[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26049-26050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10603]


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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD


Reaching Zero: Actions to Eliminate Substance-Impaired Driving 
Forum

    The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will convene a 
Public Forum to address Substance-Impaired Driving which will begin at 
8:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 15, 2012. NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman 
will chair the two-day forum and all five Board Members will 
participate. The forum is open to all and free to attend (there is no 
registration).
    Substance-impaired driving kills over ten thousand Americans every 
year and injures many more. Over 90 percent of all transportation 
deaths occur on our roads and one-third of these fatalities involve 
impairment from alcohol or drugs.
    Since the invention of the automobile, policymakers, law 
enforcement, safety activists, and communities have struggled with how 
to stop substance-impaired driving; and it has been a major NTSB 
concern for more than 40 years. The agency has conducted special safety 
studies and produced dozens of accident reports generating over 100 
safety recommendations on the issue. However, the Board has not made a 
new recommendation on substance-impaired driving in a decade. During 
that time, traffic deaths from all causes have dropped, but the 
percentage of those killed by a substance-impaired driver has remained 
unchanged.
    The forum will identify the most effective, data-driven, science-
based actions needed to ``reach zero'' accidents resulting from 
substance-impaired driving. This includes taking a fresh look at the 
Board's previous work and assessing the need for updated or new safety 
recommendations. Panels will critically examine the knowledge, 
interventions, and public policy considerations needed to address this 
national safety problem aggressively.
    All of these areas will be explored through expert panelists 
including representatives of federal, state, and local governments; 
leading researchers, law enforcement, the judiciary, industry, 
treatment experts, and

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advocacy groups. At the conclusion of all presentations for each topic 
area, presenters will take part in a question and answer discussion 
with Board Members and NTSB staff.
    Below is the preliminary forum agenda:

Tuesday, May 15

--Welcome and Opening Remarks
--Session One: The Current State of Affairs
    [ssquf] Panel One: The Substance
    [ssquf] Panel Two: The Problem
--Session Two: Current Interventions
    [ssquf] Panel Three: Education and Outreach
    [ssquf] Panel Four: Enforcement
    [ssquf] Panel Five: Consequences

Wednesday, May 16

--Session Three: Further Intervention Opportunities
    [ssquf] Panel Six: Prevention
    [ssquf] Panel Seven: International Perspective
--Session Four: Next Steps
    [ssquf] Panel Eight: Actions Needed to Reach Zero
--Closing Remarks

    A detailed agenda and list of participants will be released closer 
to the date of the event. The forum will be held in the NTSB Board Room 
and Conference Center, located at 429 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, 
DC The public can view the forum in person or by Webcast at 
www.ntsb.gov.
    Individuals requesting specific accommodations should contact 
Rochelle Hall at (202) 314-6305 by Friday, May 11, 2012.
    NTSB Media Contact: Peter Knudson, 202-314-6100 (Washington, DC), 
[email protected].
    NTSB Forum Manager: Danielle Roeber, 202-314-6436 (Washington, DC), 
[email protected].

Candi R. Bing,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-10603 Filed 5-1-12; 8:45 am]
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