TrafficWise - January 7, 2019

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January 7, 2019

FATAL CRASHES 2019 YEAR TO DATE MAP can be found here.

FATAL COMPARISON MAP can be found here.

Link to Traffic Safety Materials order form found at the bottom of the bulletin.

OHIO TRAFFIC SAFETY OFFICE PILOTS

DRUGGED DRIVING ENFORCEMENT PROGAM (DDEP)

In November, OTSO offered DDEP grant funding to county sheriff’s offices and police departments that have an established road patrol that conducts routine traffic enforcement and were awarded a FFY2019 IDEP/STEP grant.

High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) is a universal traffic safety approach designed to create deterrence and change unlawful traffic behaviors. HVE combines highly visible and proactive law enforcement targeting a specific traffic safety issue; in this case Drugged Driving. Law enforcement efforts are combined with visibility elements and a publicity strategy to educate the public and promote voluntary compliance with the law.

Agencies awarded a grant will conduct enforcement activities by Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) trained officers in locations and times that will have the greatest impact in reducing drugged driving fatal crashes. Officers will work in a minimum of two hours shifts between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

OTSO awarded 45 DDEP grants in the amount of $332,297.42 and will run through September 30, 2019.

NEW CRASH REPORT TOOK TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1

The Ohio Crash Report is typically revised every 5-10 years. A federal mandate that becomes effective in April of 2019 requires mandatory changes to state crash report forms nationwide. The changes include classification of injury severity in the crash. The changes are current with Model Minimum Uniform Standards (MMUC) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). This update also includes other changes based upon current traffic and safety trends in Ohio.

The new crash reporting forms are available for order at www.publicsafety.ohio.gov. Please allow for 2 business days to process your order plus shipping time. The crash manual, report sample pages and a training video are also available on the Public Safety website. Please refer to the area on the main page under Traffic Crash Information, as shown below.

All agencies in the state of Ohio are required to begin using the new form on January 1, 2019. If you currently use the Ohio Law Enforcement Information System (OLEIS), the software automatically received a program update on January 1. If OLEIS did not receive the update, please contact our service desk at servicedesk@dps.ohio.gov. If you use a third party service, please contact your vendor to ensure compliance with the new form.

IMPORTANT REMINDER - INTOXILYZER 8000 OPERATORS

Please complete your annual proficiency test. AS OF DECEMBER 21, 2018 THERE WERE 1,074 PERSONS WHO NEED TO DO A TEST OR RESTEST. Instructions for the proficiency test are found on the Ohio Department of Health, Alcohol and Drug Testing website, under the Publications and Forms heading.

If you are unsure if you have conducted a successful breath alcohol test or proficiency on the I-8000 last year (BrAC result reported, no exceptions occurred), please do a proficiency test as soon as possible. The OAC deadline for an I-8000 proficiency is December 31, however the earlier the program receives a proficiency, the better. You may use any I-8000 in Ohio to complete the proficiency test.

Please remember to check your emails. A failed proficiency test will result in an email for the person or to their department if an email address can be found by ODH. Contact for Ohio Highway Patrol personnel will made through their dps.ohio.gov address for return email address. Troopers should especially check their emails for failed proficiency test.

In addition, if an operator has NOT run a test in 2018 and/or can confirm their card is valid, they should NOT run a test in 2019. If they run a test with an expired card, the Ohio Department of Health will have to notify them AND the prosecutor's office that the test in not valid.

Please don’t hesitate to contact Ray Scharf or Jeanna Walock if you have questions. BADT@odh.ohio.gov or (614) 644-4609.

SUPER BOWL

FEBRUARY 3

Super Bowl has become synonymous with drinking and celebrating, making roads on Super Bowl weekend dangerous. Using these materials, you can raise awareness in your community or with your officers to the heightened dangers of drunk driving on Super Bowl weekend.

These marketing materials should only be used in support of the Super Bowl LIII drunk driving prevention campaign period. Specific requests and questions regarding their use outside of this time period should be directed to Feedback-TSM@dot.gov.

To view campaign materials click here.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY - DRIVE SOBER

MARCH 17

St. Patrick’s Day is March 17th, and we continually see a spike in drunk-driving crashes on this date every year.

Use these [enforcement] marketing tools to reach out to your community about the dangers of drinking and driving on this day. These materials will partner your office with other states, communities, and organizations on this drunk driving prevention initiative:

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over for enforcement, or
Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving for social norming.

ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING – KEY FINDINGS FROM 2017 DATA

In 2017, there were 10,874 fatalities in motor vehicle traffic crashes involving drivers with BACs of .08 g/dL or higher. This totaled 29 percent of all traffic fatalities for the year. (Note: It is illegal in every state to drive with a BAC of .08 g/dL or higher.)
An average of one alcohol-impaired-driving fatality occurred every 48 minutes in 2017.
The estimated economic cost of all alcohol-impaired crashes (involving alcohol-impaired drivers or alcohol-impaired non-occupants) in the United States in 2010 (the most recent year for which cost data is available) was $44 billion.
Of the traffic fatalities in 2017 among children 14 and younger, 19 percent occurred in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes.
The 21- to 24-year-old age group had the highest percentage (27 percent) of drivers with BACs of .08 g/dL or higher in fatal crashes compared to other age groups in 2017.
The percentage of drivers with BACs of .08 g/dL or higher in fatal crashes in 2017 was highest for fatalities involving motorcycle riders (27 percent), compared to passenger cars (21 percent), light trucks (20 percent), and large trucks (3 percent).
The rate of alcohol impairment among drivers involved in fatal crashes in 2017 was 3.6 times higher at night than during the day.
In 2017 among the 10,874 alcohol-impaired driving fatalities, 68 percent (7,368) were in crashes in which at least one driver had a BAC of .15 g/dL or higher.

To view NHTSA’s Traffic Safety Facts – November 2018 – Click here.

QUESTIONS?

When is Click It or Ticket?

When is Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over?

When is Motorcycle Awareness Month?

To find the answers to these questions and more view the 2018-2019 OTSO COMMUNICATIONS CALENDAR by clicking here.

THE OHIO TRAFFIC SAFETY OFFICE PRESENTS:

PROSECUTING THE DRUGGED DRIVER

A FREE 6.0 HOUR CLE TRAINING

The course credits to be apportioned as 4.5 general hours and 1.5 professionalism/ substance abuse.

WHEN: January 15, 2019 (8:45 a.m.- 4 p.m.)

WHERE: Ohio State Highway Patrol Training Academy, 740 E. 17^th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, 43211

WHO: Municipal and County Prosecutors and Law Enforcement

HOW: This course is being hosted by the Ohio Traffic Safety Office/ Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor/ Ohio Drug Evaluation and Classification program, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Funding is provided in part or solely by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

REGISTRATION: Email Robert Wakefield at rwake@dps.ohio.gov by January 2, 2019. PLEASE DO NOT DELAY…. WE ANTICIPATE A GOOD RESPONSE. SPACE IS LIMITED TO 50. This course is free for prosecutors and law enforcement and has been approved by the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 6.00 total CLE hours instruction. Please contact Holly Reese, Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor at hreesetsrp@ gmail.com or (330) 904-8971 with any questions.

To view the course description and agenda, click here.

ROLLING STONED : A CRASH COURSE IN DUID

THE KENTUCKY, OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA TRAFFIC SAFETY RESOURCE PROSECUTORS PRESENT:

ROLLING STONED: A CRASH COURSE IN DUID

A FREE 14 HOUR CLE TRAINING

WHEN: February 20- 22, 2019

WHERE: Huntington Police Dept., 675 10^th St., Huntington, West Virginia, 25704

WHO: Prosecutors and Drug Recognition Experts

HOW: This course is being hosted by the Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors and the Drug Evaluation and Classification program. Funding is provided in part or solely by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The course, CLE credits, mileage and lodging will be covered for participants.

REGISTRATION: Email Robert Wakefield at rwake@dps.ohio.gov by January 10, 2019. PLEASE DO NOT DELAY…. WE ANTICIPATE A GOOD RESPONSE. SPACE IS LIMITED TO 50. This course is free for prosecutors and law enforcement and has been approved by the Supreme Courts of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia Commissions on Continuing Legal Education for 14.00 total CLE hours instruction (12.5 General and 1.5 Ethics/ Professionalism). Please contact Holly Reese, Ohio Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor at hreesetsrp@ gmail.com or (330) 904-8971 with any questions.

To view the course description and agenda, click here.

Drug Recognition Expert Program

The DRE Program is a traffic safety program that focuses on the detection, apprehension and adjudication of drug-impaired drivers.

A Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) is a law enforcement officer highly trained to recognize impairment in drivers under the influence of drugs other than, or in addition to, alcohol.

For more information, upcoming training dates and how to apply for this free training, please view the DRE Application by clicking here and School Information and upcoming classes by clicking here.

Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE)

ARIDE Classes are being offered free of charge through the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy

Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) provides officers with general knowledge related to drug impaired driving and to promote the use of Drug Recognition Experts (DRE). Law enforcement officers will learn to observe, identify and articulate the signs of impairment related to drugs, alcohol, or a combination of both, in order to reduce the number of impaired driving crashes.

For upcoming classes and how to register click here.

OHIO LTAP is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the following free sessions of Designing and Operating Roads for the Aging Population:

February 26 – Cleveland Click here to register.

February 28 – Dayton Click here to register.

Pre-registration is required, per the links provided above. Registrations will be processed in the order they are submitted online.To access a PDF flyer for this course topic, click here.If you have any questions regarding the online registration process, please contact Ohio LTAP by phone at (614) 387-7359 or (877)-800-0031 (Toll Free in Ohio) or by email at: ltap@dot.ohio.gov

UNIQUE PARTNERSHIPS MAKE FOR SUCCESSFUL EVENTS

Annual “SADD Day at the Q” brings together community and students

Some partnerships are just a given when it comes to planning a traffic safety event. Ohio’s “SADD Day at the Q” is no different in that local law enforcement, schools, and the Cleveland area Safe Communities program are steady partners that make the event each year a success. Ohio SADD partners with Westshore Young Leaders, a teen focused group within the Westshore Enforcement Bureau, to create the agenda and complete the planning each year. Although SADD Chapters are a mainstay of the student roster that comes to Quicken Loans Arena to learn more about traffic safety and other important issues, many Northern Ohio Schools also attend. The best and most fortunate partner in the program is the Cleveland Cavaliers. Each year they donate space, staff, and other items to help make the day for these students one they won’t forget. But some of the other partners involved are unique as well. Theatre groups, churches, private businesses, and non-profit organizations often attend to give the students a chance to know more about their community and the services that are available to them. Organizers each year try to keep the topics fresh so that students will take the information and share with their fellow students. This year, however, the students were the highlight. Three separate schools received a grant from Cardinal Health and gave a performance known as “PharmEffects.” The program focused on the hazards of drug use. The Ohio State Highway Patrol/DRE program followed up with the what can happen if you drive impaired, especially under the influence of drugs or medication. Ohio SADD thanks everyone who makes this event each year a success, and as always, we hope that the efforts of these great partners save teen lives.

OHIO SADD AND OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION

PRESENTS

“2019 Ohio Teen Safe Driving Summit”

Over the past few years Ohio SADD, along with the Ohio Traffic Safety Office and State Farm, brought Ohio students the event known as “Dome Shift.” The event was held in the Fall in downtown Columbus. Ohio SADD is making a complete change this year in location, time of year, partners, and the name! Ohio State University Extension Office/CarTEENS and Ohio SADD have been working together with State Farm and the Ohio Teen Safe Driving Coalition to bring all Ohio Students the opportunity to attend the “2019 Ohio Teen Safe Driving Summit” located on the Ohio State University Campus. An array of topics in traffic safety, leadership, community involvement, and better decision making will all be highlighted at the February 1^st event. The online registration is now open and the deadline is January 18, 2019. Space is limited, so registering early is important. There is a $10 fee for each student to cover lunch and other costs. For more information, contact Teresa C. Carper at tcarper@sadd.org .

TRAFFIC SAFETY MATERIALS

OTSO offers materials for numerous traffic safety campaigns, including impaired driving, restraint usage, distracted driving, and motorcycles. Utilizing the numerous materials found here can make an impact that will reach beyond your community. By raising public awareness YOU can help save lives. The order form can be found by clicking here.