Programme
Cathy Bacon (European Driving Schools Association - EFA) and Peter Silverans, Ph. D. (Institut Belge de la Sécurité Routière - IBSR) will moderate the congress.
Download the registrationThursday, June 19th 2008
| from 08:00 | Registration of the participants and handout of the congress documents |
| Opening of the congress | |
| 09:30 - 10:15 | Greeting by Ing. Vladimír Bártl, Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republik (Czech Republic) N.N., City of Prague (Czech Republic) Dr. Klaus Brüggemann, Association of the TÜV e. V. (Germany) |
| Opening speeches | |
| 10:15 - 10:35 | The current situation of road safety figures in Europe Joël Valmain, DG TREN (EU) |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Lives lost, families shattered. Being sorry is not enough. George Galli-Atkinson, BSC LLB, active road safety campaigner (Great Britain) |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | Driver training of tomorrow Gerhard von Bressensdorf, European Driving Schools Association e. V. - EFA (EU) |
| 11:55 - 12:15 | Preventing road traffic injuries Dr. Dinesh Sethi, World Health Organization - WHO (EU) |
| Primary prevention | |
| 12:20 - 12:35 | The Potential of a Penalty Points System in Sweden Sixten Nolén, Road Traffic Inspectorate (Sweden) |
| 12:40 - 13:00 | Driver Training in Greece John Lalos, Panhellenic Association of Professional Instructors of Drivers (Greece) |
| 13:00 - 13:15 | Discussion |
| 13:15 - 14:45 | Lunch |
| 14:45 - 15:05 | Young road users and traffic Kay Schulte, Deutscher Verkehrssicherheitsrat e. V. (Germany) |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | Driver fatigue Anna Anund, Road Traffic Inspectorate – VTI (Sweden) |
| 15:35 - 15:55 | Vehicle Industry and Road Safety M. Phil. Radek Špicar (Czech Republic) |
| 15:55 - 16:05 | Discussion |
| 16:05 - 16:35 | Coffee break |
| Authority and administrative intervention - Demerit Point Systems | |
| 16:35 - 16:50 | Demerit point system in Latvia Juris Teteris, Road Traffic Safety Directorate (Latvia) |
| 16:50 - 17:05 | Education versus Punishment in Great Britain Prof. Dr. Frank McKenna, University of Reading (Great Britain) |
| 17:05 - 17:20 | Demerit point system in Poland Justyna Wacowska-Slezak/Maria Dabrowska-Loranc, Road Traffic Safety Centre (Poland) |
| 17:20 - 17:30 | Discussion |
| 19:30 - 22:30 | Dinner on boat incl. cruise (only with prior registration) |
Friday, June 20th 2008
| 09:00 - 09:20 | Psychological and educational measures within the German demerit point system Doris Stengl-Herrmann, TÜV SÜD AG (Germany) |
| 09:25 - 09:45 | Driving instruction in Switzerland: The two-phase system Manuela Marti, Verkehrssicherheitsrat (Switzerland) |
| Secondary and Tertiary Prevention | |
| 09:50 - 10:10 | Worldwide trends in drinking and driving Kathryn Stewart, Safety and Policy Analysis International SPAI (USA) |
| 10:15 - 10:35 | Fit to Drive with Diabetes Mellitus Dr. Vlasta Rehnová, Centrum Dopravního Výzkumu – CDV (Czech Republic) |
| 10:35 - 11:05 | Coffee break |
| 11:05 - 11:25 | Aging related diseases and fitness to drive – assessment and rehabilitation Prof. Dr. Wiebo H. Brouwer, University of Groningen (Netherlands) |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | DRUID intermediate status report Dr. Horst Schulze, Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen – BASt (Germany) |
| 11:55 - 12:15 | Effectiveness of formal standards in shaping informal behavioural norms Christian Zimmermann / Prof. Egon Stephan, Universität zu Köln (Germany) |
| 12:15 - 12:25 | Discussion |
| 12:25 - 13:45 | Lunch |
| 13:45 - 14:05 | PORTARE Jos de Vries, Centraal Bureau Rijvaardigheidsbewijzen – CBR (Netherlands) |
| 14:10 - 14:30 | Psychological assessment of driving fitness in Finland Sari Kukkamaa, Verve (Finland) |
| 14:35 - 14:55 | Traffic psychology in the Czech Republic PhDr. Martin Kořan, Traffic Psychology and ADP (Czech Republic) |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | The continuously accompanied evaluation of rehabilitation programmes Martin Nechtelberger, Angewandte Psychologie und Forschung GmbH – AAP (Austria) |
| 15:20 - 15:30 | Discussion |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Recommendations Prof. Dr. Ralf Risser, FACTUM Chaloupka & Risser OHG (Austria) |
| 16:25 - 16:45 | Conclusions and perspectives Wolf-Rüdiger Nickel, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verkehrspsychologie e. V. – DGVP (Germany) |
| 16:50 - 17:00 | Closing and invitation to the 4th Fit to Drive convention 2009 |
| 17:00 | End of the congress |
