Traffic Safety for Older Road Users Meeting

Jeff Michael
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
25 October 2016

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73467-73468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25768]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2016-0105]


Traffic Safety for Older Road Users Meeting

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is 
announcing a meeting that will be held in Washington, DC on November 3, 
2016 to discuss older driver traffic safety program priorities and 
current research efforts. The Traffic Safety for Older Road Users 
meeting will include presentations and discussions on a number of 
topics including older driver demographics; research on understanding 
the dynamics, mechanisms, determinants and consequences of older driver 
safety; integration of law enforcement information, education of 
licensing agency personnel, aging services providers and medical 
personnel; identification and services for at-risk drivers; state and 
local mobility alternatives and the future potential of connected and 
automated vehicles for an aging population. Attendance at the meeting 
is limited to invited participants because of space limitations of the 
DOT Conference Center. However, the meeting will be available for live 
public viewing on the NHTSA Web site (www.nhtsa.gov).

DATES: The meeting will be held on November 3, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Media Center of the U.S. 
Department

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of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Brian Chodrow, Telephone: 202-366-
9765; email address: brian.chodrow@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA will host a meeting to focus on ways 
to improve the safety of older drivers over the next 5-10 years. The 
Traffic Safety for Older Road Users Meeting will begin with an 
introduction by NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind, followed by a 
discussion of the demographics of older road users, effective 
technologies to ensure safe driving for older people, and integrating 
information from law enforcement, licensing agencies, aging services 
providers and medical care providers. A panel discussion will then 
explore methods for identifying and serving at-risk drivers, leading to 
the identification of State and local alternatives. The meeting will 
conclude with a discussion on connected and automated vehicles--the 
future of mobility for an aging population.
    Invited participants will include representatives from a number of 
fields including the behavioral and engineering sciences, traffic and 
highway safety, and public health, as well as from diverse 
organizations including advocacy groups, industry, state government, 
and other Federal Agencies.
    NHTSA will facilitate sharing of important information regarding 
programs to improve the safety of older road users. Saving lives by 
preventing traffic deaths is a top priority of this Administration.
    Workshop Procedures. NHTSA will conduct the meeting informally. 
Thus, technical rules of evidence will not apply. The meeting will 
consist of presentations and panels. Each panel will have two or three 
short presentations, a roundtable discussion among the panel members, 
and participant questions to be discussed by the panel members and 
other meeting participants.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30182.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 20, 2016.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2016-25768 Filed 10-24-16; 8:45 am]
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