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Workshops

The 2024 Nevada Traffic Safety Summit is hosting the following workshops and special sessions. Spots in certain sessions are limited and advance registration is required.

We are now accepting advance registration for Safety Summit Sessions. Complete registration via this link.

Tuesday | November 12, 2024

 

Crash and Citation Data Workshop

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Including 30-Minute Break) | Expo Hall C

Capacity: 80 attendees. Advance registration required.

Facilitators: Kevin Tice, Office of Traffic Safety (OTS); Shara Thiesen, Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT); Jon Boether, NDOT; Lt. Nivarel, Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP); Ken Baldwin, Tyler Technologies; Karl Nieberlein, Tyler Technologies; Adam Anderson, OTS; Dr. Bertille Mavegam, UNLV; Dr. Noehealani Antolin, UNLV; William Porter, UNLV; Lacey Tisler, NDOT; Mike Colety, Kimley-Horn


How Speed Effects Crash Outcomes, Especially for Vulnerable Road Users (Part 1) 

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Silver Baron E

Facilitators: Erin Breen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Road Equity Alliance Project; Kelly Norman, Carson Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO); Mathew Morris, NDOT; Rachel Shaw, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA)

This interactive session will begin with an overview of data for vulnerable road users: pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists. Then we’ll add speed data to the equation. We will explore how speed affects crash outcomes, what role the built environment plays, and whether lower-income neighborhoods are more at risk.

Next, we’ll have a panel of experts from Carson City, Reno, and Tahoe who will discuss their communities. After a break, attendees will be asked to answer various questions to help form ideas for addressing speed in their communities. They will then break into groups, develop strategies, and present their group’s plan for addressing the most pressing issues they identified.


Commercial Vehicle Crash Rollover onto a Police Vehicle 

2:30 PM – 5:00 PM (Including 30-Minute Break) | Outdoors

Advance registration required.

Facilitators: Pat Gallagher, David Strawn, Parsons

A commercial vehicle traveling west on I-80 approaching a police vehicle on the right shoulder conducting a traffic stop. The driver of the commercial vehicle is suspected of being impaired and loses control of the commercial vehicle as it approaches the police vehicle. The commercial vehicle then rolls over onto the police vehicle, trapping the occupants of the vehicle.

The incident will involve field sobriety tests conducted on the driver of the commercial vehicle, a post-crash inspection of the commercial vehicle, occupant extrication, and a complete crash investigation highlighting Traffic Incident Management principles emphasizing Unified Command.

Wednesday | November 13, 2024

 

Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Technician Skills Workshop

8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (Including Breaks/Lunch) | Silver Baron D

Advance registration required.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be provided.

Facilitators: Johnean Morrison, Judith Mata, OTS

The Occupant Protection Program of the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety is excited to present the opportunity to earn CEUs with Nevada CPS Technician Instructors from around the state. Join us for a day of learning and networking.


NDOT Road Safety Audit (RSA) Guidelines Update Workshop and Field Visit

Workshop: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Silver Gold

Field Visit: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Outdoor (Capacity 30)

Advance registration required.

Facilitators: Scott Rickert, Jorden Kaczmarek, Atkins Realis

NDOT is currently updating its RSA Guidelines. This workshop will include an explanation of the current RSA process in Nevada, the steps NDOT is taking to improve RSAs statewide, and breakout sessions to get participants’ thoughts on how they would improve RSAs in Nevada.

The field visit/mini-RSA will include analyzing a selected intersection for potential safety improvements for all road users. The time allotted includes initial meetup and roundtrip walking time from and back to the hotel.


Pedestrian Safety Zones Walking Tour (Outdoors)

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Outdoor

Capacity: 30 attendees. Advance registration required. 

Facilitator: Adam Blount, Reno Police Department

Thursday | November 14, 2024

 

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Power of the Parents

10:30 PM – 12:00 PM | Expo Hall C

Capacity: 50 attendees. Advance registration required. 

Presenters: Flor Bernal, MADD Nevada

The Power of Parents is one of three programs in MADD’s initiative to prevent underage drinking, alongside Power of You(th) and Power of Me. These programs aim to mobilize communities to stop and reduce underage drinking.

According to a GfK Roper Youth Report, 74 percent of children (aged 8-17) said that their parents are the most influential factor in their decisions about drinking. Parental influence is crucial in keeping teenagers safe. That’s why MADD launched the underage drinking prevention initiative, starting with the community-based parent program Power of Parents, developed and sponsored by Nationwide Insurance.

MADD has collaborated with Dr. Robert Turrisi from Pennsylvania State University and adapted his handbook model to reach parents and caregivers of high school and middle school-aged students. The parent handbooks, available in English and Spanish, are the foundation of this community-based program and can be accessed for free on MADD’s website. Additionally, MADD offers 15 and 30-minute parent workshops facilitated by trained MADD staff and volunteers for the general community. MADD’s Underage Program Specialists will present this workshop, which will last for 60-75 minutes.