Proceedings

2016 Halifax

26th CARSP Conference
June 5-8, 2016, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Table of Contents

Please note - Keynote, lunch and panel presentations at the bottom

Session 1A: Work-Related Road Safety I

• June 29, 2016
  Safety Effects of Portable End-of-Queue Warning System Deployments at Texas Work Zones
  Gerald L Ullman, Vichika Iragavarapu, Robert E. Brydia
• June 29, 2016
  A new Chapter in TCP training - Updates to BC's TCP training program
  Sarina Hanschke
• June 29, 2016
  The Cone Zone Experience
  Bob Nielsen, Sarina Hanschke
  Award winner: Mavis Johnson Award

Session 1B: Child Injury Prevention I

• June 29, 2016
  Preventing motor vehicle-related fatalities: a collaborative project to enhance coronial data capture and use
  Andrew Howard
• June 29, 2016
  CHILD PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS, WALKING TO SCHOOL AND THE BUILT ENVRIONMENT: A CASE CONTROL STUDY
  Linda Rothman
• June 29, 2016
  Canadian Child Road Safety Report Card
  Liraz Fridman

Session 1C: Making the Case for/Marketing Road Safety

• June 29, 2016
  The Cost of Transport Injuries in Canada – The clock is ticking
  Jennifer Russell
• June 29, 2016
  Monitoring Media Stories to Evaluate the Impact of Communications and Community Mobilization Efforts Under the Alberta Traffic Safety Plan (Owens)
  Liz Owens
• June 29, 2016
  A Snapshot of Road Safety in B.C. Communities
  Mavis Johnson

Session 2A: Work-Related Road Safety II

• June 30, 2016
  High Speed Traffic Control Program
  Sarina Hanschke
• June 30, 2016
  Building Accessible Detectable Work Zones: An introduction
  Tim Cox
• June 30, 2016
  Everyone deserves a safe place to work, including tow truck operators
  Elliott Silverstein

Session 2B: Fitness to Drive I

• June 30, 2016
  The Candrive Older Driver Study: Prospective changes in health characteristics and impact on driving over 4 years
  Shawn Marshall
• June 30, 2016
  Individualized On-road training to enhance safe driving in seniors: A randomized controlled trial
  Erica Sawula
• June 30, 2016
  Assessing Cognitive, Physical and Driving Behavioural Change in Older Drivers: A Longitudinal Analysis of Candrive Data
  Michel Bédard
• June 30, 2016
  The Attention Network Test: A potential tool to investigate the impact of health status on safe driving
  Michel Bédard

Session 3A: Work-Related Road Safety III

• July 5, 2016
  Electronic Recording Devices (E-logs) - Through the Enforcement Lens
  Allan Chapman
• June 30, 2016
  Truck Drivers – A Population at Risk: Findings from the Canadian Community Health Survey (Bigelow)
  Phil Bigelow
• June 30, 2016
  How to Establish an Effective Fleet Safety Management System
  Paul Cormier

Session 3B: Fitness to Drive II

• June 30, 2016
  The impact of restricted licenses on crash risk for older drivers: A systematic review
  Mark Asbridge, Ediriweera Desapriya, Rachel Ogilvie, et. al.
• June 30, 2016
  Evidence Based Review of Predictors of Driving Performance and Resumption of Driving in Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury
  Alexander Crizzle
• June 30, 2016
  Driving and aging in New Brunswick: Comparison of driving exposure, trip characteristics and personal characteristics of rural versus urban living older drivers
  Valerie McLaughlin
• June 30, 2016
  A Collaborative International Knowledge Synthesis to Update Guidelines for Determining Medical Fitness to Operate Motor Vehicles with Traumatic Brain Injury or Dementia
  Shawn Marshall

Session 3C: Child Injury Prevention II

• June 30, 2016
  Nova Scotia’s Child Passenger Safety Strategy: a renewed strategy built on 10 years experience
  Sandra Newton
• June 30, 2016
  Effectiveness of booster seats in reducing injury and mortality in children 6 to 10 years of age: a systematic review of observational studies
  Mark Asbridge
• June 30, 2016
  Barriers and enablers to enacting child and youth related injury prevention legislation related to road users in Canada
  Alison Macpherson
• June 30, 2016
  AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF ACTIVE SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION AND STROLLER USE IN KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN IN TORONTO, CANADA
  Linda Rothman

Session 4A: Distracted Driving

• June 30, 2016
  Evaluating the Long Term Effects of Saskatchewan’s Legislation Banning the Use of Hand-held Cell Phones while Driving in Reducing Distracted-Driving Related Collisions
  Rajib Sahaji, George Eguakun
• June 30, 2016
  The Effects of Valence on Driving
  Caroll Lau
• June 30, 2016
  Making public –private partnerships work for road safety
  Jane Edwards

Session 4B: Volnerable Road Users

• June 30, 2016
  Psychological factors in motorcycle conspicuity: Context and prevalence
  Bertrand Sager
• June 30, 2016
  Motorcyclist Crash Responsibility: The Effect of Driver Age and Motorcycle Displacement
  Sacha Dubois
• June 30, 2016
  DANGEROUS DROP-OFF OF STUDENT PASSENGERS, PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOURS AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AROUND SCHOOLS
  Linda Rothman

Session 5A: Improving Road Safety in Low and Middle Income Countries

• June 30, 2016
  Guyana School Road Safety Education Programme Stakeholder Workshop
  Mavis Johnson
• June 30, 2016
  Road Traffic Safety (RTS) Management Systems - ISO Standard 39001
  Farhad Faghihi, Gord Lovegrove, Kwei Quaye, Paul Boase, Denise Connerty, Jill Collins
• June 30, 2016
  An assessment of the criminological significance of motor vehicle crash data within the criminal justice context
  Andre Roets

Session 5B: Drug-impaired Driving

• June 30, 2016
  Potchecks
  Anne Leonard
• June 30, 2016
  Future of Roadside Drug Screening in Canada
  Abe Verghis
• June 30, 2016
  Assessment of Oral Fluid Drug Screening Devices
  Doug Beirness
• June 30, 2016
  A Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers in Ontario 2014
  Doug Beirness

Session 6A: Alcohol-impaired Driving

• June 30, 2016
  Warn Range Offenders: Who Are They and Do They Benefit from Ontario's Back on Track Program?
  Christine Wickens, Rosely Flam-Zalcman, Gina Stoduto, Chloe Docherty Rita K. Thomas, and Robert E. Mann
• June 30, 2016
  Make them believe: Large-scale evidence from Ontario reveals how to approach the problem of drinking and driving.
  Tracey Ma
• June 30, 2016
  Modelling young drivers’ evaluation process in determining their own ability to drink and drive
  Maxime Boivin
• June 30, 2016
  An Investigation of Traumatic Brain Injuries and Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes In Nova Scotia
  Jennifer Heatley
• June 30, 2016
  An Evaluation of Nova Scotia’s Alcohol Ignition Interlock Program
  Ward G.M. Vanlaar, Marisela Mainegra Hing, Robyn D. Robertson

Session 6B: Crash Avoidance and Prediction

• June 30, 2016
  Comparing Crash Prediction Techniques for Ranking of Sites in a Network Screening Process
  Lalita Thakali, Liping Fu, Tao Chen
  Award winner: Étudiant 1 Student
• June 30, 2016
  Rural and urban motor vehicle collisions: is there a fatal divide?
  James Roos
  Award winner: Student Paper Competition - Honourable Mention
• June 30, 2016
  Exploring the transferability of crash modification factors - Ontario case studies
  Taha Saleem, Lei Qin, Shahram Almasi, Bhagwant Persaud, Craig Lyon
• June 30, 2016
  Analyses of Casualty Collisions and Casualties during Statuatory Holidays in Saskatchewan
  Rajib Sahaji, George Eguakun, Taryn McKee
• June 30, 2016
  Accommodating Oversize Trucks: Safety Issues and Mitigating Measures
  Jeff Suggett

Session 6C: Speeding and Risky Driving Behaviour I

• June 30, 2016
  Street Racing among the Ontario Adult Population: Prevalence and Impact on Collision Risk
  Christine M. Wickens, Reginald G. Smart, Evelyn Vingilis, Anca Ialomiteanu, Gina Stoduto, and Robert E. Mann
• June 30, 2016
  Reducing Auto-Related Crime in Winnipeg
  Rick Linden
• June 30, 2016
  High-risk driving in Ontario, Canada: A review on street racing and stunt driving
  Zumrut Yildirim-Yenier
• June 30, 2016
  Driver Behaviour in Response to Encountering Wildlife on the Road in Canada
  Shawna R. Meister, Marisela Mainegra Hing, Robyn D. Robertson, Ward G. M. Vanlaar
• June 29, 2016
  Should we be aiming to engage drivers more with others on-road? Driving moral disengagement and self-reported driving aggression
  Jasmine Cleary, Alexia Lennon, Alison Swann
  Award winner: Dr. Charles H. Miller Award

Session 7A: Speeding and Risky Driving Behaviour II

Session 7B: Teen/Novice Driver

• June 30, 2016
  Training Novice Learner Drivers on Driving Simulators in Quebec – Process and Outcomes
  Pierro Hirsch
• June 30, 2016
  Social Norms and Teenage Driver Distraction
  Maryam Merrikhpour, Birsen Donmez
  Award winner: Student Paper Competition Winner - Honourable Mention
• June 30, 2016
  Distracted driving among young drivers: A critical review of studies and prevention campaigns
  Maxime Boivin and Marion Reny Delisle
• June 30, 2016
  EVALUATION OF THE BEGINNER DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAM IN ONTARIO.
  Chris Janusz, Tracey Ma, Francine Rubin

Session 7C: Road Infrastructure Safety

• June 30, 2016
  New Westminster Intersection Safety Review
  Borg Chan
• June 30, 2016
  Automatic Traffic Data Collection under Varying Lighting and Temperature Conditions in Multimodal Environments: Thermal vs Visible Spectrum Video-based Systems
  Award winner: Étudiant 3 Student
• June 30, 2016
  A New Approach to Evaluating Roundabout Safety Using Conflicting Volumes and Delay
  Taha Saleem, Robert Henderson, Bhagwant Persaud
  Award winner: Étudiant 2 Student

 

Panel 1: Work-Related Road Safety

• July 5, 2016
  Human Factors in Commercial Vehicle Safety
  Pierre Thieffault
• July 5, 2016
  Fitness to Drive
  Jamie Dow
• July 5, 2016
  Best Practices in Truck Safety Programs
  Trevor Bent

Panel 2: Cannabis and Driving

• July 5, 2016
  Public Health Approach to Cannabis Regulation
  Robert Strang
• July 5, 2016
  Detecting Drug Impaired Drivers
  Constable Mark Skinner
• July 5, 2016
  Drugs and Driving: What Now and What Next?
  Tracey Ma
• July 5, 2016
  Point of Contact - Oral Fluid Screening Devices
  Doug Beirness, D'Arcy Smith
• July 5, 2016
  Prevalence of cannabis-impaired driving and crash risk
  Mark Asbridge

Panel 3: Distracted Driving

• July 5, 2016
  Driven to Distraction - "Driving" forces in our workplaces
  Joe Treen
• July 5, 2016
  It Happens Fast!
  John Lefebvre
• July 5, 2016
  Prevalence of Distracted Driving
  Brian Jonah
• July 5, 2016
  Technology and Distracted Driving
  Birsen Donmez

Keynote and Lunch Speakers

• July 5, 2016
  Occupational Road Safety: The Road from Then to Now and BC's Experience
  Mark Ordeman
• July 5, 2016
  Road Safety Strategies 2015 and 2025
  Paul Arsenault
• July 5, 2016
  Autonomous Vehicles in Canada
  Wendy Doyle