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Preliminary Programme

Sonja Sporstøl (ATL - Norwegian Driving School Association) and Efa Rimoldi (ETRASA, Spain) will moderate the congress.


Wednesday, April 25th 2012

 
17:00 - 18:00 Registration of the participants and handout of the congress documents
 

Thursday, April 26th 2012

 
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, Verband der TÜV e. V. (Germany)
Felip Puig I Godes, Minister of home affairs of the Catalonian government

 
Introduction
09:30 - 09:50

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General
09:50 - 10:10 CIECA's role in traffic safety - new strategies
Kari Hakuli, CIECA (Belgium)
10:10 - 10:30

Naturalistic Driving: Towards a new Methodology for Road Safety Research
Elisabeth Ströbitzer, Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit (Austria)

10:35 - 10:55

Better drivers with assistance systems? The effect of intervention and warning strategies
Prof. Mark Vollrath, TU Braunschweig (Germany)

 
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
 
11:30 - 11:50

Meta-analysis on the effects of psychoactive substances on driving
Eva Schnabel, TÜV Thüringen Fahrzeug GmbH & Co. KG (Germany),
Prof. Günter Berghaus, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Cologne (Germany)

11:55 - 12:15 How publishers support traffic safety
Franz Podstatzky, ETRASA (Spain)
12:20 - 12:50 The foundation and first results of „Traffic Psychology International“ of the DGVP
Dr. Don DeVol, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verkehrspsychologie e.V. - DGVP (Germany)
 
Primary prevention
12:55 - 13:15 Final results of the DRUID project
Prof. Dr. Horst Schulze, Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen – BASt (Germany)
   
13:15 - 14:45 Lunch
 
14:45 - 15:05 BESTPOINT – intermediate results
Dr. Kerstin Runda, Klaus Machata,
Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit (Austria)
15.10 - 15:30 Risk assessment and safety training in occupational traffic
Prof. Rüdiger Trimpop, Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena (Germany)
15:35 - 15:55

Emerging Technologies for the Prevention of DUI, DUID and Drowsy Driving
Dr. Susan Ferguson, Ferguson International LLC (USA)

 
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
 
16:35 - 16:55 Changing attitudes to reduce risk behaviours
Prof. Dr. Marius Martínez, Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain)
17:00 - 17:20 Drug abuse of adolescent drivers – an international overview
Prof. Javier Alvarez, University of Valladolid (Spain)
17:30 – 17:50 Use of Video Technologies in Driving Instructor Education: Exchange of Knowledge and Experiences between Trainers
Tamara Ranner, University of the German Federal Armed Forces Munich (Germany)
 
19:30 - 22:30 Dinner in Principal del Tragaluz
  www.grupotragaluz.com
 

Friday, April 27th 2012

 
Primary prevention
09:00 - 09:20

Perspectives on Speed – problem awareness
Dr. Christine Chaloupka-Risser, FACTUM Chaloupka & Risser OHG (Austria)

09:25 - 09:45

Fitness to Drive and Visual Field Regulations - the Swedish Experience
Dr. Lars Englund, Swedish Transport Agency, ITMA (Sweden)

09:50 - 10:10

Study results on traffic education for children and youths
Aslak Fyhri, TOI - Institute of Transport Economics (Norway)

 
10:15 - 10:40

The way forward for an integrative longterm training for novice drivers
Thomas Kramer, bfu - Beratungsstelle für Unfallverhütung (Switzerland)

 
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break
 
Secondary and Tertiary Prevention
11:15 - 11:35 Rehabilitation strategies in Denmark
Inger Lis Rasmussen (Denmark)
11:40 - 12:00

Evaluation results of the medical-psychological assessment in Germany
Horst Ziegler, TÜV Technische Überwachung Hessen (Germany)

12:05 - 12:25 The Spanish system of driver assessment – current schedule and future planning
Dr. Fermina Sánchez, Dr. Elena Valdes, Dirección General de Tráfico (Spain)
12:30 - 12:50

New developments of driver assessment in Poland
Michal Niezgoda, ITS Warszawa (Poland)

 
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
 
14:30 - 14:50 The effects of the severity of medical conditions upon crash risk: an initial report
Dr. Jamie Dow, SAAQ - Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (Canada)
14:55 - 15:15 Development of traffic safety in France
Erik Bessmann, IFSTTAR (France)
15:20 - 15:40

Improving procedures in drugs testing in Spanish roadsides
Francisco Cermerón Despuig, Mossos d’esquadra (Spain)

 
15:45 - 16:15 Coffee break
   
16:15 - 16:35

Driver education in spain
Fernando Muñoz-Peláez, Dirección General de Tráfico (Spain)

 
  Closing Session
16:40 - 16:55

Recommendations
Wolf-Rüdiger Nickel, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verkehrspsychologie e.V. - DGVP (Germany)

16:55 - 17.00 Closing and invitation to the 7th Fit to Drive congress
 
17:00 End of the congress

DEKRA TÜV Hessen TÜV Nord Gruppe / TÜV Nord AG / TÜV Nord Mobilität GmbH & Co. KG TÜV Süd Group / TÜV Life Service GmbH TÜV Thüringen Verband der TÜV e. V.