U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood: Overall Traffic Fatalities Reach Record Low -- First Quarter 2009 Traffic Fatalities Project Continued Record Trend - http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2009/dot9309.htm

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s August 4, 2009 press release on a Distracted Driver Summit -http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2009/dot11409.htm

Cell Phone Studies: Whether You’re Talking While Walking or While Driving, Cell Phones = Increased Fatalities Both Traffic, Pedestrian Fatalities Are Impacted March 04, 2009 - http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/news-releases/2009/03/cell-phone-studies-w-20090304

Efforts to curb drivers' cell phone use stall in Wisconsin by Stacy Forster of the Journal Sentinel Posted: July 5, 2008 - http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/29423684.html

Cell Phones and Driving, and the California New Driving Law on Cell Phones and Driving - published in June 2008 - http://www.emfnews.org/California-New-Driving-Law-on-Cell-Phones-and-Driving.html

The Road Information Program (TRIP) 2009

National News Releases http://www.tripnet.org/news.htm

May 8, 2009: "Rough Roads Costing Motorists Hundreds More Per Year"

January 14, 2009: "Top five transportation headaches and remedies identified "

July 27, 2009 press release from the Virginia Tech Traffic Institute on the use of Cell phones and Driver Distraction - http://www.vtti.vt.edu/PDF/7-22-09-VTTI-Press_Release_Cell_phones_and_Driver_Distraction.pdf

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US Department of Transportation - Safety Home Page: - http://www.dot.gov/safety.html

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Safety Home Page - http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) - Home Page: - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

Federal Motor Carriers Administration (FMCA) - Safety Home Page - http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety-security/csa2010/home.htm

US DOT Safety Home Page

National Highway Traffic Administration 2008 News Releases

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters Announces Historic Drop in Highway Fatalities and Rate

U.S Secretary Peters Announced the Launch of New Advertisements that Focus on Motorcycle Safety and Drunk Driving ,

Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day: National Awareness Day October 10th, Timothy Barkley, Safety Compass Newsletter,

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Says Traffic Deaths on America’s Highways Down Slightly, but Far Too Many Lives Lost Every Year

"Engineers Work to Improve Safety on Dangerous Rural Roads Brakes on Fatalities Day Puts Focus on Deadly Issue", By Danielle Boykin, Staff Writer, Engineering Times

"Engineers Needed to Fight an Epidemic", By Mark D. Van Hala, P.E., NSPE, Engineering Times

"Driver Safety Event Gets in Gear For a Day of Zero Fatalities", Engineering Times

Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Web-Based Encyclopedia Reports : States : Fatalities and Fatality Rates Fatalities and Fatality Rates by State, 1994 - 2003

2004 Traffic Safety Annual Assessment - Early Results

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Joan Buhrman
Public Relations, ASCE
1801 Alexander Bell Dr.
Reston, VA 2019

Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day®
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Jon Esslinger, P.E., F.ASCE
Director, Transportation and Development Institute of ASCE
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Andrea Baker
Manager, Transportation and Development Institute of ASCE
1801 Alexander Bell Dr.
Reston, VA 20191
abaker@asce.org

Volunteer Contacts:

Mark D. Van Hala, P.E., F.NSPE, M.ASCE
NSPE Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day® Champion
Co.: Orange County Public Works Department, APWA, CTST, FACERS
Day Phone: (407) 836-7934
mark.vanhala@co.orange.fl.us (B)

Larry W Emig P.E., F.NSPE, M.ASCE
Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day® Founder
Day Phone: (785) 273-2249
larrykspe@cox.net

Updated July 28, 2009