News from the latest Governor's Strategic Highway Safety Plan Leadership and Traffic Records Coordinating Committee Meeting

"Every Life Counts--Strive for Zero Deaths and Injuries on Georgia Roads"

On November 28th, transportation and law enforcement leaders from Georgia's main state agencies met at the Department of Transportation Headquarters for a joint Governor's Strategic Highway Safety Plan Leadership and Traffic Records Coordinating Committee Meeting.

The Georgia Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) Leadership team was formed to identify strategies to reduce serious injuries and fatalities on Georgia's roadways and to maximize and leverage existing safety resources by multidisciplinary agencies and professionals.

The Georgia Traffic Records Coordinating Committee (TRCC) Leadership Team was formed to help expedite the creation of a statewide electronic traffic record system which will automate and provide real-time data in the field of crash reporting. Such a system will provide immediate feedback and help in fast-response efforts in engineering, law enforcement, and planning to the field of highway safety.

Among the many topics discussed by the SHSP Team at this meeting was implementing a speed management program, flexible funding eligibility, and current 4% fatality reduction goals as seen in the latest fatality targeting tool, the Fatality Surveillance System.

The TRCC portion of the meeting focused on upcoming projects from the Strategic Plan that scheduled for funding with NHTSA Section 408 funds. Including in the funding is the deployment of TraCS, the first step towards a universal and statewide electronic database system for Georgia law enforcement agencies.

The joint meeting was also memorable for the honoring of retiring DOT Commissioner Harold Linnenkohl for his dedication to highway safety in Georgia and welcoming incoming GDOT Commissioner Gena Abraham.

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