April 9, 2008.
California Office of Traffic Safety Summit
San Francisco, CA.
May 19, 2009
University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies
Bloomington, MN
June 23, 2009
Driving Assessment 2009
Big Sky, Montana
June 26, 2009
PRI World Congress
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
June 27, 2009
Day of Architecture
Utrecht, The Netherlands
July 13, 2009
Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP)
Phoenix, AZ.
August 12-14
Texas Department of Transportation “Save a Life Summit”
San Antonio, Texas
September 2, 2009
Governors Highway Safety Association Annual Meeting
Savannah, Georgia
September 11, 2009
Oregon Transportation Summit
Portland, Oregon
October 8
Honda R&D Americas
Raymond, Ohio
October 10-11
INFORMS Roundtable
San Diego, CA
October 21, 2009
California State University-San Bernardino, Leonard Transportation Center
San Bernardino, CA
November 5
Southern New England Planning Association Planning Conference
Uncasville, Connecticut
January 6
Texas Transportation Forum
Austin, TX
January 19
Yale University
(with Donald Shoup; details to come)
Monday, February 22
Yale University School of Architecture
Eero Saarinen Lecture
Friday, March 19
University of Delaware
Delaware Center for Transportation
April 5-7
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
McMurrin Lectureship
April 19
International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (Organization Management Workshop)
Austin, Texas
Monday, April 26
Edmonton Traffic Safety Conference
Edmonton, Canada
Monday, June 7
Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Wednesday, July 6
Fondo de Prevención Vial
Bogotá, Colombia
Tuesday, August 31
Royal Automobile Club
Perth, Australia
Wednesday, September 1
Australasian Road Safety Conference
Canberra, Australia
Wednesday, September 22
Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s
Traffic Incident Management Enhancement Program
Statewide Conference
Wisconsin Dells, WI
Wednesday, October 20
Rutgers University
Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
Piscataway, NJ
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre
Injury Prevention Forum
Toronto
Monday, May 2
Idaho Public Driver Education Conference
Boise, Idaho
Tuesday, June 2, 2011
California Association of Cities
Costa Mesa, California
Sunday, August 21, 2011
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Attitudes: Iniciativa Social de Audi
Madrid, Spain
April 16, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Gardens Theatre, QUT
Brisbane, Australia
April 17, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Centennial Plaza, Sydney
Sydney, Australia
April 19, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Melbourne Town Hall
Melbourne, Australia
January 30, 2013
University of Minnesota City Engineers Association Meeting
Minneapolis, MN
January 31, 2013
Metropolis and Mobile Life
School of Architecture, University of Toronto
February 22, 2013
ISL Engineering
Edmonton, Canada
March 1, 2013
Australian Road Summit
Melbourne, Australia
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March 18th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Since people don’t buy new cars soon enough to make an in-car implementation feasible, perhaps cell phone manufacturers should equip all new phones with a device that renders the device inoperable (except for 911) when inside a motor vehicle whose motor is running. No idea whether that would be possible – and it wouldn’t solve the problem of what might technically be called “being an utter idiot” – which is, of course, the real problem here.
March 19th, 2009 at 5:14 am
Inattentive, distracted drivers are all around us and it shouldn’t take a catastrophe to get our attention. Every one of these stories could be avoided if drivers would concentrate on their primary responsibility… sharing the road with care and consideration. Unfortunately personal matters, not the public good, too often dominate drivers’ attention on public roads.
One of the worst cases I’ve heard about was when a truck driver ran over 10 cars while playing with his cell phone on a sunny afternoon on a large freeway in July 2008 (see your 1-13-09 link). The damage: 3 people killed, 15 injures, 10 cars demolished, truck probably OK. Witnesses says he was also speeding in traffic. No word on a prosecution yet. How many seconds does it take not to see the vehicles in front of you and then to run over 10?
I agree, auto manufacturers should be required to install equipment that makes the use of cell phone-texting, etc. devices inoperable while the motor is running.
March 23rd, 2009 at 2:37 pm
The real killer here, and it’s common across all types of distraction, is the cars themselves. Two ton objects moving at many miles per hour are extremely dangerous and kill thousands every year, 39,800 in 2008 to be exact. I don’t like this “save us from ourselves” mentality of making phones inoperable in cars. The root cause is our culture and our lackadaisical attitude when in control of a two ton object. If we don’t have the discipline to behave properly behind the wheel and resist distractions then WE SHOULDN’T BE DRIVING in the first place!
April 1st, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Tom, Are cell phones good and cars evil? For God sake, we lived without cell phones before there were cell phones. For that matter, our forefathers lived without cars, too, but we have not. An easy solution is DON”T USE YOUR PHONE IF YOU ARE DRIVING. You will be a much safer driver. I prohibit my kids from using their phones while driving. They MUST pull over, preferably into a parking lot in town or an approach in the country, to use their phone, calling in or out. Texting is blocked. Cars are not killers. Bad drivers are killers. Two tons objects don’t kill people, people driving them kill people. If cars kill people, pens cause illiteracy. Take the credit, or blame, for the way you drive. If you keep up like this, you may hurt your cars’ feelings.