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Impaired Driving Update
Issue: October 2019
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Highlights
Halloween
Campaign… pg 2
NJC Course for
Judges… pg 6
Traffic Tuesdays
Webinar… pg 7
OTC/Rx Impaired Driving
Prevention Initiative
NHTSA has recently launched a new campaign focused on
use of over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription drugs im-
pairing driving. The message of the initiative is, There’s
more than one way to be under the influence. Some OTC
and prescription drugs can induce drowsiness, dizziness,
nausea, irregular heartbeat, affect judgement, and less co-
ordination, all of which can prove fatal when driving. NHTSA
encourages drivers to think twice before getting behind the
wheel while using OTC or prescription drugs.
New social media, radio ads and videos are now available.
Please share the videos widely through your social media
accounts. Additionally, we include sample press releases,
draft op eds, and other
materials that you can
use to help prevent im-
paired driving in your
community. All
There’s More Than
One Way to Drive
Under the Influence
campaign materials
can be found here.
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Impaired Driving Update
New at NHTSA
Halloween
Halloween is a night for fun and fright but we must not forgot to stay safe.
Drunk driving is all too common on this spooky night, when so many people
are out enjoying Halloween, especially children trick-or-treating. It is
essential to spread the message that, Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving, and
prevent anyone who has been drinking from getting behind the wheel. Be-
tween 2013-2017 there were 158 people who were killed in a drunk-driving
crash during Halloween night. For materials visit NHTSA’s Buzzed Driving is
Drunk Driving campaign. Drug-impaired driving must not be forgotten on this
night, please see NHTSA’s If You Feel Different You Drive Different campaign.
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New at NHTSA
National Teen Driver Safety Week
October 20-26, 2019
Motor vehicle crashes remain the leading cause of death among teens age 15
to 18 years old in the United States. Important topics to discuss with teens
include impaired driving.
All teens are too young to legally buy, possess, or consume alcohol. However,
nationally in 2017, 15% of teen drivers involved in fatal crashes had alcohol
in their system. But alcohol isn’t the only substance that can keep teens from
driving safely: according to the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and
Health 6.5% of adolescents 12 to 17 years old reported using
marijuana. Like other drugs, marijuana affects a driver’s ability to react to
their surroundings. Remind teens that driving under the influence of any im-
pairing substance — including illicit or prescription drugs, or over-the-
counter medication — could have deadly consequences.
Campaign Materials
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Impaired Driving Update
Partner Spotlight
Judging Traffic:
A Publication to Share with the Judiciary
Click here to find the September 2019 issue of Judging Traffic, a publication
of the National Center for State Courts.
LEL October Webinar
October 23rd, 1:30pm (EST) 2019 Winter Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Campaign Featuring
New Impaired Driving Resources & Tools
More information available here.
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Impaired Driving Update
Partner Spotlight
Ignition Interlock laws vary from state to state, however the usage of these
devices is standard. To learn more about ignition interlock devices and best
practices visit AAMVA’s website and view the video linked below.
American Association of Motor Vehicle
Administrators (AAMVA)
Ignition Interlock Training for Law Enforcement
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Impaired Driving Update
Partner Spotlight
National Judicial College: Drugged Driving
Essentials October 28, 2019 - October 30, 2019
Unlike alcohol-impaired driving, drugged driving has no bright line test for impairment.
Drugged driving cases require a judge to utilize a variety of judicial tools to effectively
adjudicate these cases. In addition to the ability to determine which kinds of drugs an in-
dividual may be using, it is important to know how these drugs affect the individual, and
may impair their ability to function. It is also imperative that a judge knows how to effec-
tively craft sentences, which include treatment options, in order to provide a participant
with the most beneficial mode of recovery. The National Judicial College’s Drugged Driv-
ing Essentials Course addresses all of these topics and more.
Click here for more information.
NJC: Free Upcoming Webinars
The National Judicial College is offering complimentary webcasts featuring
cutting-edge topics designed to improve your judicial skills and abilities.
Click here to learn more and to register.
Self-Represented Litigants in Traffic Court October 10th
Sentencing to Reduce Recidivism in Impaired Driving Cases October 16th
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Partner Spotlight
Traffic Tuesdays
National TSRP Webinar Series Mellanby Effect, Homeostasis & Burn-Off: Why Impaired People are Not
Safe Behind the Wheel
Tuesday, October 15th at 2pm (EST)
Learn how science explains the phenomenon that you are familiar with
(people with decreasing BACs are more likely to drive even though they are
not safe), homeostasis, and burn-off interplay to make people drive while im-
paired. This webinar will cover all three of these scientific principles to help you
understand and articulate that a person passed out behind the wheel is not safe and should not be left there. Register here.
Presented by: Miriam Norman, WA Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor
Questions contact Vin Petty, Florida TSRP, [email protected]
Save the Date
Lifesavers 2020 in Tampa, FL
The Lifesavers National Conference on Highway Safety
Priorities will be held in Tampa, FL March 15th-17th.
Registration will open in November 2019. For additional information, please
refer to the conference website.
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Contact Us
Diane Wigle
Chief, Impaired Driving Division
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20590
Will just one more be one too
many?
Don’t let Halloween turn into a
nightmare.
Buzzed driving is drunk driving.
