Transcript Document
Chris Luebbert
Commercial Motor Vehicle Program Manager
MoDOT – Traffic and Highway Safety Division
The primary goal of the Highway Safety Office
is to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes
on Missouri roadways. We primarily focus on
two key elements to change driver behavior:
- Education
- Enforcement
One of the most effective countermeasures in
reducing highway traffic fatalities is creating
general deterrence through High Visibility
Enforcement (HVE). When the perceived risk
of getting caught by law enforcement goes
up, the likelihood that people will engage in
unsafe driving behaviors goes down.
The Traffic and Highway Safety Office
receives grant funds from NHTSA
(and other funding sources)
These funds are used to provide grants to
state, regional and local partners for crash
reduction programs
Ten Highway Safety staff oversee these
programs
Usage rate 91% (2009)
927 CPS Technicians, 36 CPS Instructors
Approximately 200 CPS Tech’s trained each year
Provided child safety seats to low income families
Recently hosted first Hispanic CPS course
“Operation Kids” six-hour informational course
for law enforcement, EMT’s, etc.
One of our most vulnerable age groups
Very challenging to reach
Seatbelt usage rate: 66%
Primary Seat Belt Law
(under GDL program)
Battle of the Belt
◦ High school seatbelt competition
Team Spirit
◦ a program designed to empower youth to take an
active role in promoting safe driving habits
Docu-Dramas
“Every 15 Minutes”
ThinkFirst
Safe Communities
MO Safe and Sober
Sobriety Checkpoints - Why?
DWI/Multi-Agency Task Forces
Ignition Interlock Devices
Statewide DWI campaigns
Full Time DWI Enforcement
Units
The purpose of sobriety checkpoints is to “deter”
driving after drinking by increasing the perceived
risk of arrest
Checkpoints should be highly visible, publicized
extensively, and conducted regularly
Deterrence versus Apprehension:
“…can make more DWI arrests
with a saturation patrol/DWI
wolfpack.”
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Allows agencies to pool resources and expand coverage
(especially manpower and equipment)
SWMO DWI Task Force (Joplin area)
NWMO DWI Task Force (St. Joseph area)
Jackson County Traffic Safety Task Force
Cass County STEP (DWI Task Force)
Clay/Platte County DWI Task Force
St. Louis Regional Traffic Safety Council
St. Charles County DWI Task Force
Greene County/Springfield Area
Southeast agencies
Others in development
Mandatory for repeat offenders (but judge
can order for first time DWI offenders)
Approximately 6800 currently installed in
Missouri
Be watchful: Honking car and/or
flashing lights could be an
indicator
Joplin Police Dept.
Greene County Sheriff’s Office
Boone County Sheriff’s Office
Columbia Police Dept.
Jackson County Sheriff’s Office
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
St. Louis County Police Dept.
Creve Coeur Police Dept.
2012 Seatbelt Usage Rate – 79%
Primary Safety Belt Ordinances (30 cities, 1
county)
Encourage law enforcement to take zerotolerance approach to non-use of seatbelts
“Click It or Ticket” Campaign
(May 20 – June 2, 2013)
Statewide Seatbelt Survey
follows CIOT in June
Includes Speeding, Following Too Close, and
Too Fast for Conditions
Provide overtime grant funding and
equipment to law enforcement agencies
Focus on speeding violations,
failure to yield, following too
close, etc.
Texting and driving is illegal for drivers
under 21 (tough to enforce)
Need to focus on all drivers and not only
teens (AT&T Survey Results)
“Focus on the Road” Pledge
10,000 people included in
drawing for a Ford Focus
Thursday, May 16
KRCG and Joe Machens Ford
Becoming a larger percentage of the driver
population
Developing screening tools for medical
professionals to assess fitness to drive
Working with MO Dept. of Revenue to update
curriculum for DOR field offices to help
identify medically unfit drivers
Looking to develop a resource card for law
enforcement to use in the field
Single versus Multi-vehicle collisions
◦ Raising Awareness
Unlicensed challenges
Helmets and other riding gear
Impaired riders
Training Courses
FMCSA is key partner
Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program
(MCSAP)
Focus on safe vehicles and safe drivers
Law enforcement and MoDOT
Seatbelt use is a primary law for CMVs
Promote Highway Safety campaigns /
programs
Media calls/requests/interviews
“Arrive Alive” branding/promotion
www.savemolives.com
Press events
So…much…more…
Blueprint Activities!!!
Work Zone Enforcement
Traffic Records/Data Improvement
Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor
Safe Communities Programs
Training/Academies
◦ LETSAC, Breath Lab,