2012 Banff

22nd. Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference
June 10-13, 2012, Banff, Alberta

Table of Contents

Session 1A: Collision Analysis I

Collision Prediction Models for Quantifying the Safety Benefit of Winter Road Maintenance Liping Fu, Luis F. Miranda-Moreno, Taimur Usman
Adoption of Highway Safety Manual Methodologies for Safety Performance Assessment of Ontario Highway Segments Bhagwant Persaud, Yongsheng Chen, Ali Sabbaghi, Craig Lyon
Vehicle-Pedestrian Accidents at Signalized Intersections: Exposure Measures and Geometric Designs David Fernandes, Luis F. Miranda-Moreno, Patrick Morency

Session 1B: Road Design and Traffic Operations I

What the 85th Percentile Doesn't Tell Us: Engineering Safe Roads for Everyone Includes the Other 15 Percent Craig Milligan, Jane MacAngus, Jeannette Montufar
A Process for Integration of Cyclists and Pedestrians at Interchanges Maurice Masliah, Amy Ibrahim, Guinevere Ngau
Contribution of Road Safety Audits to Road Designs that Lowers Safety Risks to Road Users Frank Wilson, John Morrall

Session 1C: Driver Behaviour I

Towards the Validation of a Driving Simulator-Based Hazard Response Test for Adolescent Novice Drivers Pierro Hirsch, François Bellavance
Dear Diary… A Content Analysis of Anger-Provoking Events Reported in Driving Diaries Christine M. Wickens, James E. W. Roseborough, Ashley Hall, David L. Wiesenthal
Predicting Drivers' Behavioural Intentions: Sometimes We Can Do It Harold W. Faw, Kevin Adhika, Allyson Denoso, Ashley Kemp, Questa Lee

Session 2A: Older Drivers I

Application of the "Screen for the Identification of cognitively impaired Medically At-Risk Drivers": Preliminary results from the Candrive driver cohort Michel Bédard, Shawn Marshall, Malcolm Man-Son-Hing, Bruce Weaver
Determining the validity of the AMA guidelines: A retrospective analysis of the ADReS and rate of crash in older drivers
Older Driver Gap Selection: Simulator and On-Road Driving Performance Judith L Charlton, Anna Devlin, Michelle Scully, Sjaan Koppel, Matthew Catchlove, Ashley Verdoorn
The Use of a Naturalistic Driving Route for Characterizing Older Drivers Glenys A. Smith, Andrew W. Cull, Rachel Mence, Judith Charlton, Jim Langford, Sjaanie Koppel, Michelle M. Porter

Session 2B: Driver Behaviour II

Roadway Justice - Making Angry Drivers, Happy Drivers James E. W. Roseborough, David L. Wiesenthal
On-road and Simulated Driving: Concurrent and Discriminant Validation Katherine Wood, Daniel Mayhew, Herb Simpson, Lawrence Lonero
Is Playing Racing Video Games Associated with Stunt Driving? Evelyn Vingilis, Jane Seeley, David L. Wiesenthal, Christine M. Wickens, Robert E. Mann, Peter Fischer
Coping with Aggressive Driving: Driver Accounts of How They Manage Themselves and Others to Reduce Conflict on the Road Alexia Lennon, Barry Watson

Session 3A: Pedestrians

Countermeasures to Improve Pedestrian Safety in Canada: The Way Forward Neil Arason, Leanna Belluz, Paul Boase, Ediriweera Desapriya, Robert Dewar, Christine Eisan, Kristen Gane, Christine Miller, Sarah Peddie, Valerie Todd, Jean Wilson, Mustapha Zayoun
Safer Pedestrian Crossings Help Better Behaviors - The EPCA Program Antida Aversa, Francesco Mazzone, Enrico Pagliari
Safety, Mobility and Experiences of Pedestrians with Vision Loss in Victoria Jennifer Oxley, Sara Liu, Jim Langford, Saraswathy Venkataraman, Judith Charlton, Marcus Bleechmore, Aronne Guaglio
Putting Pedestrians First: A Comprehensive Action Plan to Improve Pedestrian Safety in the City of Vancouver Alina Cheng, Brian Patterson

Session 4A: Policy Development

Prescription medication and driving: informing consumers about the risk Tanya Smyth, Thomas G. Brown
(Français) La politique de sécurité routière peut-elle être rendue " acceptable " pour tous ? L'exemple de l'automatisation du contrôle du respect des limitations de vitesse en France Fabrice Hamelin
Collision Cost Study for Alberta's Capital Region Paul de Leur, Laura Thue, Donna Hladun, Dawn Green
Aging School Bus Drivers: Is Mandatory Retirement Appropriate? Eric Hildebrand
Award winner: Dr. Charles H. Miller

Session 4B: Older Drivers II

Psychosocial and Health Factors in the Candrive/Ozcandrive Prospective Study Holly Tuokko, Anita Myers, Alexandra Jouk
Findings from the Candrive/Ozcandrive Study: Low mileage older drivers, crash risk and reduced fitness to drive Jim Langford, Jude Charlton, Sjaan Koppel, Anita Myers, Holly Tuokko, Shawn Marshal, Malcolm Man-Son-Hing
Development of a new and innovative training program for older drivers Jennifer Oxley, Jim Langford, Sjaan Koppel, Judith Charlton

Session 4C: Safety Initiatives I

Effects of a Feedback-Reward System on Headway Time Maryam Merrikhpour, Birsen Donmez, Vittoria Battista
Evaluation of the Pace Car Program Meghan P. Provost, Sarah Peddie
Whiplash Prevention Campaign Initiative: Further Development and Implementation of an Observational Study Protocol for Assessing Proper Head Restraint Use Douglas P. Romilly, Harry Luk, Michael Chien, Kimmy Poon, Marc White, Ediriweera Desapriya
A Usability Analysis of the Car Seat Challenge Protocol for Premature Infants Brenda Vrkljan, Heather Boyd, Catherine Moher, Anne Snowdon, William Altenhoff

Session 5A: Road Design and Traffic Operations II

Evaluating the Signal Head Upgrade Program in the City of Surrey Karim El-Basyouny, Tarek Sayed
Safety Innovation: Bike Activated Electronic Warning Sign Canadian Trial Application Peter Kortegast, G. Lovegrove, Faisal M. Siddiqui
A Framework for Conducting Sustainable Transportation Assessments for Neighbourhoods (STAN) Jason Dunn, Gregory Ablett, Sarah Rocchi

Session 5B: Safety Initiatives II

Session 5C: Older Drivers III

Is Candrive II truly Canadian: Investigating the representativeness of the Candrive sample through comparisons with the Canadian Community Health Survey sample Shawn Marshall, Sylvain Gagnon, Yara Kadulina, Arne Stinchcombe, AJ Hickey, Malcolm Man-Son-Hing, Nicol Korner-Bitensky, Isabelle Gelinas, Barbara Mazer, Mark Rapoport, Gary Naglie, Brenda Vrkljan, Michel Bedard, Michelle Porter, Holly Tuokko, Jan Polgar, Anita Myers
Findings from the Candrive/Ozcandrive Study: Older drivers, cognitive function and self-regulatory driving practices Judith Charlton, Sjaan Koppel, Jim Langford, Anita Myers, Holly Tuokko, Shawn Marshall, Malcolm Man-Son-Hing
The CIHR Team on Older Person Driving Research (Candrive II): A five year longitudinal study of older Canadian drivers and the Ozcandrive Study Shawn Marshall, Malcolm Man-Son-Hing, Judith Charlton, Sjaan Koppel, Jim Langford, Holly Tuokko, Michelle Porter, Michel Bedard, Brenda Vrkljan, Gary Naglie, Mark Rapoport, Nicol Korner-Bitensky, Isabelle Gelinas, Barbara Mazer, Anita Myers, Sylvain Gagnon, Jan Polgar
Older drivers' opinions of criteria that inform the cars they buy: A focus group study Brenda Vrkljan, Michelle Porter, Jenny Zhan, Jan Miller Polgar

Session 6A: Enforcement / Legal Issues

Driver-Vehicle Model for Safe Driving with Impaired Drivers Thanh Phuc Le, Ion Stiharu
Drugs and Driving Framework Brian Jonah
Award winner: Dr. Charles H. Miller
"Students Against Drinking and Driving - Alberta (SADD Alberta)" has no version set!
An evaluation of Winnipeg's Photo Enforcement Safety Program: Results of time series analyses and an intersection camera experiment Ward Vanlaar, Robyn Robertson, Kyla Marcoux
Implementing new consequences for lower Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) levels Anne Leonard

Session 6B: Safety Initiatives III

Road Safety in Peru Francis Navin, German Gallardo, Eanson Ho, Gregoria Villacorta
Methods of Reducing Collisions on Alberta Roads Jason Dunn, Richard Chow, Bill Kenny, Jesse Arsenault, Raheem Dilgir
Safe Routes to School: Making Transportation Choices Integral to Community Life in North Vancouver Brian Patterson, Tegan Smith
Youth Engagement as Capacity Building for the Road Safety Profession Doug Leonhardt, Sarah Blades, William Hui, Martin Lavallière

Session 6C: Collision Analysis II

Identification of Problem Locations for Pedestrian Facilities Using Limited Available Data Pedram Izadpanah, Alireza Hadayeghi, Alexandre Nolet
Evaluation of the Road Safety Audit Initiative on Alberta Highways A.E. (Tony) Churchill, Muhammad Imran, Allan Lo
(Français) Changements pour 2001-2010, les principaux résultats obtenus en termes d'usagers de la route en fédération de Russie Catiet Mimbwi
Trends in Fatally Injured Drivers and Pedestrians in Canada Steve Brown, Dan Mayhew, Robyn Robertson, Ward Vanlaar, Paul Boase

Session 7A: Safety Initiatives IV

Road Safety Bike Rodeo - a Community Mobilization Tool Kevin Brandvold, Randy Youngman
Evaluating the Silverberry Action Plan to Reduce Vehicle Speed Karim El-Basyouny, Scott McDonald
The Lessons Learnt from the New Zealand Road Safety Success Story Peter Kortegast
Transforming the Workplace on Wheels Deirdre Holmes, Bill Hubbard, Mark Ordeman

Session 7B: Vehicles and Vehicle Safety Systems

The 'Autonomes' are Coming - What does it mean for Road Safety? Paul Godsmark
Forensic Interpretation of Driver Countersteer Micky Gilbert, Tom Mueller, Jason Nirvelli
ATV Collision Reconstruction - Finding Useful Methods for Speed Determination Mark D. Wright
Ball-bank indicator and a vehicle's speed around a curve Francis (Frank) Navin
Vehicle Maintenance for Safer Roads and Consumer Awareness Deborah Moynes-Keshen

Student Paper Finalists

Evaluation of Diagnosis Tools for Safety Improvement Projects Rajib K. Sahaji, Peter Y. Park, George Eguakun, Angela Gardiner
Award winner: Étudiant 3 Student
Applicability of Shared Spaces Concepts to Canadian Communities Jeremy Adamson
Award winner: Étudiant 2 Student
Effect of Intersection Designs on Cyclist Injury Risk Jillian Strauss, Luis F. Miranda-Moreno
Award winner: Étudiant 1 Student