Workshops
The 2021 Lifesavers National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities, originally scheduled to take place in Long Beach, CA, was held entirely online April 26-28, 2021.
Below are the 2021 workshops and descriptions, listed by track. If speakers submitted files to accompany their workshop those files are located beneath the applicable workshop title.
Note: There are five CPS CEU workshops. You will be able to earn a total of 7 CEUs if you attend these workshops during the live conference days. The workshops will be available for viewing post conference but they will not be awarded CEUs at that time.
- Addressing Current Social Issues: Building Relationships & Eliminating Biases
- AVs & Your Family: Ensuring Automated Vehicles Are Safe for Children
- CPSTs on the Front Line: Product Updates PART 1 (1.5 CEUs)
- CPSTs on the Front Line: Product Updates PART 2 (1.5 CEUs)
- Safely Transporting Children with Special Needs: What You Need to Know? (1 CEU)
- Effective CPS Engagement with Law Enforcement Partners
- Eliminate Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke Through Research, Activism & Technology
- Navigating Child Passenger Safety Education Through a Virtual Landscape
- Only the “Best” for My Child! Identifying Safe & Compliant Car Seats (1.5 CEUs)
- Revelations through Research: Advancements in Child Passenger Safety (1.5 CEUs)
- Tackling the Challenges in School & Head Start Transportation in 2021
- Best-Practices-for-Kids-on-Buses-SK 2020, Lifesavers 2021 School Bus C Vits, Lifesavers Presentation-4-27-21-Hood-NASDPTS-, NASDPTS Position Paper-Lap-Shoulder Belts in School Buses-May 20, NHTSA-Guideline-Transport-Preschool-on-Bus, School Bus LS Session 2021-Shaw, School Bus LS Session Color 2021-Donaldson
- A Superhero Talks Road Safety: Innovative Ways to Reach Teens in the Pandemic
- Cannabis, COVID & Communication, OH MY! Impaired Driving Campaigns in a New Era
- Complete Streets: Are Safe Streets for Everyone?
- Dangerous Defects: Breaking Through the Clutter so Owners Take Action on Recalls
- Numbers Are Your BFF: Talking Safety Data with the Media
- Pedal to the Metal During COVID-19: Getting Media Attention in a Busy News Cycle
- Survivor Advocates: Fighting for Change in Traffic Safety
- Tweeting Cops: Law Enforcement & Social Media
- Vehicle Automation: Bridging the Knowledge Gap
- Allocating Resources: Using Data-driven Methods for High Visibility Enforcement
- Blazing Through Vapes & Marijuana Concentrates & the Impact on Traffic Safety
- Eliminating Jail for Impaired Drivers Through Early Interventions
- High-risk Impaired Drivers: Using Assessment & Supervision to Reduce Recidivism
- Making Traffic Safety a Priority in Your Community: New Tools for the Toolbox
- Traffic Safety Task Force: Engaging Non-traditional Traffic Safety Partners
- Use of Oral Fluid to Detect Drug-impaired Drivers
- Utilizing Crash Data for Resource Allocation & Traffic Safety Promotion
- Understanding the Science of Distracted Driving
- Changing the Culture on Driving Distracted Through Positive Social Norming
- Priming Legislatures with the Knowledge for Strong Distraction Laws
- We Passed a New Distracted Driving Law, Now What?
- Pandemic Lessons: How to Virtually Reach Teens & Underserved Populations
- Driven to Wellness: Incorporating Distracted Driving into Health Education
- Does YOUR State Need a .05% BAC Law?
- How to Effectively Identify & Treat Medically At-risk Drivers
- Impaired Driving & COVID-19: 6-feet Apart?
- Impaired Driving: What’s New & Trending?
- Let’s Be Blunt, What’s the Role of Marijuana in Impaired Driving?
- Not Just for “Grown-ups”! Involving Youth in Impaired Driving Intervention
- Technology & Testing: State Level Data Improvements Needed to Detect Impairment
- Walking the Line: The Role of JOLs & the Impaired Driver Adjudication Process
- Are We There Yet? Strategies to Increase Belt Use on Rural Roadways
- Engaging Your Employers to Encourage Employees to Buckle Up!
- Getting Everyone to Buckle Up! How to Increase Belt Use in Diverse Communities
- May the (Task)FORCE Be with You! Best Practices for OP Task Forces
- Young at Heart: Motor Vehicle Safety in Our Golden Years
- Younger Seat Belt Safety Education in a Socially Distanced World
- A Deadly Cocktail: How Impairment Affects Vulnerable Roadway Users
- Distracted Pedestrians: Fact or Fiction?
- El-e-va-tion! Raising the Voices of “Youths” for Safe & Healthy Communities
- Fast & Furious: Speed Is Taking a Toll on Pedestrian Safety
- It Takes a Village: An Equitable, Collaborative Path to Protect Ped/Bicyclists
- Rethinking Bicyclist & Pedestrian Safety: Is It Time for a New Approach?
- The One-Year Report: How COVID-19 Is Changing the Landscape for Ped/Bicyclists
- Understanding & Tackling Micromobility: Transportation’s New Disruptor
- Complete Streets, Safe Systems, Vision Zero? Getting Beyond the Name
- Ensuring Equity, a Critical Component for Safe Roads
- Harnessing Technology to Keep Roads Safe
- Keeping a New Generation of Motorcyclists Safe
- Overcoming the Unique Safety Challenges of Rural Roads
- Sharing the Road: Innovative Engineering to Protect All Road Users
- The Case for More Space: Streets for People
- We Are All in This Together: A Safe Systems Approach to Keeping VRUs Safe
- Automated & Electric Vehicles: Lessons for Law Enforcement & First Responders
- Car Talk: Decoding the Actions of Vehicle Technologies
- Make It Click 2.0: Advancing the Next Generation of Occupant Protection
- NHTSA, You’ve Come a Long Way Baby! 50 Years of Roadway Safety & Technology
- The Road Less Travelled: Preparing Infrastructure for Future Vehicle Technology
- Who’s Driving That Car? Automated Vehicle (AV) Testing in Your Community
- Your Car Can’t Drive Itself: Managing Expectations About Vehicle Technologies
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