The Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over National Traffic Safety Mobilizations for 2021 is just around the corner with the enforcement mobilization running from August 20 to September 6. Kickoffs throughout Ohio will begin on August 13th to increase public awareness of the mobilization and community efforts to highlight the dangers and consequences of impaired driving.
The Ohio Traffic Safety Office encourage all Ohio Law Enforcement Agencies to participate with your colleagues in Law Enforcement and Traffic Safety Partners throughout Ohio for the 2021 mobilizations.
Participation in this mobilization includes an educational and media component, coupled with high-visibility enforcement. Look for the mobilization link at http://ohiohighwaysafetyoffice.ohio.gov/index.stm, which we will update with support materials as they become available. Materials such as banners, magnets and plastic bags will be available free of charge through your Safe Communities representative or by completing the “Material Order Form” which can be found by clicking here and returning it. If you have questions regarding material orders, please contact the Ohio Traffic Safety Office (OTSO) at (614) 466-3250 or by email at TrafficSafety@dps.ohio.gov.
In order to document Ohio’s effort as we report to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), law enforcement partners are asked to report their enforcement and public awareness efforts for the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over mobilization. The “Activity Reporting” form which your agency can use for the mobilization can be found clicking here. Please complete and return your activity for both mobilization periods by the due dates listed on the “Activity Report” form. The “Activity Report” and the “Material Order Form” can be sent to OTSO by fax at (614) 752-4646 or by email at TrafficSafety@dps.ohio.gov.
Thank you for your support and your agency’s efforts in supporting the goal to make Ohio’s roads safe.
DRIVE SOBER OR GET PULLED OVER KICKOFF EVENTS
With the goal of saving lives and reducing injuries on Ohio's roadways during both the "Click It or Ticket" and the "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" National Mobilizations, Ohio's Safe Communities Coalitions are challenged to:
To increase public awareness of these two mobilizations
To bring community partners together to focus on the specific traffic safety message
To encourage their community media to get on board and help deliver this important message
To make sure the public knows the consequences of risky driving behaviors and the reality of these, sometimes deadly decisions
And to make sure that the public knows that Law Enforcement, Traffic Safety Advocates and their community cares and cherishes life and will work together with efforts to protect it.
By clicking here, you can view the current list of Ohio Safe Communities - Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over - Kickoffs
National Mobilization
The 2021 impaired driving national enforcement mobilization "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" goes into effect across the country from August 16 to September 6, 2021. One of the deadliest and most often committed - yet preventable - of crimes (impaired driving), has become a serious safety epidemic in our country.
As law enforcement professionals and highway safety advocates, your efforts will help reduce the number of crashes and fatalities due to impaired driving. By increasing State enforcement efforts, raising public awareness through paid, earned, and social media, and maximizing your local resources, you indeed can make a difference.
Please use these customizable enforcement materials to help you successfully spread the campaign’s message, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, and complement your enforcement campaign. The high-visibility enforcement model has two important purposes:
Spread the message, and
Increase enforcement efforts.
For more information and campaign materials, click here.
Drug-Impaired Driving | Drive High - Get a DUI
Drive High Get a DUI
We want to spread the word about the dangers of drug-impaired driving and to remind all drivers. If you are impaired by drugs, and are thinking about driving, pass your keys to a sober driver.
For more information and campaign materials, click here.
Motorcycle Safety | Rider Safety
Ride Sober or Get Pulled Over
Since alcohol affects skills essential to riding a motorcycle, such as balance and coordination, it should not come as any surprise that it also plays a significant role in motorcycle crash-related fatalities. These marketing materials are designed to remind motorcyclists to always ride smart and sober.
For more information and campaign materials, click here.
September 6 - 27, 2021 / Rail Grade Crossing Campaign
Although accidents at railroad crossings are an old problem, the problem is easily avoidable. This campaign is a focused effort to reverse the uptick in railroad crossing fatalities. The message is simple: STOP. TRAINS CAN'T.
CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY WEEK & NATIONAL SEAT CHECK SATURDAY
September 19-25, 2021 (Child Passenger Safety Week) / September 25, 2021 (National Seat Check Saturday)
On average, two children under 13 were killed, and an estimated 351 were injured every day in 2019 while riding in cars, SUVs, pickups, and vans.
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 Feedback-TSM@dot.gov for more information on this process:
Assets are available for use in donated and paid media. Availability for use in paid or donated media is specified below.
To view additional information and resources for Child Passenger Safety Week and National Seat Check Saturday, click here.
Join us for a FREE Virtual Event Technology Takes The Wheel®
Transformation of Transportation: An Overview of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Presented by AAA, The University of Cincinnati Office of Research, Digital Futures, and DriveOhio
Virtual Event | Tuesday, August 24, 2021 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. ETFREE to attend │ Registration required | Visit the event website and click on “Register Now”.
We are headed down the road toward the future of transportation with connected and autonomous vehicles (CV/AV) – one that will greatly impact society, including our cities, rural communities, commerce and even agriculture. Subject matter experts from AAA, the University of Cincinnati, Digital Futures, and DriveOhio will kick off a Technology Takes The Wheel® seminar series in Southwest Ohio to address the future impact of self-driving cars on Ohio roadways. Learn about CV/AV applications and design happening now, and the vision and planning taking place to create safe, inclusive and interconnected autonomous transportation systems of the future. Please mark your calendar as we examine the new technologies and ideas that will change the way we live, work, and play.
This virtual event will be held in an online webinar format.
Featured Speakers:
Dr. David Yang, Executive Director, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
Dr. Alejandro Lozano Robledo, DAAP, University of Cincinnati
David Hobbs, Senior Field Technical Trainer, Delphi Technologies
Moderator:
Cheryl Parker, Regional Director, Public & Government Affairs, AAA
TO MEET THE TSRP'S AND LEARN WHAT TRAINING IS AVAILABLE TO LAW ENFORMCEMENT AND PROSECUTORS, click here.
TRAFFIC SAFETY CASE LAW UPDATE FOR 2020 - to view this video click here.
OHIO INTOXILYZER 8000 FOR PROSECUTORS - to view click here.
Stay tuned to future issues of TrafficWise as new videos are released.
AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER WEDNESDAY - WEBINAR SERIES
The Ohio TSRP Program is excited to announce August and September Sessions of the Florida TSRP Program’s “Webinar Wednesday” Series. These new sessions are non-state-specific and are intended to assist prosecutors and law enforcement nationwide -- all are welcome!
Specific information on each of the seven (7) sessions is provided through the August Webinar link found here and the September Webinar link found here. You will need to register for each session individually. You may sign up for as many or as few of the sessions as you want, however attendance at all sessions is highly recommended. All sessions are approved (or pending) with the Ohio Supreme Court for the specific CLE amounts and categories listed below for Ohio attorneys for LIVE ATTENDANCE ONLY.
Following is the list of the available webinars:
Title: SFSTs & Drugs: Hit or Miss? (Ohio Bar Approval for 1.5-hr CLE general credit) Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 Time: 1p-230p Eastern Presenter: Tara Jenswold & Emily Thompson, Wisconsin TSRPs
Title: None Detected... What Next? (Ohio Bar Approval for 1.5-hr CLE general credit) Date: Thursday, August 26, 2021 Time: 1p-230p Easter Presenter: Ashley Schluck, WY TSRP
Title: Pharmacology of the Drugged Driver (CORRECTED - Ohio Bar Approved for 2.0-hr CLE GENERAL credit) Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2021 Time: 1p-3p Eastern Presenter: Edward Zumaeta Forensic Scientist - Toxicology Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
Title: Law Enforcement Toxicology Services (Pending Ohio Bar Approval for 1.0-hr CLE general credit) Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2021 Time: 1p-2p Eastern Presenter: Dennis J. Siewert FDLE Orlando Crime Laboratory Analyst Supervisor – Toxicology
Title: Drugged Driving and the DRE Matrix (Pending Ohio Bar Approval for 2.0-hr CLE General Credit) Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 Time: 1p-3p Eastern Presenter: Tim Cornelius IPTM – Interim State DRE Coordinator
There is NO CHARGE to attend these webinars, however you must register in advance.
For complete descriptions and registration information on the August webinars, click here. For complete descriptions and registration information on the September webinars, click here.
SEPTEMBER 2021 TRAFFIC TUESDAY WEBINAR
DRE Reconstruction: Building a DUI Case After Leaving the Scene
Title: DRE Reconstruction: Building a DUI Case After Leaving the Scene
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Time: 2p-330p EST
Presenter: Sgt Don Egdorf - Houston Police Department
DWI Task Force supervisor & Department Traffic Safety Officer
Description: Many times when a fatal traffic crash occurs, it is either not possible to collect all of the evidence necessary while at the scene or that evidence was not initially collected by the original officers on scene. This presentation will discuss the work it takes on the back end of the fatal traffic crash, after the initial officers have left the scene, and what a DRE can do for you in the days following a fatal traffic crash to fully and thoroughly investigate that case.
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.
To view the upcoming classes and to register, 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.
Submitted by Carol Lucio – Ohio SADD State Coordinator
Ohio SADD is partnering with various partners across the state to expand outreach to youth and their parents. Partnerships with Safe Communities, Prevention Groups, and the Cleveland Cavaliers are just a few that are bringing traffic safety education and awareness to youth in Ohio.
During the “100 Deadliest Days of Summer,” SADD placed a particular focus on resources developed in conjunction with The National Road Safety Foundation (NRSF) – the “Passport to Safe Driving” provides helpful driving tips for teens and adults and can be accessed virtually by clicking here.
To learn more about Ohio SADD’s efforts or to join in their outreach to our most vulnerable drivers, contact Carol Lucio at clucio@sadd.org or 513.630.3070
REMEMBER the OTSO offers materials for numerous traffic safety campaigns, including impaired driving, restraint usage, distracted driving, speeding 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.
