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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June 29th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
Great find. Like many parents, I don’t like the hassle of car seats and my kids don’t like being in them for long times. Like you have said before, the whole car seat thing would not be such a hassle if we drove less. We all grew up w/o car seats but our parents probably drove less and drove slower on in-town streets and did not do as much highway driving in traffic when we were little. Could a baby be safe in mom’s arms in the car? maybe if you did not go over 25 and only took a few trips a week.
June 30th, 2010 at 6:21 am
@Michael – That line of logic works until the car comes to a sudden stop in an accident. Even at 20 miles per hour, 10 lbs. of baby can exert a lot of force on the mother’s arms. Severe trauma would still result.
Now, take car A driving 20 miles per hour and car B, driving at 15 miles per hour, that just veered into car A’s path of travel. That’s a 35 mile per hour impact velocity.
Nope, even at slow speeds the idea that a baby is safe in mommy’s arms doesn’t work – laws of physics will prevail.
June 30th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Donald, of course I know this is not safe, but if you spend very little time in a car, and only travel at slow speeds, you have a much lower chance of being in a serious accident.
July 1st, 2010 at 11:35 am
The rule of thumb is the speed of the vehicle times the person’s weight. Your 10-lb baby at 20 miles per hour is exerting a force of roughly 200 lbs in an frontal impact, single car. This is enough to kill a baby. If you think the tradeoff of a baby versus a car seat is worth it, then you are going to be in a minority.
Even in the US, which is behind the European countries in safety, it is illegal to drive with an unrestrained child passenger.
If the children don’t like their car seats, it is usually because those seats are not properly fitted to them. The hassle of car seat placement can be mitigated by choosing a car seat that fits your needs — that’s why there are so many choices in car seats. For more assistance in that, check with your local municipality or look at the Safe Kids International website.
I’m a certified CPS technician, and volunteer at car seat checks just about every weekend. Most parents are actually quite happy to use car seats to protect their children.
July 8th, 2010 at 11:51 am
Boy, safety as religion… Michael didn’t say that a car seat wouldn’t be a good idea in the event of an accident even at 20mph. What he suggested was that at slower speeds in quieter neighborhoods in smaller towns with shorter trips, the odds of a serious accident might have been a bit more remote. Seems like the responses to him are a bit high-strung — was this blasphemy?
Can we accept that car seats for children are be preferred (if they’re going to be in a moving car) without invalidating any and every honest discussion about what we lose in the bargain? The notion that (well-rested) children usually don’t mind having their movements severely restricted by being strapped to a car-seat as long as it “fits right” seems an overstatement (i.e. propaganda).
(@Ginger — not that your volunteerism isn’t admirable, btw)