Programme
Han Rietman (Centraal Bureau Rijvaardigheidsbewijzen – CBR, Netherlands) and Dr. Michael Gatscha (Test & Training International, Austria) will moderate the congress.
Wednesday, June 3rd 2009
| 17:00 - 19:00 | Registration of the participants and handout of the congress documents |
Thursday, June 4th 2009
| from 08:00 | Registration of the participants and handout of the congress documents |
| Opening of the congress | |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Welcome note by Dr. Klaus Brüggemann, Association of the TÜV e. V. (Germany) Keynote Juhan Parts, Minister of Economics of Estonia (Estonia) |
| Introduction | |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Overview of FTD goals and achievements Prof. Dr. Ralf Risser, FACTUM Chaloupka & Risser OHG (Austria), University of Lund (Sweden) |
| 09:50 - 10:10 | Traffic Safety Policy in the European Union Joël Valmain, EU-Commission, DG TREN (EU) |
| General | |
| 10:15 - 10:35 | Is there a common way to traffic safety in the Baltic States? Eriks Grigis, Association of the professional driving schools (Latvia) |
| 10:35 - 11:05 | Coffee break |
| 11:05 - 11:25 | The young impaired driver problem Kathryn Stewart, Safety and Policy Analysis International – SPAI (USA) |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | EU-Project DRUID – intermediate report Dr. Horst Schulze, Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen – BASt (Germany) |
| 11:55 - 12:15 | Discussion |
| 12:15 - 13:45 | Lunch |
| Primary prevention | |
| 13:45 - 14:05 | Driving circumstances and accidents among novice drivers Sirkku Laapotti, University of Turku (Finland) |
| 14:10 - 14:30 | Driver instruction in Belgium Jeroen Smeesters, FEDERDRIVE (Belgium) |
| 14:35 - 14:55 | "Close To"-Project: Learning that affects you emotionally – From jail to the driving school Rita Pfeiffer, Forschungsgesellschaft Mobilität – FGM-AMOR (Austria) |
| 14:55 - 15:30 | Discussion |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Item development for the optimisation of the theoretical driving license test Bernd Weisse, TÜV/DEKRA arge tp 21 (Germany) |
| 16:25 - 16:45 | Preparing adolescents to understand the dangers of alcohol and driving Ivika Born, MTÜ Turvakonsultantide Ühendus (Estonia) / Gunnar Meinhard, University Tallinn (Estonia) |
| 16:50 - 17:10 | Implicit and explicit aggressiveness, traffic safety oriented attitudes and objective driving behaviour Prof. Dr. Rainer Banse, University of Bonn / Heidrun Böhme, DEKRA / Christine Repetez, University of Bonn / Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schubert, DGVP (Germany) |
| 17:15 - 17:35 | Personality measurement in traffic psychological assessment Margit Herle, Allgemeinen Arbeitskreis Autonomer Verkehrspsychologen - AAAV, Schuhfried Gmbh (Austria) |
| 17:35 - 18:00 | Discussion |
| 20:00 - 22:30 | Dinner in the Botanical Garden Tallinn (only with prior registration) |
Friday, June 5th 2009
| Authority and administrative intervention – Demerit Point Systems | |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | The demerit point system in the UK and Ireland Dr. Claire Corbett, Brunel University Uxbridge (Great Britain) |
| Secondary and Tertiary Prevention | |
| 09:25 - 09:45 | Ignition interlocks: past, present and future Dr. Paul Marques, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation – PIRE (USA) |
| 09:50 - 10:10 | Biological markers associated with risk-taking behaviour in traffic Diva Eensoo PhD, University of Tartu (Estonia) |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Driving in darkness and winter time conditions Kaija Savolainen, Finnish Driving Schools Association (Finland) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | EU project HERMES – coaching versus psychological intervention Dr. Gregor Bartl, alles-fuehrerschein.at GmbH (Austria) |
| 11:25 - 11:45 | Road Users Safety Awareness’ Developments and Behaviour Changes in Estonia during Past Decade Toomas Ernits, Road Traffic Education Department (Estonia) |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Drivers' psychological tests in Poland Monika Ucińska, Motor Transport Institute (Poland) |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Discussion |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Cognitive and Performance Differences Among Novice and Experienced Drivers Roy Israely, CogniFit Ltd. (Israel) |
| 14:25 - 14:45 | Driver selection and driver improvement in South Tyrol - Italy Dr. Max Dorfer, Psychologenkammer der Provinz Bozen (Italy) |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Discussion |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30 - 15:50 | Recommendations Dr. Ernst Kriegeskorte, TÜV NORD AG (Germany) |
| 15:50 - 16:20 | Conclusions and perspectives Wolf-Rüdiger Nickel, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verkehrspsychologie e. V. – DGVP (Germany) |
| 16:20 - 16:30 | Closing and invitation to the 5th Fit to Drive congress 2010 |
| 16:30 | End of the congress |
