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2008 New Mexico Traffic Safety Summit Materials

Below are links to the materials from the Summit. Note: Summit documents and presentations have been posted here as we have received them. If you use this information in your work, please remember to attribute it to the presenter.

If you don't find a presentation you are looking for, it is most likely because the presenter does not wish to post it online.

Links to New Mexico's Comprehensive Transportation Safety Plan:

Presentations: Tuesday March 11, 2008:

Welcome and Introduction:
Michael Sandoval, Director, NMDOT Traffic Safety Bureau
Muffet Foy Cuddy, Chief, NMDOT Office of Programs Divisions
Blazing the Trail to a Safer New Mexico

Keynote Presentation:
Tom Welch, Safety Engineer, Iowa DOT, Optimizing Safety Program Investments

Breakout #1: Impaired Driving, Focus: Underage Drinking
Glenn Wieringa, Impaired Underage Drinking Coordinator, NMDOT Traffic Safety Bureau: Underage Initiatives by TSB
Peter DeBenedittis, PhD: The Alcohol Literacy Challenge--Changing Expectations to Reduce Drinking

Breakout #2: Pedestrian Safety, Focus: Effective Enforcement Strategies
• Juliet Armijo-Pana, District 5 Program Manager, NMDOT Traffic Safety Bureau: Enforcement and Education: 403 Demonstration Project and Pedestrian Safety
• Jessica Frost, Safe Routes To School Coordinator, NMDOT, New Mexico Safe Routes to School Program (NMSRTS)
• Rodolfo Monge-Oviedo, Senior Planner, Mid Region Council of Governments (MRCOG): Assessing Community Pedestrian Needs, an Albuquerque Metropolitan Planning Area Example

Breakout #3: Traffic Records, Focus: TraCS
• Mike Archibeque, – NM Statewide Traffic Records Program Manager: Overview of NM Traffic Records Program
• Michael Kinney, Sergeant, & Ernest Najera, Jr., Deputy, Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office: TraC Demo
• Jim Davis, former Director of the Division of Government Research, University of New Mexico: The Myriad Uses of Traffic Records

Keynote Presentation
David Jernigan, PhD, Executive Director, Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth: Alcohol Marketing and Youth: Evidence of a Problem

Breakout #4: Occupant Protection, Focus: Nighttime Seatbelt Enforcement
• Sgt. Bill Thornock, New Mexico State Police, Daniel Grantham, New Mexico Mounted Patrol: Rural Nighttime Seatbelt Enforcement
• Lowell Porter, Cambridge Systematics: Nighttime Seatbelt Enforcement: The Washington Experience.
• Mark Solomon, Vice-President, Preusser Research

Breakout #5: Lane Departures, Focus: Targeted Solutions: The 5% Report, Highway Safety Improvement Program, the Road Safety Assessment (RSA) Program/Low Cost Safety Improvements
• Rhonda C. Lopez, P.E., NM Department of Transportation, Traffic Technical Support Engineer: The 5% Report and HSIP Report
• Susan Herbel, Principal, Cambridge Systematics: Changing the Way We Think
• Nancy R. Perea, Derek Meier, P.E., Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects, Transportation/Traffic Engineer: Low Cost Improvements

Breakout #6: Impaired Driving, Focus: Compliance
• Jill Ingraham, Chief Probation Officer and Melinda Saiz, Chief Compliance Officer, Metro Court, Metro Statewide Court Monitoring Program
• Valerie Collanton, MADD New Mexico Court Monitoring Project Supervisor : The Court Monitoring Project.
• Steve Hawkins, Curry County DWI Compliance Officer, Curry County Compliance Program: A Rural Perspective .

Breakout #7: Emergency Medical Services, Focus: Effective Emergency Response and Incident Management Strategies)
• Stuart Castle, EMS Data Coordinator: EMS Data Collection
• Charlie Schroeder, EMS Investigator, Introduction to New Mexico EMS Licensing
• Liana Lujan, Trauma Program Manager: New Mexico Trauma System.

Breakout #8: Hot Topics
• Richard Retting, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: Summary of Research Regarding the Effectiveness of Automated Traffic Enforcement.
• Pat Tucker, Regional Program Manager, NHTSA: Motorcycle Safety from a National Perspective
• Vickie Evans, DWI Manager, NM Motor Vehicle Division: Central Issuance of Drivers’ Licenses and the Real ID Act.

Breakout #9: Impaired driving, Focus: Ignition Interlock
• Richard Roth, PhD: What We’ve Achieved with our Interlock Law and What Loopholes Remain
• Hon. Roderick Kennedy, New Mexico Court of Appeals: Getting Judges On Board with Interlock
• Kenny Martinez: Interlock from the Perspective of the User

Presentations: Wednesday March 12, 2008:

Opening Remarks:
Rachel O’Connor, New Mexico DWI Czar: DWI New Mexico

Keynote Presentation:
John Gundlach, SVP, Group Creative Director, GMMB, Strategic Communications Firm: Your Message/Their Medium: Reaching Today's Youth Audiences

Breakout #10: Aggressive Driving & Speeding, Focus: NM Safety Corridors and 100 Days and Nights of Summer
• Alan Ho, Safety Engineer, FHWA, Mike Quintana, District II Program Manager, NMDOT Traffic Safety Bureau and Sgt. Steve Duranceau, Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Dept.: New Mexico Safety Corridors - Double Fines—Just Because We Can Should
• Richard Newman, Adjutant Chief, New Mexico State Police: 100 Days and Nights of Summer: Enforcement
• Janet Dewey-Kollen, Program Manager, NMDOT Traffic Safety Bureau, and Richard Kuhn, Vaughn Wedeen Creative: 100 Days and Nights of Summer: Media Campaign.

Breakout #11: Native Americans, Focus: Current Programs
• Patricia Abeyta, BIA Indian Highway Safety Program
• John Antonio, Governor, Pueblo of Laguna - Sharing Arrest Data with NM MVD.
• Esquipula Tenorio, 4 Youth Community Organizer, Pueblo of Laguna
• Lt. Francine Bradley, Crownpoint District, Navajo Nation

Breakout #12: Young Drivers, Focus: Driving Skills
• Andrew Sieloff, Ford Motor Co.: Driving Skills for Life
• David Strayer, PhD., Associate Professor, University of Utah: Why Does Talking on a Cellphone Make You Drive Like You Were Drunk?

Closing Keynote:
NMDOT Secretary Rhonda G. Faught, PE.: Blazing the Trail to a Safer New Mexico: Motivating the 5th E (Everyone).