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Proceedings
2018 Victoria
28th CARSP Conference
June 10-13, 2018, Victoria, British Columbia
Table of Contents
Please note - Keynote, lunch and panel presentations are at the bottom of this page
Session 1A: Cannabis-Impaired Driving I
- July 9, 2018
Trends in THC prevalence in crash involved drivers, British Columbia, 2011 - 2016.
Brubacher - July 9, 2018
Marijuana Trajectories and Associations with Driving Risk Behaviours in Canadian Youth
Sukhawathanakul, Ames, Leadbeater - July 9, 2018
Effect of time on Blood Drug Concentrations for THC
Abe Verghis
Session 1B: Intersection Safety
- July 9, 2018
Trends in Right Angle Collisions at Signalized Intersections in Surrey
Baugh - July 9, 2018
Visual Attention Failures during Turns at Intersections: An On-road Study
Kaya, Ayas, Ponnambalam, Donmez - July 9, 2018
Traffic Circles' Associations with motor vehicle, cyclist-MV, and pedestrian-MV crashes
Teschke
Session 1C: Advanced Vehicle Technology and Vehicle Automation
- July 9, 2018
Driver Verification Using Eye Movements and Blinking
Zandi, Quddus, Prest, Comeau - July 9, 2018
The Influence of Interface Design on Driver Behavior in Partially Automated Driving
Lau, Harbluk, Burns, El-Hage - July 9, 2018
Automobile Braking on Very Steep Downgrades
Navin
Session 2A: Cannabis-Impaired Driving II
- July 9, 2018
How often do police document drug use in crash-involved drivers who used an impairing substance?
Brubacher - July 9, 2018
Cannabis and Motor Vehicle Crashes: A Culpability Study
Brubacher - July 9, 2018
Ontario‘s Roadside Alcohol and Drug Survey 2014 and 2017 : What has changed?
Rubin, Beirness
Session 2B: Vision Zero
- July 9, 2018
Fostering rigorous science and credible evidence in vision zero planning
Persaud, Lyon - July 9, 2018
Surrey Safe Mobility - Vision Zero Plan: Theory to Practice
Boan - July 9, 2018
Can We Achieve Vision Zero on Urban Roadway Work Zones?
Cox
Session 2C: Motorcycling and Cycling Safety
- July 9, 2018
Behaviours of the taxi motorcycle drivers of Arusha City
Perego, Biassoni, Ciceri - July 9, 2018
Medical Data Carriers for Helmets
Reed, Wilkinson - July 9, 2018
Motorcycle Safety is Everyone's Responsibility
Daub, Millier
Session 3A: Fitness to Drive I
- July 9, 2018
Problem Behaviour Theory (PBT) and Impaired Driving: Results from the Ontario Student Drug and Health Survey (OSDUHS)
Seeley, Vingilis, Wickens, Boak, Mann - July 9, 2018
The Impact of Childhood Symptoms of Conduct Disorder on Collision Risk
Wickens, Mann, Ialomiteanu, Vingilis, Seeley, Erickson, Kolla
Award winner: Dr. Charles H. Miller Award - July 9, 2018
The Effect of Longitudinal Changes in Driving-related Attitudes on Older Adults' Driving Patterns
Sukhawathanakul, Porter, Tuokko
Session 3B: Truck Driver Safety
- July 9, 2018
Large truck collision causation and oversight evaluation studies
Byrne, Dessau, Ma, Monster, Plonka, Rubin - July 9, 2018
Be Truck Aware - a pilot, multi-stakeholder education and enforcement initiative to support a reduction in the incidence of crashes involving large commercial trucks and passenger vehicles.
Donnelly, Pollard - July 9, 2018
Exploring the Association between Truck Seat Ride and Driver Fatigue
Wang, Davies, Johnson, Du, Viventi - July 9, 2018
Evaluation of Best Practice Programs to Improve the Health and Wellness of Truck Drivers in BC
Bigelow, Crizzle, Shubair, Thiffault, Galavan - July 9, 2018
Comparing Whole Body Vibration Exposures Across Four Truck Seats
Davies, Wang, Du, Johnson
Session 3C: Alcohol-Impaired Driving I
- July 9, 2018
Snapshot of an Offender
Miller - July 9, 2018
Selective Benefit from Brief Motivational Interviewing in DWI Recidivist Subgroups
Moxley-Kelly, Ouimet, Marcantoni, Brown - July 9, 2018
The effect of .03% and .05% BAC and partial sleep deprivation on driving behaviour by age, sex and executive control: a randomized, placebo controlled experiment
Brown, Bechara, Bhatti, Gruber, Ouimet - July 9, 2018
Enhanced Impaired Driving Enforcement
Davis, Glover
Session 4A: Alcohol-Impaired Driving II
- July 10, 2018
Effects of passenger and alcohol on the driving behaviour of young males and females
Ouimet, Paquette, Corado, Brown - July 10, 2018
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Impaired Driving: Results from the Ontario Student Drug and Health Survey (OSDUHS)
Vingilis, Seeley, Wickens, Boak, Mann - July 10, 2018
Wrecked Car Coasters
Stewart
Session 4B: Fitness to Drive II
- July 10, 2018
Should the SIMARD be used as the sole driver screening tool for determining fitness to drive?
Crizzle, Gilfoyle, Mychael - July 10, 2018
Impact of Ontario's 2014 Senior Driver Renewal Program
Ma, Haya, Byrne - July 10, 2018
Ontario's Medical Review Program for Fitness to Drive
Ma, Hanna, Aljenabi, Elzohairy
Session 4C: Pedestrian Safety I
- July 10, 2018
Next-generation Transportation: A focus on pedestrians & cyclists
Arason, Oakey, Henry - July 10, 2018
Statistical Forecasting of Traffic-Related Pedestrian Fatalities in the United States
Pascua, Dubois, Bedard, Pernia - July 10, 2018
Child pedestrian risk and social equity: spatial distribution of roadway safety features in Toronto, Canada
Rothman, Cloutier, Manaugh, Howard, Macpherson, Macarthur
Session 5A: Distracted Driving
- July 10, 2018
Distraction in the Heavy Truck Industry in Canada — Drop It And Drive™ (DIAD) Program
Bowman, Robertson - July 10, 2018
Distracted Driving and Crash Responsibility in Fatal Collisions
Marchese, Dubois, Weaver, Bedard - July 10, 2018
Picture this – you’re in a traffic jam. The use of imagery to influence road user behaviour
Roberts
Session 5B: Crash Prediction and Avoidance
- July 10, 2018
Railway Crossing Information System - A Network Approach to Managing Road and Rail Interface
Tan, Jamal, Bond - July 10, 2018
A Perceptual Forward Collision Warning Model using Naturalistic Driving Data
H. Tawfeek, El-Basyouny - July 10, 2018
Safety, Mobility, and Environmental Impacts of Forward Collision Warning Algorithms on a Roadway Network
H. Tawfeek, El-Basyouny - July 10, 2018
Using Ordered Modeling to Identify the Most Significant Factors that Increase the Severity of Single-Vehicle Collisions
Dabbour, Aly
Session 5C: Pedestrian Safety II
- July 10, 2018
A Review of Public Right-of-way Accessibility Experiences
Nolet - July 10, 2018
Pedestrian Traffic Injury Among People with a Pre-existing Medical Condition or Physical Disability in Toronto, Canada
Buliung, Daniel, Rothman - July 10, 2018
Designing Better Walkways for Pedestrians in Urban Work Zones
Cox
Session 6A: Child/Youth Injury Prevention
- July 10, 2018
Real Life data - Crosswalk & School Zone Upgrade Initiatives
Sarauer, Grewal - July 10, 2018
Protecting the Next Generation of Road Users: Promoting Child Passenger Safety via Roadside Enforcement
Froom, LeBrun - July 10, 2018
Skateboarding Head Injuries - An analysis of Canadian Pediatric Data between 1993 and 2017
Morris - July 10, 2018
ÉVALUATION DU PROGRAMME D’ÉDUCATION À LA SÉCURITÉ ROUTIÈRE ET DES NOUVELLES MESURES D’ACCÈS GRADUEL À LA CONDUITE POUR LES NOUVEAUX CONDUCTEURS D’UN VÉHICULE DE PROMENADE AU QUÉBEC
Policy and Practice
Session 6B: Work-Related Road Safety
- July 10, 2018
Lessons in creating an occupational road safety initiative - The WorkSafeBC Experience
Pollard, Wyatt - July 10, 2018
Stress monitoring using wearable sensors for pedestrian worker risk analysis
Lafond, Vachon, Gagnon, Godillon, Cloutier - July 10, 2018
To Serve and Be Protected: Improving police officer safety and road safety at random breath testing sites in Australia
Timms
Award winner: Mavis Johnson Award - July 10, 2018
Safer Vehicles: Is our own house in order?
Timms
Session 6C: Traffic Engineering and Road Design
- July 10, 2018
Safety Evaluation of Cable Barriers Installation on Some Highways in British Columbia
Sowers, Elesawey; Sengupta - July 10, 2018
Cost Benefits and Safety Aspects of Low Maintenance Impact Attenuators
Sarauer, Smith - July 10, 2018
Wildlife Detection Systems in British Columbia
Sielecki, Elesawey - July 10, 2018
Survey of Driver Responses to the Wildlife Hazard Warning System (WildHAZ)
Sielecki - July 10, 2018
Traffic Calming Policies in Canada: A Description of Strategies In Two Major Cities
Fridman, Pitt, Rothman, Cloutier, Howard, Hagel, Macpherson
Session 7A: Road Safety Planning
- July 10, 2018
A Comparison of Municipal Transportation Safety Planning Practices Across Canada: Part 2 - Establishing Focus Areas
Dilgir - July 10, 2018
Introduction to the Traffic Injury Research Foundation's Community Learning Centre
Johnson, Robertson, Hing, Vanlaar - July 10, 2018
Safety Evaluation of the Variable Speed Limit System (VSLS) in British Columbia
Elesawey, Ludwar, Sengupta, Babineau - July 10, 2018
Canadian Road Safety Strategies
Jonah
Session 7B: Cycling Safety I
- July 10, 2018
Identifying Motorist Risk Factors in Youth Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Collisions
Pitt, Graff, Howard, Nettel-Aguirre, McCormack, Owens, Anderson, Rowe, Hagel - July 10, 2018
Predictors of bicycling injury in a mid-sized North American city: an assessment using crowdsourced data
Fischer, Nelson, Winters - July 10, 2018
Bicycling crashes on streetcar & train tracks: causes & solutions
Teschke, Dennis, Reynolds, Winters, Harris - July 10, 2018
Survivability Factors for Cyclists Hit by Motor Vehicles: Evidence from the Canadian National Collision Database
Demers
Session 7C: Road Safety Campaigns
- July 10, 2018
The BC Community Road Safety Toolkit
Dilgir, Lovegrove, Anderson, Amit, Watson - July 10, 2018
Using Twitter to understand how people talk about new protected bike lanes in two Canadian cities
Ferster, Nelson, Thigpen - July 10, 2018
Don't Forget the People! How to Engage Drivers, Passengers and Pedestrians in Road Safety Initiatives
Hayes - July 10, 2018
Safe Trailering
Garcia, Taub
Session 8A: School-Related Road Safety
- July 10, 2018
Effects of a school-walking-bus program on mobility and parental risk perception: the Canadian Cancer Society Trottibus example in Quebec
Charbonneau, Cloutier, Godillon, Thouin - July 10, 2018
Vision Zero Congestion: Inter-organizational Collaboration and School Traffic Management
Zeglen - July 10, 2018
Evaluation of the Vision Zero School Safety Zones Program in the City of Toronto- Policy makers and researchers working together
Rothman, Macpherson, Macarthur, Hagel, Buliung, Fuselli, Evers, Koo, Zeglen, Howard - July 10, 2018
Traffic psychology and road education in Tanzanian Secondary School
Perego, Biassoni, Ciceri - July 10, 2018
Empowering Students to Make Real Change
Groesbeck, Lempriere, Pulfer
Session 8B: Cycling Safety II
- July 10, 2018
Associations between spatial access to bicycle-specific infrastructure, sociodemographic characteristics, and city-wide safety perceptions of bicycling: a cross-sectional survey of bicyclists in 6 Canadian and U.S. cities - July 10, 2018
Putting bike safety research to work in advocacy
Burger - July 10, 2018
Surveying bicycle workers for occupational risks: sampling strategies, lessons learned and preliminary results
Lachapelle, Cloutier - July 10, 2018
The association between the built environment and bicycling injuries in children: A case-crossover pilot
Hubka, Whelan, Stang, Emery, Freedman, Howard, Macpherson, McCormack, Nettel-Aguirre, Teschke, Winters, Hagel - July 10, 2018
How perceptions of road safety influence bicycling intentions and behavior in Canadian cities
Thigpen, Winters, Fischer, Therrien, Fuller, Gauvin, Whitehurst, Nelson
Session 8C: Collision Reporting, Analysis and Prediction
- July 10, 2018
Electronic Stability Control and its Impact on Speed Analysis from Yaw Marks
Wright - July 10, 2018
Adaptation of a Canadian Culpability Scoring Tool to Alberta Police Traffic Collision Report Data
Pitt, Aucoin, Graff, Howard, Nettel-Aguirre, McCormack, Owens, Anderson, Rowe, Hagel - July 10, 2018
Categorizing Unintended Acceleration/Pedal Misapplication Collisions from Event Data Recorders
Young, Serkies, Martinez - July 10, 2018
Real World Frontal Impacts Involving Pediatric Rear Occupants
Schroeder, McClafferty, Schroeder, Fraser, Comeau
Monday - Keynote Speaker
- July 11, 2018
A New Traffic Safety Paradigm
Todd Litman
Panel 1: Cannabis-Impaired Driving and Road Safety
- July 11, 2018
Prevalence of cannabis impaired driving in Canada
Doug Beirness - July 11, 2018
Status of Federal laws on recreational cannabis use and cannabis impaired driving
Paul Boase - July 11, 2018
Legalization of Cannabis in Washington State
Darrin Grondel - July 11, 2018
Provincial and Territorial approaches to address drug-affected driving
Jeremy Wood
Tuesday Morning Plenary Speaker
- July 11, 2018
What’s Old is New Again: Using Science and Story to Advance Road Safety
Bella Dinh-Zarr
Panel 2: Speed Limits and Speeding
- July 11, 2018
Impacts of Speed Limit Changes in BC
Jeffrey Brubacher - July 11, 2018
Speed Enforcement - Policing Challenges
Robert Quilley - July 11, 2018
Reducing Road Injuries Through Speed Control
Emily Newhouse - July 11, 2018
Recommendations to Address Speed-related Fatalities
Vincent Stancato
Tuesday Lunch Plenary Speakers
- July 11, 2018
Ahead of the Curve: Enhancements to Ontario’s Automated Vehicle Testing Framework
Erik Thomsen - July 11, 2018
The Canadian Approach to Regulating Highly Autonomous Vehicles?
Mark Francis
Panel 3: Cycling Safety
- July 11, 2018
Cycling as a transportation mode: evolution in Canada (and elsewhere)
Melissa Bruntlett - July 11, 2018
Data on cyclist injuries: what is needed to have a complete portrait of their situation?
Kay Teschke - July 11, 2018
What does BikeMaps tells us about cyclist road safety?
Karen Laberee - July 11, 2018
How safety is integrated in new cycling facilities?
Sarah Webb - July 11, 2018
Toronto's Bloor bike lane pilot project: improving economic vitality and safety
Nancy SmithLea