MEMBERSHIP:

TC - J. Harbluk (Chair)
AB – T. Peters
ON – L. Tasca
TC – P. Boase/P. Burns
AIAMC – O. Colavincenzo
CAA –E. Lamoureux
CVMA –M. Nantais
OPP – S. Lawson
CCMTA - V. Todd

RECORD OF DECISIONS REFERENCE:

Standing Committee on Road Safety Research and Policies, Oct/02

REPORTING TO:

Strategy to Reduce Impaired Driving 2010 Task Force

MANDATE:

1. To define the nature of the problem of driver distraction, describe its effects on collision risk, assess the size of the problem and identify information gaps in the state of knowledge.
   
   
2. To monitor developments in vehicle telematics and their potential implications for driver attention and safety
   
   
3. To facilitate the development of a strategy to assist jurisdictions to a) measure the role of driver distraction in collisions and b) manage the safety impacts of driver distraction.
   
   
4. To produce an annual monitoring report on the progress toward measuring the number of fatal and serious injuries due to driver distraction and achievements by jurisdictions in managing the potential safety impacts of communications devices, new vehicle technologies and other sources of distraction.

DEADLINES:

Ongoing

STATUS:

Ongoing

September 2009