September 2024


Summaries of timely road safety news, events, and alerts

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Message from NETS' Executive Director,
Susan Hipp

Fall is a busy time for many people in the U.S.- there are back to school events, holidays to celebrate and upcoming holidays to think about, and lots and lots of conferences. NETS Annual Strength In Numbers Fleet Safety Benchmark Conference is one of those conferences, and if you haven't yet registered for it, you're running out of time!


I may be a little biased as to why you should attend, but those who go know it is one of the few conferences focused exclusively on fleet safety where you will return home with lessons learned, best practices, and new knowledge from fellow road safety peers that you can put to immediate use in your organization's fleet safety program.


Join us for pre-conference professional development seminars, sector-specific fleet safety breakout meetings, valuable keynote presentations, and best practice cases studies from NETS Sponsors and members. You will not be disappointed so register today before it’s too late!

Susan Hipp
Executive Director, NETS
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FINAL CALL

for NETS 2024

Strength IN Numbers®

Fleet Safety Benchmark Conference


Join us next week

October 8~11, 2024

Atlanta, Georgia

Omni Hotel at Centennial Park

190 Marietta Street NW

Atlanta, GA 30303

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NETS SPONSORS
NETS is proud to partner with the following PLATINUM Fleet Safety Sponsors:
Learn about all of NETS Fleet Safety Sponsors

NETS SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT

Secrets to a Successful Road Safety Management Program

Learn from NETS' Platinum Sponsor, CEPA, why it is essential to adopt a broad and multifaceted approach that addresses the root cause and promotes preventive and safe behaviors when developing an efficient and successful traffic crash reduction program.

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LATEST ROAD SAFETY NEWS

Fall Driving Tips: From Leaves to Deer

Fall foliage may be beautiful, but it also poses unique hazards to you and your vehicle. Here are fall driving tips and advice for protecting your car.

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Drive safely in the fog

Driving in foggy conditions can mean reduced visibility behind the wheel, which can lead to motor vehicle crashes.

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41,000 people were killed in US car crashes last year. What cities are the most dangerous?

Some of the leading causes of crashes include distracted driving, speeding, and drug and alcohol use. See which city is considered the most dangerous.

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Twenty Most Deadly U.S. States for Walking

Our first Dangerous by Design 2024 release took a national and metro-focused look at the crisis of people struck and killed while walking on streets across America, deaths that have increased by 75 percent since 2010. Black and American Indian/Alaska Native persons, older adults, and people walking in low-income communities are killed at much higher ...

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WORKPLACE / HOME ROAD SAFETY

Pledge for Safer Roads and Mobility

From 17-20 February 2025, leaders from across ​the world will gather at the 4th Global Ministerial ​Conference on Road Safety in Morocco to agree ​action on global road safety. Leaders will assess the progress made in ​implementing the Global Plan for the Decade of ​Action for Road Safety 2021-2030 during its initial ​five-year period, and generate support for safe and ​sustainable mobility.

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To get people to put down phones while driving, make it a game, Penn study says

Changing human behavior around phone use can be hard, but Penn researchers found that competition, rewards and regular feedback works.

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The truth behind road rage

The start of the new school year saw new and returning Texas A&M students driving in from a myriad of locations, from other states to just an hour's drive down the road. With chronic traffic congestion, school-related stress and everything else in between, College Station has the perfect ingredients for road rage - with students...

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Back on the Road, But Safer?

The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released its 2023 American Driving Survey, providing insights into U.S. daily driving trends after the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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'Detention time' leads truckers to drive faster, report shows

Truck drivers who spend time waiting for cargo to be loaded or unloaded at customer facilities - known as "detention time" - are more likely to travel at higher speeds than drivers who aren't detained.

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TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Volvo has developed the world's first interior radar system for cars

In order to prevent heatstroke from pets and children locked inside cars, today Volvo announced the world's first interior radar system for cars, which is set to debut on the upcoming EX90 electric SUV.

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2025 Toyota Sienna Introduces Advanced Rear Seat Reminder System to Help Identify Rear Seat Occupants via In-Cabin Millimeter-Wave Radar - Toyota USA Newsroom

Building on decades of intuitive technologies designed to benefit customers, the 2025 Toyota Sienna adds standard Advanced Rear Seat Reminder in models sold in the U.S., utilizing a millimeter-wave radar that is designed to detect movement in the vehicle and send alerts to notify the driver or Toyota app user through a series of escalating warnings.

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Labor Day Driving Boosts BlueCruise Popularity - Driving Me

Labor Day weekend has grow to be the height of hands-free highway driving within the US, and Ford Blue cruise technology experiencing significant growth

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Commerce Announces Proposed Rule to Secure Connected Vehicle Supply Chains from Foreign Adversary Threats

The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would prohibit the sale or import of connected vehicles integrating specific pieces of hardware and software, or those components sold separately, with a sufficient nexus to the People's Republic of China (PRC) or Russia.

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GOVERNMENT AND NON-PROFIT
AGENCY NEWS

Enhancing the Road Transportation System Through Global Collaboration

The momentum behind vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology is growing, and for good reason: it is a powerful tool for reducing deaths and serious injuries on the Nation’s roadways. 

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INTERNATIONAL ROAD SAFETY

UNRSF Convenes Industry Leaders at CARS 2024 to Advance Motorcycle Safety Efforts | United Nations Road Safety FundUNRSF

The United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF) hosted, with the support of the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) and Autoliv, a session titled "Catalyzing motorcycle industry leadership on the road to Morocco" during the Conference on Asia Road Safety (CARS) 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Ensuring safe helmets for all: Safety 2024 workshop - Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety

People want and expect to be protected when they buy a motorcycle helmet. However, they are often let down by the proliferation of non-standard and fake helmets. On Sunday 1 September in Delhi, India, the Alliance held a "walkshop" with support from Uber, as part of the Safety 2024 pre-conference program to investigate the availability [...]

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WHO Urges South-East Asia To Accelerate Measures To Reduce Road Traffic Deaths Among Youth

The World Health Organization on Monday called on South-East Asia countries to accelerate measures to reduce road traffic deaths,

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Road crashes biggest cause of deaths due to unintentional injuries in India

The report noted that despite efforts to improve road safety, India continues to grapple with a high number of fatalities due to road traffic injuries (RTIs).

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UPCOMING TRANSPORTATION SAFETY EVENTS
AND CAMPAIGNS

National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving (NASID) Conference: November 18-20, 2024

Responsibility.org and the National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving (NASID) will once again convene the nation’s foremost traffic safety experts, partners, and stakeholders to examine the on-going challenges and complexities of multiple substance impaired driving.

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Webinar: Reducing Impaired Driving with Risk Terrain Modeling and Proactive Alliance Relationship-Based Policing


Please join Responsibility.org for an upcoming webinar, “Reducing Impaired Driving with Risk Terrain Modeling and Proactive Alliance Relationship-Based Policing" on Wednesday, October 9 at 1PM E.T.


The webinar will share innovative approaches for assessing and managing the problems of drunk and drugged driving and strategic ways to develop collaborative problem-solving with stakeholders.

Register here

October is Pedestrian Safety Month

At some point in the day, everyone is a pedestrian, which is why pedestrian safety is an essential part of every highway safety communications plan. Here you'll find messaging on how drivers can keep pedestrians safe and how pedestrians can stay safe. Some assets are available in English and Spanish.

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