When: Thursday, March 18th 2010Where: Louisiana Technical College2010 North Market Street Shreveport, LA 71137Click "Read More" to see the registration form. | Traffic Safety Summit It is Your Business The Impact on Employers Funded by the LA Highway Safety Commission Partnership -Traffic crashes account for most workplace injuries and fatalities -Employers shoulder the fiscal responsibility Come learn actions you can take to limit your liability & prevent crashes |
| 10: 00a.m. Traffic Safety- It is Your Business Traffic crashes consistently cost employers more than any other type unintentional injury. Prevention efforts should be part of every business’s risk management plan. Elmer Cole, M.A., Ark-LA-Tex Chapter Training Manager 11:00a.m. Crash and Consequences- The Legalities and Penalties of Traffic Crashes Some people are under the impression that traffic “accident” carries no penalties when they are found at fault, but legal consequences, including jail time and monetary reparations are frequently levied. Local District Attorney Representative 12:00 p.m. Complimentary Lunch Distracted Driving: What’s Your Policy? Get assistance in creating and implementing a distracted driving policy as well as in gaining employee buy-in. Elmer Cole, M.A., Ark-LA-Tex Chapter Training Manager 1:00 p.m. Keynote Address; Local Road Safety- Your Communities, Your Families, Your Lives! This presentation is prepared to help identify common roadway hazards in your community, note common strategies employed to make the hazard less risky and identify resources within your community you need to deploy these life saving techniques. V. O. "Dean" Tekell, Jr., P.E., P.T.O.E. Principal, Dean Tekell Consulting, L.L.C. | Help maximize the benefit of the Traffic Safety Summit for your community by contacting local elected officials and law enforcement and encouraging them to attend. Only by coordinating the efforts of these can we achieve our goal. The National Safety Council’s Strategic Summary is that by 2014 NSC is going to prevent 10,000 deaths and 1 million injuries. Our greatest opportunity to reach this goal is to focus on traffic crashes as 40,000 per year are killed and 2.5 million are injured. Get the effort started in your community so we can save lives together. |
