Highway to Safety | Road Safety / Traffic Safety Guy
David Wallace, the Traffic Safety Guy, International Expert on Your Safety
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Highway to Safety is THE podcast about traffic safety, discussing issues in traffic safety, providing tips and suggestions, including conversations with policy makers, traffic safety professionals, and the people who are making a difference every day of their lives. It will provide you information you can use to understand the Why and the How, and put that knowledge into practice. Highway to Safety will discuss impaired driving, child safety seats, choosing safe cars, the dangers of distracted driving, teen safety and more. Highway to Safety is about hope: that the more we know, and understand, the safer we will be as we travel on our roads and highways. Highway to Safety is about providing knowledge, raising awareness, and giving you the tools to be a safer driver.
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Highway to Safety is THE podcast about traffic safety, discussing issues in traffic safety, providing tips and suggestions, including conversations with policy makers, traffic safety professionals, and the people who are making a difference every day of their lives. It will provide you information you can use to understand the Why and the How, and put that knowledge into practice. Highway to Safety will discuss impaired driving, child safety seats, choosing safe cars, the dangers of distracted driving, teen safety and more. Highway to Safety is about hope: that the more we know, and understand, the safer we will be as we travel on our roads and highways. Highway to Safety is about providing knowledge, raising awareness, and giving you the tools to be a safer driver.
Did you know that: 1 in 8 weekend nighttime drivers tested positive for illicit drugs in 2007? 1 in 3 fatally injured drivers who were tested, tested positive for some type of illicit drug in 2010? In a national survey of
Thirty years ago President Reagan signed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act (NMDAA) that required states to make 21 as the minimum age for purchasing or public possessing alcohol. As a result all 50 states now have 21 as the
Have the Underage Drinking Laws Made a Difference? Thirty years ago President Reagan signed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act (NMDAA) that required states to make 21 as the minimum age for purchasing or public possessing alcohol. As a result
Julie Lee, Vice President and National Director of AARP Driver Safety chats with me about nine important summer driving tips; tips that apply to all drivers. Surprising to many, summer is a more dangerous driving time than winter. In the summer months of
Jorge Baxter is the Regional Director in Latin America for Sesame Workshop.[1] With over 15 years in the education, arts, and media fields and extensive experience in leveraging media and education for social change, Mr. Baxter is now raising awareness
Children, infants and older, can be the most vulnerable individuals in a car crash. That is why as a parent or grandparent, child safety seats and booster seats are two of the most important things you can purchase for your
May is Global Youth Traffic Safety Month® and this episode is part of a series examining teen driving, and what can be done for teens to be safer drivers. I start the series off speaking with Carrie Sandstrom and Noah Brooks,
Joel Feldman is an attorney and counselor in Philadelphia. After his daughter Casey was killed by a distracted driver, Mr. Feldman created EndDD (End Distracted Driving). He now speaks with teens, adults and businesses about distracted driving and what we
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month and this episode is part three of a four-part series examining distracted driving, and what we need to do to be safer drivers. Recent research of cognitive distractions found a person’s mental focus does
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month and this episode is part two of a four-part series examining distracted driving, and what we need to do to be safer drivers. In short, Dr. Paul Atchley’s response is to turn the cell
“When you decide not to wear your seat belt, you are pretty much endangering only your own life. But when you elect to talk on the cell phone or text, you are not only endangering your own life, you’re endangering
Ruth Bowles is the Executive Director of the Rockland Council on Alcoholism and other Drug Dependence[1] and in this episode we discuss alcohol, a substance that causes a significant number traffic deaths as well as create problems for individuals, families,
Three out of 4 child safety seats are not properly installed. Jennifer Huebner-Davidson, Manager of Traffic Safety for AAA and an expert on child safety seats, discusses some of the common mistakes and what you can do to make sure
“Anyone who is human and gets behind the wheel [of a car] should worry about it.” NTSB Board Member Mark Rosekind speaking on drowsy driving. “There will be sleep enough in the grave.” How many times have we heard someone
For years individuals and organizations everywhere have talked about, and continue to work on combating, the dangers of alcohol-impaired driving. As a result, there has been a significant reduction in alcohol-impaired fatalities. However, impaired driving due to drugs other than
The Honorable Peggy Hora, international expert on Drug Treatment Courts, including DWI (Driving While Impaired/Intoxicated) Courts, discusses what DWI Courts are and why they are needed to reduce impaired driving by substance-addicted individuals. Impaired driving kills. The answer to ending
Motor vehicle crashes are a significant issue for the general population. But here in the U.S. it is even more so for those in the military. From 1999 through 2012, 4,423 active military personnel died in noncombat crashes versus the
A Conversation with Monika Samtani Monika Samtani is an award-winning journalist, a business entrepreneur, and a mother of three. As a media professional for over 20 years, currently the traffic anchor on Washington, DC’s WUSA 9’s Morning News, and the
Mike Brown is the Chief of the Impaired Driving and Occupant Protection Division at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and a former Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol. In his current position, he is responsible for coordinating the
December 2-6, 2013 is Older Driver Safety Awareness Week Jacob (Jake) Nelson is an epidemiologist and the Director of Traffic Safety Advocacy & Research for the Automobile Association of America (AAA). Because of his background, Jake sees traffic safety in
Highway to Safety | Road Safety / Traffic Safety Guy
Highway to Safety is THE podcast about traffic safety, discussing issues in traffic safety, providing tips and suggestions, including conversations with policy makers, traffic safety professionals, and the people who are making a difference every day of their lives. It will provide you information you can use to understand the Why and the How, and put that knowledge into practice. Highway to Safety will discuss impaired driving, child safety seats, choosing safe cars, the dangers of distracted driving, teen safety and more. Highway to Safety is about hope: that the more we know, and understand, the safer we will be as we travel on our roads and highways. Highway to Safety is about providing knowledge, raising awareness, and giving you the tools to be a safer driver.
