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NATIONAL COALITION OF SCHOOL BUS SAFETY NEWS 2007
NHTSA Belts on School Buses
Public Meeting
July 11, 2007
L'Énfant Plaza Hotel, Washington DC
AGENDA
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9:00 – 9:35
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Welcome and
Opening Remarks
Nicole Nason, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Deborah Hersman, Member, National Transportation Safety
Board
Suzanne Tylko, Director of Crashworthiness Research,
Transport Canada
Mary Peters, Secretary, Department of Transportation
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9:35 – 10:00 |
Safety of
School Buses
Roger Saul, Director of Crashworthiness, Rulemaking, NHTSA
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10:00 - 10:15 |
Break
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10:15 – 11:25 |
Panel 1:
State and Local Policy
Charles Hood, Florida Department of Education
John Green, California Department of Education
Ann Roy Moore, Huntsville City Schools
Linda Farbry, Fairfax County Schools
Bob Riley, National Association of State Directors of Pupil
Transportation Services
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11:25 - 12:00 |
Panel 2:
Seat Belt Systems for Buses
Ken Hedgecock, Thomas Built Buses
Chad Conley, International Truck and Engine Corporation
Steve Wallen, Safeguard, IMMI
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12:00 - 1:30 |
Lunch on
your own
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1:30 - 2:00 |
Panel 3:
Economics of Belts on Buses
Ron Kinney, Laidlaw Education Services
Robin Leeds, National School Transportation Association
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2:00 - 3:10 |
Panel 4:
Seat Belt Usage – Experience, Education and Enforcement
Jeff Tsai, North Carolina State University
Peter Mannella, New York Association for Pupil
Transportation
Arthur Yeager, National Coalition for School Bus Safety
Michael Martin, National Association of Pupil Transportation
Phyllis Agran, American Academy of Pedatrics
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3:10 – 3:30 |
Break
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3:30 - 4:15 |
Roundtable
discussion and questions from floor
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4:15 – 4:30 |
Closing
Remarks |
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