Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA)

The third week of July is Rural Road Safety Awareness Week (RRSAW). GHSA's report, funded by State Farm, reveals alarming statistics: There were 85,002 fatalities on rural roads from 2016 to 2020, with a 62% higher risk of dying in a crash compared to urban roads. This high rate is driven by factors such as a lack of safety resources, simpler infrastructure, and risky driver behaviors like impaired driving and speeding. Let's work together to promote safer rural roads. Learn more about our findings and recommendations to improve safety at https://lnkd.in/eXPDTi6B. #RRSAW #RoadSafety #GHSA

GHSA supports the Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program (BTSCRP) by recruiting panelists and monitors for new projects and supporting current research. Each panel ensures the final research product delivers meaningful, actionable results for State Highway Safety Offices. Anyone can serve as a panel member, with experts selected by the Transportation Research Board. Nominate yourself or a fellow subject matter expert to be a panelist by July 26 at https://lnkd.in/dxZNMp5 (must log in). #TrafficSafety #ResearchVolunteers #GHSA National Academy of Sciences

Join the Ford Driving Skills for Life program for a driver training clinic for newly licensed and permitted drivers at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois on July 20 or 21. This half-day clinic will help teens improve their skills in hazard recognition, vehicle handling, speed, and space management, braking and stopping distances, reaction time and how to avoid the dangers of distracted and impaired driving. New this year: a Safety in Mobility module with scooters and pedestrian/cycling safety info. This is a FREE program provided by Ford Philanthropy and GHSA. Registration is required and space is limited. Register now at https://lnkd.in/gjtixBQi #FordDSFL Illinois Department of Transportation

What part of #GHSA2024 are you most excited about? There's a lot to choose from! President & COO of MICHELIN Mobility Intelligence Erik Dietz is looking forward to sharing updates on MICHELIN and GHSA's partnership with traffic safety leaders! Register before July 26 for the discounted rate: https://lnkd.in/epMNk7eG. Share your GHSA Annual Meeting story with us at https://lnkd.in/egFWfNa3.

Register today! Join us on August 6 for a virtual Post-Crash Care Summit, sponsored by the Federal Interagency Committee on EMS and coordinated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA Office of EMS with GHSA. As part of the Safe System approach, assistance after a crash is critical to saving lives. We'll explore best practices in post-crash care through conversations with State Highway Safety Offices and others with real-world experience. Register now at https://lnkd.in/eYGv3wG5. #PostCrashCare #RoadSafety #SafeSystem Montage Marketing Group

The New York Times reporter Matt Richtel is teaching his teenage son to drive in a Tesla and shared his thoughts on novice drivers and vehicle technology in a story published earlier this week. I encourage Matt and all parents of novice drivers to learn all they can about the technology in their vehicles. And point them to the October 2023 Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) teen driving report (available at https://lnkd.in/eZ6HeVa4) I co-authored with former NHTSA official, Dr. Jim Hedlund. The report confirms we've made tremendous progress in reducing teen driver fatalities over the past 20 years and identifies the policies and programs -- including advances in vehicle safety technology -- responsible for those gains and makes recommendations for building on that success. As vehicle technology continues to evolve, ensuring that our youngest and riskiest drivers understand and use it correctly is critical. That understanding should include how the technology functions, its limitations and the conditions or situation that it was or wasn’t designed for. Inaccuracies can lead to driver overreliance and/or overestimation of the technology’s capabilities, which can be particularly deadly for young drivers . We also know that driver's don’t have a good understanding of the current advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in their vehicles (e.g., lane-keeping assist, automatic emergency braking) and, as a result, are not reaping their benefits. Introducing teens to today’s ADAS, including opportunities to try them out in a controlled setting, can help bridge the knowledge gap and bolster use and safety. This is critical because teens may assume that a Level 2 or 3 automated vehicle, including a Tesla, can drive itself without any attention from the driver, which is simply not the case. This lack of understanding has been the cause of many crashes. This generation of young drivers is more likely than their parents to embrace technology, but it’s vital they’re provided accurate information about what exists today and how it works, so their interaction with it is safe and appropriate. #teendriversafety #teendriving #vehicletechnology #advanceddriverassistancesystems #automatedvehicles https://lnkd.in/dsHFRmcJ

📢 JOIN US FOR FREE TEEN DRIVER TRAINING! Enroll your teen in a FREE half-day advanced driver training clinic at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 20 or 21 with Ford Driving Skills for Life. This training will help your teen driver improve their driving skills in a controlled, safe environment with professional instructors. Sign your permitted or licensed teen up at https://idot.click/v5t. Space is limited. #FordDSFL Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) Take a look inside the event: https://idot.click/4jf

Join us at #GHSA2024 for the general session "Evolving Roadway Safety Countermeasures and the Safe System" Featuring speakers: 🔵Laura Demeo Chace, President and CEO, Intelligent Transportation Society of America 🔵Spencer Moore, Chair, AAMVA (American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators); Commissioner, Georgia Department of Driver Services 🔵Dia Gainor, Executive Director, National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO) Register for GHSA 2024 now at: https://lnkd.in/epMNk7eG

GHSA 2024 is 60 days away and the GHSA staff are sharing why they're excited for the Annual Meeting! From engaging sessions to networking opportunities, there's so much to look forward to. Register before July 26 for the discounted rate: https://bit.ly/4d3G1uf. Tell us why you’re excited for the GHSA Annual Meeting at https://bit.ly/3zx3q7G! We can’t wait to hear from you. #GHSA2024 Jonathan Adkins Pam Shadel Fischer Lisa Wagner Daniel Zimmerman Adam Snider Kerry Chausmer Amadie Hart Olivia Greer Shahbaz Naseer Chris Minar

Join us tomorrow 7/9 for a webinar overview of GHSA's new pedestrian traffic fatality data and examples of how states are taking creative approaches to safety for people walking and rolling, sponsored by Qualcomm. https://lnkd.in/eBp26GJU Shelly Baldwin Washington Traffic Safety Commission Rick Birt Adam Snider