. When asked what drives
drivers mad about other drivers, talking
on a cellphone was number one, with 47% of
responses. Tailgating, not signaling
turns, weaving in and out of lanes and
driving too fast were also top behaviors
considered rude. To see the full article,
including where your state ranks in the
survey, go to: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.14.zzbt.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.automotive-fleet.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">The
Drive: U pilot project helps truckers
combat drowsy driving<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
Star Tribune, September 23, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Kind
of like motel vacancy signs, new signs
near three rest areas along an eastbound
Interstate in Minnesota now tell truck
drivers how many parking spaces are
available. The signs are part of a pilot
project led by the Minnesota Department of
Transportation and the University of
Minnesota designed to give truckers
real-time information about where they can
find a safe place to pull off the road
when they have reached their driving
limit. Cameras scan the lot to determine
how many truck spots are open. The
information is sent to a computer, which
relays it to electronic signs, the MnDOT
website and directly to truckers whose
cabs are wired to receive it. With
information about the number of spots
available, truckers can decide whether to
pull off or proceed to the next rest area.
Data from 2012 shows there were 317,000
crashes nationwide involving large trucks,
or 868 a day. Truck crashes led to 3,921
deaths, or an average of 11 a day. To see
the full article, go to: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.15.zzbu.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.startribune.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
class="top"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="#top"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">back to top</span></a> </span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><img
id="_x0000_i1028"
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alt="Back to top" border="0" height="8"
width="8"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
name="workhome"></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.5pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5E9732;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.75pt;font-weight:normal">WORK
- HOME<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<h2
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Safety
experts to pedestrians: Put the
smartphones down and pay attention<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
The Washington Post, September 20, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">A
14-year-old boy was injured when he walked
off a six-foot-high bridge into a ditch
while talking on his phone. A 23-year-old
man was hit by a car while walking down
the middle of a road talking on his phone.
The dangers of distracted driving are well
known and have sparked new laws, but
safety experts are increasingly concerned
about a more recent trend: distracted
walking. While there is little hard data
on the problem, safety experts say there
is plenty of anecdotal evidence. Many say
they think smartphone distractions are at
least partly to blame for the number of
pedestrian fatalities beginning to rise
again in 2010 after years of holding
steady or declining slightly. The number
of traffic fatalities overall has been
falling nationwide because of safer
vehicles, increased seat-belt use and less
drunken driving, experts say. But
pedestrian deaths began to tick up in
2010. By 2012, pedestrians accounted for
14% of U.S. traffic fatalities, up from
11% in 2007. To see the full article, go
to: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.16.zzbv.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.washingtonpost.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Fleet
safety tips: Dealing with hail storms<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
Fleet, October 6, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">It's
fairly common for fleet drivers to
underestimate the damage that a severe
hail storm can cause, particularly those
drivers who have lived primarily in
regions known for mild weather. But a hail
storm is capable of causing major personal
injuries and costly vehicle damage in a
matter of minutes. On Sept. 29, for
example, a hail storm ripped through
Centennial, Colo., and damaged countless
unprotected vehicles, ensuring local body
shops plenty of work for the coming weeks.
Progressive Insurance recommends that if
you unexpectedly drive into a hail storm,
look for a covered structure where you can
safely park. Stay inside once the hail
storm begins. Keep your vehicle angled so
any falling hail hits the front, rather
than the back or sides, of the vehicle.
Windshields are reinforced to withstand
forward driving and pelting objects. Also,
lie down, if possible, and keep your back
to the windows. If you have a blanket,
cover yourself to prevent possible debris
from hitting you. To see the full article,
go to: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.17.zzbw.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.automotive-fleet.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
class="top"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="#top"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">back to top</span></a> </span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><img
id="_x0000_i1029"
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alt="Back to top" border="0" height="8"
width="8"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
name="workplace"></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.5pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5E9732;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.75pt;font-weight:normal">WORKPLACE
ROAD SAFETY<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Safety
& compliance: Using a simulator in
your safety program<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
TruckingInfo.com, September 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Less
than a year after adding driver simulators
to supplement its extensive driver
training program, UPS saw a 38% reduction
in crashes. And they did it without using
a huge full-size truck cab simulator that
takes up an entire room. Driving
simulators have been around for a long
time. The technology today, however, is
more sophisticated, takes up less space
and is more affordable. In the world of
simulators, the cost is dropping, the
quality of the user experience is
improving, and you don't need a whole room
anymore. In fact, there are even portable
options that make sense for some types of
training, which is what UPS used in its
program. To see the full article, go to: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.18.zzbx.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.truckinginfo.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Regional
Emphasis Program focuses on vehicle
struck-bys<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
Safety and Health Magazine, October 7,
2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Noting
that more than one-third of all incident
investigations in four Midwest states
involve vehicle-related struck-by
fatalities, OSHA has established a
Regional Emphasis Program to help reduce
the number of these incidents. The program
targets hazards associated with material
handling and personnel handling motorized
equipment, including powered industrial
trucks, cranes and aerial lifts. OSHA said
it will evaluate whether employers are
following vehicle-related standards during
all inspections in the region, and will
follow up on complaints. To see the full
article, go to: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.19.zzby.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Safety
& compliance: Preparing for a crash<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
TruckingInfo.com, October 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Fleets
should prepare for and practice what to do
in the event of a serious accident just
like they would for fire drills – from top
management to dispatchers to drivers,
according to Don Jerrell, a safety expert
at HNI Risk Services. Jerrell, a former
driver and safety manager who's now
associate vice president of transportation
for HNI, told attendees of the Fleet
Safety Conference earlier this year that
what drivers and other company personnel
do immediately following an accident can
help you win a lawsuit or cause you to
lose one. The key, he said, is proper
preparation and proper training. Drivers
should go through live exercises
simulating the aftermath of a crash.
Because the driver is the one on the
scene, Jerrell outlined seven steps
drivers need to take when involved in an
accident. These should be ingrained in
them through proper training and practice.
To see the full article outlining the
seven steps, go to: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.20.zzbz.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.truckinginfo.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">National
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in
2013 (preliminary results)<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) News
Release, September 11, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">A
preliminary total of 4,405 fatal work
injuries were recorded in the United
States in 2013, lower than the revised
count of 4,628 fatal work injuries in
2012, according to results from the Census
of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI)
conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics. The rate of fatal work injury
for U.S. workers in 2013 was 3.2 per
100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE)
workers, compared to a final rate of 3.4
per 100,000 in 2012. Fatal transportation
incidents were lower by 10% in 2013, but
still accounted for about 2 out of every 5
fatal work injuries in 2013. Of the 1,740
transportation-related fatal injuries in
2013, nearly 3 out of every 5 (991 cases)
were roadway incidents involving motorized
land vehicles. Non-roadway incidents, such
as a tractor overturn in a farm field,
accounted for another 13% of the
transportation-related fatal injuries.
About 16% of fatal transportation
incidents (284 cases) in 2013 involved
pedestrians who were struck by vehicles.
Forty-eight of these occurred in work
zones. To see the full news release, go
to: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.21.zzc0.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.bls.gov/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">First-ever
fleet safety lifetime achievement award
presented<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Automotive
Fleet, October 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Kathy
Konicki, the retired director of associate
safety at Nationwide Insurance, was the
recipient of the first-ever Fleet Safety
Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition
of her promotion of fleet safety at
Nationwide and throughout the industry.
The award was presented by Mike Antich,
conference chair, during a lunchtime
awards ceremony at the 2014 Fleet Safety
Conference, which was held in Schaumburg,
Ill., from July 22 to July 23. The award
was created and sponsored by Bobit
Business Media, publisher of Automotive
Fleet. During his presentation, Antich
noted some of Konicki's numerous
achievements, including reducing crash
frequency rates from 10.92 to 2.65 per
million miles traveled, and reducing the
cost of crashes by 75%. She also was
recognized for her role in eliminating
driver fatalities with the implementation
of the Nationwide fleet safety program. To
see the full article, go to: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.22.zzc1.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.automotive-fleet.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
class="top"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="#top"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">back to top</span></a> </span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><img
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width="8"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
name="innovation"></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5E9732;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.75pt;font-weight:normal">Innovation
and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Wi-Fi
hot spots on the rise in vehicles<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
Detroit Free Press, September 27, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Are
Wi-Fi hot spots in cars the next big
thing, or the answer to a question nobody
asked? Maybe both. A few vehicles, mostly
from luxury brands, have offered built-in
Internet connections to search for
restaurants, gas stations, etc. for
several years, but General Motors took the
technology mainstream this fall, offering
high-speed AT&T 4G LTE data service in
dozens of vehicles ranging from the tiny
Chevrolet Spark economy car to luxury
Cadillacs. Autotrader predicts 80% of
millennials will use tablets or
smartphones for car shopping by the end of
this decade. GM and AT&T are all-in,
using the data stream for diagnostic
checks on vehicles, navigation, "find my
car" apps, accident notification and
all-purpose connectivity for passengers.
As many as seven people can be online
simultaneously with GM's system, which
generates a signal useable anywhere in the
vehicle and as much as 50 feet around it.
To see the full article, go to: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.23.zzc2.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.freep.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
class="top"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="#top"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">back to top</span></a> </span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><img
id="_x0000_i1031"
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width="8"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
name="international"></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5E9732;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.75pt;font-weight:normal">INTERNATIONAL
ROAD SAFETY<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">European
employers show road safety is good for
business<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
ETSC Press Release, October 13, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">In
Europe, business travel makes up about 30%
of all travel, rising to 50% if commuting
is included and commuting on its own
accounts for up to 45% of work-related
deaths. Five European private and
public-sector organisations have been
recognised for the results of company-wide
programmes they have put in place to
improve the road safety of their
employees, vehicle fleets and the public.
Awards were presented at the European
Transport Safety Council's (ETSC) European
Conference on Work-Related Road Safety
held in Brussels last week. To see the
full news release with the list of
winners, go to: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.24.zzc3.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">http://etsc.eu/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Driver
fatigue survey points out risks to Irish
hurling fans<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
Liberty Mutual<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Don't
remember the last few kilometers you
drove? Missed an exit off the road? Had a
near miss or collision? Crossed a lane
when you shouldn't have? Been slow to
react or late to brake? If any of the
above sound familiar then you have
probably experienced driver fatigue. In
conjunction with the All-Ireland Hurling
Replay, Liberty Mutual revealed some
interesting yet alarming new insights into
driver fatigue with some interesting
findings for Gaelic Athletic Association
(GAA) fans that travel to games. New
research on driver fatigue was recently
carried out by Millward Brown on behalf of
Liberty Mutual Insurance as part of the
ongoing #DriveSafer campaign. Nearly 40%
of GAA fans admitted to driving after less
than 5 hours sleep and 53% experienced an
incident such as those highlighted in an
infographic. The research also found that
GAA fans are more likely than other
drivers nationwide to plan for the journey
ahead. To see the full article and
accompanying infographic, go to:<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.25.zzc4.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">
http://blog.libertyinsurance.ie/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">New
safety qualification designed for people
driving at work<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
Fleet News (UK)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">The
British Safety Council has launched a new
qualification to help people who drive as
part of their work stay safe on the roads.
The Level 2 Award in Safe Driving at Work
aims to provide learners with key
knowledge of the hazards and risks
associated with driving. It equips vehicle
users with valuable guidance on the
measures available for reducing these
risks, such as vehicle inspection,
behavior and defensive driving. According
to estimates from the Health and Safety
Executive (HSE), up to a third of all road
traffic accidents in Britain involve
someone involved in work-related activity.
The qualification instructs learners on a
range of topics including the particular
risks associated with vulnerable road
users, such as cyclists and pedestrians,
the importance of regular vehicle safety
checks and how to adapt driving style in
response to changes in driving conditions
or the actions of others. To see the full
article, go to: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.26.zzc5.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.fleetnews.co.uk/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">New
research taking scientific approach to
driver risk<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
Fleet News (UK), October 16, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">A
new study is set to explore if behavioural
profiling can be used by businesses and
the fleet and insurance sectors to
identify whether someone is a high driving
risk. Driver Safe 2015, commencing towards
the end of this year and supported by the
road safety charity Brake, will seek to
investigate the possibility of accurately
predicting a driver's inherent risk status
using a behavioural profiling approach
incorporating psychometric, emotional
intelligence and motivator profiling
techniques. It is expected that drivers
taking part in the study will come from
leading health-and safety-focused,
UK-based organisations, encompassing a
diverse range of vehicles. A pre-launch
benchmarking activity has already shown
that it is indeed possible to effectively
benchmark the best and worst drivers to
help define an "ideal" driver profile,
allowing this approach to be used to
enhance and streamline driver recruitment.
To see the full article, go to: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.27.zzc6.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.fleetnews.co.uk/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">New
campaign to warn drivers of the dangers
of country roads<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
UK.gov, October 9, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">THINK!
is launching a new campaign to warn
drivers of the dangers of country roads.
Sixty percent of people killed on
Britain's roads die on rural roads, and
new research shows many more drivers are
needlessly putting themselves at risk of
an accident. A shocking 25% of drivers
report having had a near miss on a country
road, while 40% have been surprised by an
unexpected hazard, such as an animal. A
third also confess to taking a bend too
fast. These findings suggest many drivers
are failing to anticipate dangers on the
road ahead. The research mirrors newly
published casualty statistics which show
that the most commonly reported
contributory factor to being killed or
seriously injured on country roads is
motorists losing control, often because
they are driving too fast for the
conditions. To see the full article, go
to: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.28.zzc7.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">https://www.gov.uk/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Employers
warned to educate drivers on pedestrian
safety<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
Admiral (UK), October 15, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">More
than half of companies with staff who
drive for work don't provide education
about protecting pedestrians and cyclists,
according to latest government figures.
The road safety charity, Brake, is issuing
an appeal to employers to play their part
in preventing the high number of
pedestrian and cyclist casualties after
newly released government figures reveal
six people are killed and 157 seriously
injured every week while walking or
cycling. "We're appealing to all employers
with staff who drive for work to get the
right policies in place, make use of
technologies to address blind-spots and
speeding, and ensure their drivers
understand that protecting people always
comes first," said Ellie Pearson, senior
professional engagement officer at Brake.
To see the full article, go to: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.29.zzc8.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">http://www.admiral.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Accident
study highlights at-work drivers' risk
rates<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">At-work
drivers are far less likely to be involved
in a collision caused by substance
impairment or speeding than other
motorists, according to an analysis of 1.4
million accidents. However, at-work
drivers are far more likely to engage in
other types of risky driving behaviour.
The report, by Road Safety Analysis, was
commissioned by AA DriveTech based on
incidents reported to police from 2008-12
and divided at-work drivers into four
categories: working car drivers,
commercial drivers, other working drivers
and taxi drivers. The report compares each
group to the national norm, but to each
other also, and discovered some clear
differences between the ways at-work
drivers contribute to collisions compared
with other drivers. The report found
commercial drivers are more likely to
engage in tailgating (40% higher), to be
fatigued (48% higher), or to undertake
manoeuvre errors (40% higher). Working car
drivers are more likely to be distracted
(15% higher), commit junction errors (25%
higher), be fatigued (23% higher), or
engage in tailgating (14% higher). Taxi
drivers are more likely to be distracted
(21% higher), have unsafe behaviour (26%
higher) and carry out traffic
contraventions (52% higher). The see the
full article, including a description of
the different categories of drivers, go
to: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.30.zzc9.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.fleetnews.co.uk/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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class="top"><span
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moz-do-not-send="true" href="#top"><span
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style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5E9732;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.75pt;font-weight:normal">Sample
of Drive Safely Work Week articles<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Drive
Safely Work Week an opportunity to build
a workplace safety culture<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.31.zzca.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">Link to US DOT Fast Lane Blog
»</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">AmeriPride
installs 'safety driven' telematics
technology in entire fleet for Drive
Safely Work Week<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.32.zzcb.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">Link to article on PR Web »</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Safe
Communities Recognizes Drive Safely Work
Week<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a
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href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.33.zzcc.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">Link to article in
Circleville Today »</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Minnesota
employers urged to promote traffic
safety during Drive Safely Work Week
Oct. 6-10<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.34.zzcd.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">Link to PR Newswire »</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">The
Business Case for Driving Safety<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a
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href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.35.zzce.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">Link to Hr.blr.com »</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">NIOSH
Science Blog: Drive Safely Work Week
2014<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.36.zzcf.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">Link to CDC.gov »</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Division
of Workers' Compensation encourages
safety behind the wheel<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">Link to www.waxahachietx.com
»</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">FMCSA
to recruit fleets for
wireless-inspection testing<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Source:
Fleet Owner, October 3, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">The
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration's long-running examination
of conducting vehicle and driver
inspections wirelessly moves to an
important new phase next year. That's when
the agency and its partners plan to kick
off a field operation test of wireless
roadside inspection (WRI) technology in
five Southeastern states using up to 1,000
commercial trucks and buses running in
normal day-to-day operations. WRI is
similar to today's weigh station bypass in
that it uses a red/yellow/green light in
the cab to indicate whether the driver can
continue driving or either drive through a
station or stop to see an inspector. But
the approach differs from today's
preclearance systems because it involves
gathering safety and compliance
information from all participants, not
just in managing which trucks get
inspected. To see the full article, go to:
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style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">http://fleetowner.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5E9732;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.75pt;font-weight:normal">Upcoming
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">October
21, 2014 8:30–5:00 PM<br>
NTSB Conference Center, Washington D.C.<br>
NTSB Highway Safety Forum: Awake, Alert,
Alive: Overcoming the Dangers of Drowsy
Driving<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Federal
Liaison to the NETS Board of Directors,
Dr. Stephanie Pratt of NIOSH, will be
presenting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">This
event is free and open to the public, no
registration necessary. It will also be
viewable via webcast. For more
information, go to: <a
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style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.ntsb.gov/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">October
19-25, 2014<br>
National Teen Driver Safety Week (NTDSW)<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">For
more information, go to: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.40.zzcj.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">http://www.trafficsafetymarketing.gov/teens</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">October
31, 2014<br>
<em><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Halloween
2014 Drunk Driving Prevention
Campaign </span></em>NHTSA's
Traffic Safety Marketing<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">The
scariest part of Halloween isn't the
spooky costumes and scary pranks; it's
alcohol-impaired drivers. Don't let
Halloween turn into a nightmare. Fact
sheets and materials from NHTSA's Traffic
Safety Marketing available now here: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.41.uipt.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.trafficsafetymarketing.gov/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Operation
Safe Driver Week is October 19-25<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Sponsored
by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
(CVSA) in partnership with FMCSA. For
materials and information, go to: <a
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style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.cvsa.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">Transportation
Research Board (TRB)<br>
94th Annual Meeting, January 11-15, 2015<br>
"Corridors to the Future: Transportation
and Technology"<br>
Washington, D.C.<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Early
registration is available through November
30. For more information, go to: <a
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style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.trb.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">November
16, 2014<br>
World Day of Remembrance for Road
Traffic Victims<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">For
more information and a schedule of events,
go to: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.worlddayofremembrance.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">November
27, 2014<br>
<em><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thanksgiving
Weekend Travel</span></em><br>
NHTSA's Traffic Safety Marketing<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">During
the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in 2012,
over 300 people were killed in traffic
crashes across the nation. Tragically, 60%
of those killed were not buckled up.
Buckle Up fact sheets and materials
available here: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.45.zzcl.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.trafficsafetymarketing.gov/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">November
28-December 9, 2014<br>
Pre-Holiday Season Drunk Driving
Prevention<br>
<em><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Buzzed
Driving is Drunk Driving</span></em><br>
NHTSA's Traffic Safety Marketing<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
</div>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">The
holiday season is right around the corner.
You have to choose your role before
drinking begins: will you drink or will
you drive? Remember, even if you only have
a little bit to drink and think you're
"okay to drive," you could still be over
the legal limit, because <em><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Buzzed
Driving is Drunk Driving</span></em>.
Campaign materials available here: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.46.zzcm.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.trafficsafetymarketing.gov/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00539F">December
10-31, 2014<br>
Holiday Season Drunk Driving Prevention<br>
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Materials
from NHTSA's Traffic Safety Marketing
available here: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.ms00.net/s/c?fd.t81s.47.zzcn.1p8v"><span
style="color:#008BA7;text-decoration:none">www.trafficsafetymarketing.gov/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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discusses his new book, <em><span
style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">A
Deadly Wandering, </span></em>and the impact of cell
phone use on motorists' safety. NSC estimates 26 percent of
all crashes involve cell phone use.<br>
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teen driver risk parents may not understand</span></a><span
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- A single young passenger increases a 16- or 17-year-old
driver’s fatal crash risk by 44 percent. Two such passengers
double the fatal crash risk, and three or more under-21
passengers <em id="yui_3_15_0_1_1414431040972_856"><span
style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">quadruple</span></em>
a driver’s risk of being killed in a crash. Still, survey
results from NSC found 60 percent of parents allow or
encourage their teens to drive younger siblings, and 43
percent allow or encourage their teens to give rides to
friends.<br>
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- San Francisco journalist Matt Richtel has spent years and
countless column inches elucidating to readers the perils of
distracted driving and, more broadly, distracted living.
Yet, as he was reporting on our collective habituation to
24/7 connectedness, Richtel noticed “how technology was
altering my own behavior.” He “was feeling a tick of anxiety
when away from my device,” he writes in his riveting new
nonfiction book, <em><span
style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">A
Deadly Wandering</span></em>.<br>
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- The final NTSB investigation conclusions into last year's
crash between a truck driver and a locomotive makes clear
the driver was at fault. He failed to slow and stop at the
crossing despite repeated horn blasts from the train driver.
At the time of the crash, the truck driver was using a
hands-free cell phone. As NSC has noted, hands-free is not
risk-free. <br>
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<strong><i><span
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viewed as a vehicle safety game-changer</span></a><span
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- Eighty-one percent of licensed drivers recently surveyed
by the insurance industry lobby admitted to using their cell
phones while operating a vehicle. Consistent estimates
developed in a series of studies since 1996 conclude that
drivers using cell phones are four times more likely to be
involved in a car crash. According to NSC estimates, 26
percent of crashes involve cell phone use. <strong><i><span
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