NTSB Press Release
National Transportation Safety Board
Office of Public Affairs
Video and Final Agenda for NTSB'S Substance-Impaired Driving Forum Released Today
May 9, 2012
WASHINGTON - Today the National Transportation Safety Board released a short video (3:09) highlighting the issues to be addressed at its forum, "Reaching Zero: Actions to Eliminate Substance-Impaired Driving," which will be held on Tuesday - Wednesday, May 15-16, 2012, in the NTSB Conference Center and Board Room in Washington, DC. The video may be viewed here:
In addition, the final agenda, with speaker names, affiliations, and biographies, has been published and is available on the forum website: www.ntsb.gov/ReachingZero.
The two-day forum will include a look at the substances that impair drivers and how those effects are measured; an examination of the types of individuals that drive impaired and how such behavior can be prevented; the role of education and outreach; judicial and extra-judicial approaches to preventing substance-impaired driving; and a look at strategies other countries have used to reduce substance-impaired driving accidents and fatalities.
The forum is free and open to all; no registration is required.
The entire two-day event will be webcast live at bit.ly/fzFiOW. An archive of the webcast will be available on our website for three months following the event.
Follow us on twitter@NTSB; the hashtag for the forum is #ReachingZero.
NTSB Media Contact:
Office of Public Affairs
490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC 20594
(202) 314-6100
Peter Knudson
peter.knudson@ntsb.gov
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of transportation accidents, promoting transportation safety, and assisting victims of transportation accidents and their families.
