UGA Coach Mark Richt on Highway Safety for UGA Fans mattmontgomery  at:  8/30/2010   UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COACH MARK RICHT ON HIGHWAY SAFETY FOR BULLDOG FANS University of Georgia Football Coach Mark Richt believes strongly in staying safe behind the wheel for all Bulldog fans while riding and driving the roads across Georgia.  Coach Richt has partnered with GOHS to create a special video message which will be played during all University of Georgia Home Football games in 2010. To view Coach Richt's message, click on: http://www.gahighwaysafety.org/StreamingVideo/gadawgs2010.wmv GOHS HOME MORE NEWS STORIES FROM GOHS         Older Driver Task Force Train-the-Trainer Workshop mattmontgomery  at:  8/5/2010   PHOTOS AND INFORMATION FROM THE AUGUST 4, 2010 OLDER DRIVER SAFETY TRAIN-THE-TRAINER WORKSHOP HELD IN ATLANTA The Department of Community Health’s Injury Prevention Program (IPP) within the Division of Emergency Preparedness, Governor's Office of Highway Safety, Georgia Department of Transportation, and the Federal Highway Safety Administration conducted the second Older Driver Safety Design Train-the-Trainer (TtT) Workshop, for Georgia traffic engineers on Wednesday, August 4, 2010. Traffic engineers, medical physician, safety education, urban and transportation planners participated in the one day workshop. Mark Doctor with the Federal Highway Administration, Resource Center conducted the training.  Older driver roadway design features benefit all drivers. However, the focus on improving older driver roadway designs featured components recognizing “senior zone” designations, larger signage print, improved lighting, roadway directional signs, low cost marking solutions like high visibility “rumble strips”, raised pavement markings, round abouts, and many more.  This training was offered in accordance with the recommendations of the Governor's Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP). The SHSP is a data driven, comprehensive, statewide safety plan.  The plan leverages existing highway safety resources with collaborative input from a 22 member agency executive board,  The plan focuses on 10 highway safety areas and 14 corresponding Safety Task Teams. Within the “Age Related” emphasis area is the Older Driver Task Force. The ODTF has developed effective safety programs to address older driver safety issues in physician awareness, alternative transportation coordination, engineering roadway design, law enforcement training, emergency medical services, and public information and education.  For more information on the Governor’s SHSP, look online at www.gahighwaysafety.org/shsp. FOR THE AGENDA FROM THE TRAINING, CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ON THE OLDER DRIVER TASK FORCE, CLICK ON: HTTP://WWW.GAHIGHWAYSAFETY.ORG/OLDERDRIVERTASKFORCE GOHS HOME WHATS NEW AT GOHS HOME         ACCG/Georgia County Government Magazine Article on Safety Belt Use mattmontgomery  at:  7/30/2010   SEATBELT USAGE REMAINS A KEY ISSUE IN COUNTIES: A GEORGIA COUNTY GOVERNMENT MAGAZINE/ACCG ARTICLE Employees of local governments in Georgia continue to be killed and seriously injured in vehicle and equipment accidents because they are not wearing their seatbelts. Therefore, a timely review of seatbelt safety is in order--Opening to the Georgia County Government Article on Seatbelt Usage TO VIEW THE ARTICLE IN ITS ENTIRETY, CLICK ON: http://www.gahighwaysafety.org/docs/accgjuly2010.pdf TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ACCG (ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF GEORGIA), CLICK ON: http://www.accg.org   GOHS HOME GOHS NEWS ITEMS         PEDESTRIAN DANGER: PBS VIDEO ON BUFORD HIGHWAY SAFETY mattmontgomery  at:  7/30/2010   PBS BLUEPRINT AMERICA SPECIAL REPORT ON PEDESTRIAN DANGER FEATURING BUFORD HIGHWAY In recent years a little noticed shift has been transforming suburbia: the home of the middle class has become the home of the working poor. As a result, roadways that were built for the car are now used by a growing population that can't afford to drive. The consequences can be deadly. Blueprint America on Need to Know from suburban Atlanta where getting to the other side of the road is nothing to take for granted. Featuring interviews from PEDS Michael Orta and Doraville Police Chief John King, Dangerous Crossing highlights the pedestrian problem at Buford Highway in DeKalb County as an example facing communities across the country. TO VIEW THE VIDEO IN ITS ENTIRETY, CLICK ON: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/blueprintamerica/video/video-dangerous-crossing/1053/ TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PEDS (PEDESTRIANS EDUCATING DRIVERS ON SAFETY), CLICK ON: http://www.peds.org   GOHS HOME GOHS NEWS ITEMS         Newest Georgia Motor Vehicle Fatality Report from UGA Online mattmontgomery  at:  7/29/2010   The University of Georgia Department of Health Promotion and Behavior Research Team has released the latest Georgia Motor Vehicle Fatality Report for the latest data including 2009.  This report, sponsored by the Governor's Office of Highway Safety in Georgia is a great analysis of fatalities, related trends, and causal factors for crashes and deaths in Georgia compared to the United States. Among the conclusions of the study is: Though 2009 is preliminary, motor vehicle fatalities reported in Georgia decreased dramatically, marking the lowest number of fatalities in 15 years. Georgia motor vehicle fatalities decreased four years in a row for the first time since 1994; from 1994 to 2005 there were up and down fluctuations in motor vehicle fatalities, so the current downward trend is encouraging. The projected 2009 fatalities per 100 million miles traveled (VMT) rate also decreased in 2009, dispelling the argument that the drop in fatalities is due to decreased driving due to a poor economy. Under current conditions, motor vehicle fatalities in Georgia should continue to decrease. Increases in traffic safety programs, increased enforcement, safer vehicles, and improved infrastructures such as adding barriers, signs, lighting, and repairing crumbling shoulders and fading striping have all contributed to the decrease in motor vehicle fatalities on Georgia roads. Current efforts to improve traffic safety must continue, to further decrease fatalities in the next few years. To learn more and read the entire study, click on: http://www.gahighwaysafety.org/docs/2009gamotorvehiclefatalityreport.doc TO VIEW OTHER GOHS NEWS ITEMS, CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE GOHS HOME PAGE, CLICK HERE    First Page   Prev. Page   Next Page   Last Page

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