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Now Happening until Dec. 12!
Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving
Prior to getting busy with Christmas and New Year holidays, we remind everyone to plan ahead and drive safely. Remember that alcohol and driving don't mix, and that
buzzed driving is drunk driving
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#BuzzedDrivingLA
#DZD
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Dear Safety Partner,
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Coca Cola partners with DZD to promote sober driving at BR Christmas Parade
Tomorrow, December 10th, the DZD Team in partnership with Coca Cola, the Capital Region Transportation Safety Coalition, the State Police and volunteer partners from LTRC will be participating the Baton Rouge Christmas Parade at 5:30 p.m. This effort in support for the Buzzed Driving Drunk Driving campaign to prevent drunk driving crashes around the holiday season.
For more info, click here.
#BuzzedDrivingLA
#DZD
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Coming Up!
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Woman in the Mirror -
Drive Sober PSA from NHTSA
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Drive Sober
or Get Pulled Over
December 15, 2016 to January 1, 2017
The Destination Zero Deaths (DZD) team supports the nationwide Holiday Campaign
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over - They Will See You Before You See Them from December 15 to January 1, 2017.
The holidays are known for being merry and bright, but also being the deadliest season when it comes to drunk driving.
Let's work together not to ruin the holiday cheer. In December 2015, 840 people died in drunk driving crashes. In Louisiana, around both Christmas and New Year's holidays, there were a total of 579 fatal and injury crashes, 82 (14%) of which were alcohol-involved crashes. Fourteen people died; 43% were alcohol-involved.
Source: HSRG.
Share safety tips and our social media messages on your Facebook or Twitter pages.
Use hashtags #DriveSoberLA and #DZD
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Holiday Season Safety Tips
DOTD Holiday Season Safety Tips
Our partners from the Louisiana DOTD shares some tips to have a merry and safe holiday season.
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News from our partners
 Sonic Tot Calendar to raise funds for child safety seats
Recognizing that some families in Louisiana cannot afford to buy the proper child safety seats, SONIC Drive-in restaurants have banded together to raise money for the purpose. Tot calendars will be sold at over 150 location. Read more.
AAA Foundation study reveals the dangers of getting less than seven hours of sleep
Drivers who miss between one to two hours of the recommended hours of sleep nearly double their risk for a crash, according to new research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Read the report.
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Thank You!
On behalf of the entire SHSP Communications Coordinating Council, the Safety Center thanks all of our state and local partners for the support and cooperation in getting the safety messages out to the public via social media.
Move Over, Save a Life "eclipsed" the 10,000 view mark.
Roundabouts Save Lives engaged over 115,816 (preliminary data)
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Upcoming Campaigns
January 2-21, 2017 Railroad Safety--Do Not Stop on Tracks More info coming soon...
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Opportunities
Important Announcement!
Calling our Researchers, Safety Practitioners and Friends!
Due January 31, 2017
The LTRC is beginning its biennial solicitation of research problem statements that will form the basis for the research program for the next two years. This effort is essential to the successful development and management of the department's research program. This is your chance as our transportation partners/customers to make a difference and optimize benefits to our industry. LTRC welcomes both applied and theoretical problem statements and also problems that require technical assistance.
Submit here.
SHRP2 Roadway Information Database Webinar, December 14 at 12 noon (CT)
FHWA will host this webinar to provide an introduction to Roadway Information Database highlighting presentations on GIS functionality and ways to use RID to support research. Register here.
TRB Annual Meeting, January 8-12, 2017 Washington, D.C.
Over 12, 000 transportation professionals from around the world will convene at the Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting in Washington D.C. to address topics that range from traffic research to programmatic activities in the filed of transportation.
Read more.
Lifesavers Conference - March 26, 28, 2017 in Charlotte, NC
Join the largest gathering of highway safety professionals in the U.S. and encourage students in your local area to grab an opportunity to be
Traffic Safety Scholars
Traffic Records Forum 2017, August 6-9, 2017 New Orleans, LA
Louisiana will be next year's host of the 43rd International Forum on Traffic Records Forum taking place in the Big Easy.
Read more.
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