TrafficWise - July 20, 2020

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July 20, 2020

Year-to-Date Confirmed Traffic Fatalities, Current versus Previous Year

FATAL CRASHES 2020 YEAR TO DATE MAP can be found here.

FATAL COMPARISON MAP can be found here.

BREATH PERMIT RENEWAL CONTINGENCY PLAN - COVID-19 UPDATE 07/13/2020

To:	Breath Alcohol Testing Operators and Senior Operators
From:	Jeanna Walock, Program Administrator Alcohol and Drug Testing Program
Date:	June 9, 2020

Breath Permit Renewal Contingency Plan - COVID-19 Updated 07/13/2020

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Alcohol and Drug Testing Program will temporarily suspend training classes and in-person Breath Test Operator and Senior Operator permit renewal testing.

For Breath Test Operators and Senior Operators who have a permit with an expiration date prior to October 1, 2020 AND who have not completed a renewal test, click here and follow the instructions to apply for renewal.

BAC Datamaster Proficiency Test form can be found by clicking here.

Intoxilyzer 5000 Proficiency Test form can be found by clicking here.

If you have any questions, contact the Alcohol and Drug Testing Program at BADT@odh.ohio.gov or call (614) 644-4609.

We will communicate in the future when we are again able to conduct training and in-person renewal testing. If your I-8000 card expired on 12/31/2019 and you have not completed a renewal test, we will resume testing when we are able to conduct in-person testing.

Special Notice

2020 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over National Mobilization

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ohio, updates to the August Calendar and events surrounding the "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" national mobilization will be subject to change.

Updates will be distributed as they become available.

Thank you - OTSO

UPDATE TO THE 2020 NHTSA COMMUNICATIONS CALENDAR

With the constant changes that we are all facing during these times, there may be updates to the various calendars, campaigns and mobilizations focusing on our Traffic Safety efforts.

To view the most recent 2020 NHTSA Communications Calendar, please click here.

Remember, depending on the guidance that we receive from the National Highway Traffic Safety Office and the Ohio Governor's Office, there may be adjustments to the current calendars.

Thank you,

OTSO

Heatstroke Prevention

There have been 851 children who have died due to vehicular heatstroke since 1998 (reference: https://www.noheatstroke.org). All of these deaths could have been prevented.

These are the statistics as of May 28, 2020:

Child heatstroke fatalities in 2020 - 2
Child heatstroke fatalities in 2019 - 52
Child heatstroke fatalities in 2018 - 53
Child heatstroke fatalities in 2017 - 44
National average of child heatstroke fatalities per year since 1998 - 39

Find and share campaign information for parents, caregivers, schools and organizations, and remind everyone to

Look Before You Lock

To view information on this campaign, click here.

Child Passenger Safety Week

September 20-26, 2020 (Child Passenger Safety Week) / September 26, 2020 (National Seat Check Saturday)

Every 32 seconds in 2018, one child under the age of 13 in a passenger vehicle was involved in a crash. Many times, injuries and deaths can be prevented by proper use of car seats, boosters, and seat belts.

NHTSA and the Ad Council launched a new series of public service ads (PSAs) that urge parents and caregivers to protect their child’s future at every stage of life, by making sure they secure them in the correct car seat for their age, height, and weight.

The campaign materials were created pro bono by Campbell Ewald, Casanova McCann, Mister Face, and Wordsworth & Booth and include English and Spanish radio, print, outdoor, and web banner ads. The English PSAs direct to NHTSA.gov/TheRightSeat and the Spanish PSAs direct to NHTSA.gov/Protegidos, where parents can find more information on how to determine if their child is in the right seat for his or her age and size. Use these free safety materials to generate awareness about child car safety in your community throughout the year.

You can also visit PSACentral to download the latest work.

Want to customize one of our radio or print PSAs with the tag of your local DOT or organization? Please email Elizabeth at elizabeth.nilsson@dot.gov for more information on this process:

For more information on Child Passenger Safety Week and National Seat Check Saturday, click here.

Due to COVID-19, please note that ODOT’s Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Center is unable to host in-person training courses at this time. However, many other training resources are currently available through LTAP, including a variety of free webinars, eLearning courses and publications!

Driver Familiarity / Unfamiliarity at Roundabouts: A Case Study (Webinar Replay) – July 21. Click here for registration information.
Preventing Runovers and Backovers (ARTBA) / Webinar Series – August 4 & 5. Click here for registration information.

Click here to visit the LTAP Webinars webpage with listings of additional upcoming topics.

Click here to visit the LTAP eLearning webpage for details on how to access more than 250 free online courses/modules. Topics include Road Diets, Roadway Departure Countermeasures and many others.

Click here to visit the LTAP Route of Navigation (RON) Educational series, with links to dozens of resource publications for topic categories such as Access Management, Roadway Safety, Signage and Work Zone Safety.

Email: ltap@dot.ohio.gov

Website: http://www.dot.state.oh.us/ltap

SAVE THE DATE!

NETS Sponsor Webinar Series

In partnership with NETS, eDriving, a NETS Platinum Sponsor, will be hosting a free webinar on Thursday, July 30.

Making Driver Safety a Way of Life: Creating a Crash-Free® Culture

To reduce driver risk, lower associated costs, and sustain risk reduction, driver safety must become “a way of life” – part of an organization’s conversations, activities, meetings, performance reviews, annual conferences, and other events. In this webinar, eDriving’s Jim Noble, Senior Vice President, Risk Engineering, and Denise Murroni, Customer Success Manager, will explain the benefits of how to reduce driver risk by creating a safety performance environment.

In this webinar, you will learn how to establish a crash-free culture® by:

Defining and communicating safety as a strategic performance imperative
Establishing a holistic picture of driver risk
Recognizing safe driving behaviors and changing “at-risk” habits
Leveraging MVR, crash and telematics data to support your most “at-risk” drivers
Employing micro-learning to provide engaging coaching and training
Setting goals and using analytics to measure progress

You can register by clicking here.

OVI BOOTCAMP FOR PROSECUTORS

WHEN: September 29-30, 2020

WHERE: Aloft Newport on the Levee, 201 E. 3^rd St., Newport, KY

WHO: Municipal and County Prosecutors

HOW: This course is being hosted by the Ohio Traffic Safety Office/ Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor/ Ohio Drug Evaluation and Classification programs. Funding is provided in part or solely by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It is free for prosecutors. Lodging scholarships may be available to those in need and traveling more than 50 miles to attend the training. Funds are limited so please apply early.

REGISTRATION: Email Robert Wakefield at rwake@dps.ohio.gov by September 1, 2020. PLEASE DO NOT DELAY…. WE ANTICIPATE A GOOD RESPONSE. SPACE IS LIMITED TO 20. This course has been approved by the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 11.00 total CLE hours, with 1.00 of attorney professional conduct instruction. Please contact Holly Reese, Ohio Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor at hreesetsrp@ gmail.com or (330) 904-8971 with questions.

To view the flyer and agenda, click here.

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.

The ARIDE program stresses the importance of the signs and symptoms of the seven drug categories. Officers attending this course will receive an update/refresher of Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFSTs) and must successfully pass an SFST proficiency evaluation. This training also promotes interaction with representatives from the state's prosecution community who are encouraged to attend. The instructors for this course are all Ohio DRE certified instructors. Prerequisite: Law enforcement officers must have had training in SFST (previously ADAP). This course is funded through an OTSO/NHTSA grant and is free for sworn Ohio law enforcement officers and prosecutors only. Tuition for out-of-state officers is $250.

London instructor(s): Dwight Underwood

Richfield instructor(s): Mike Golec

The view the upcoming classes and to register, click here.

!! NORWALK STILL TO BE VERIFIED !!

To view the flyer with registration information for Norwalk, click here.

To view the flyer with registration information for Lima, click here.

To view the flyer with registration information for Maumee, click here.

To view the flyer with registration information for Defiance, click here.

Drug Recognition Expert Program

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

A 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, School Information and upcoming classes by clicking here.

This project in Southeast Ohio will deploy automated transportation solutions focused on Ohio’s rural roads and highways. The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded a $7.5 million Automated Driving Systems Demonstration Grant to an Ohio-based team of industry, academia and community partners.

DriveOhio, with support from across the Ohio Department of Transportation, and the Transportation Research Center Inc. (TRC) will lead the project. Other partners include The Ohio State University, Ohio University and the University of Cincinnati.

The four-year plan will test the safe integration of automated driving systems onto our nation’s roadways and evaluate potential economic impacts of this technology. With partners contributing $10.3 million in matching funds, the total investment in Ohio for this project will be $17.8 million.

Testing of automated driving systems will be conducted in all seasons, day and night, as well as paved and unpaved roads. Some testing will also occur during periods of limited visibility and in work zones. A driver will be behind the wheel at all times should human intervention be needed.

In regions where on-road testing is to take place, local officials will take part in pre-planning and community meetings will be held in advance to inform the public. These deployments will be coordinated by academic partners and led by the TRC.

The first year of the project is focused on planning, followed by iterative deployments during the following three years.

For more information on DriveOhio and the Deploying Automated Technology Anywhere project, click here.

NETS Upcoming DSWW Wellness Campaign Featured

NETS upcoming Drive Safely Work Week® campaign focused on wellness was featured recently in Fleet Management Weekly. The full article may be found by clicking here.

NETS Upcoming DSWW Wellness Campaign Featured

NETS upcoming Drive Safely Work Week® campaign focused on wellness was featured recently in Fleet Management Weekly. The full article may be found by clicking here.

REMEMBER the 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.