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Safe Driving Is Serious Business

Drive Safely Work Week™ (DSWW) has been an annual campaign sponsored by the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) for many years. In order to continue this successful campaign, we are updating the structure to focus more tightly on changing specific behaviors.

That is why DSWW is now being offered on a more frequent basis, with modules focused on specific driving behaviors and the latest road safety challenges facing employers.

Let’s Get Started

The Drive Safely Work Week™ campaign materials include meaningful activities that reinforce the program’s safe-driving messages yet won’t take significant time away from the work day. Note that materials are not dated, providing the flexibility you need to schedule Drive Safely Work Week activities for the time that works best with your organization’s work schedule.

How to get started:

Schedule your Drive Safely Work Week

1-2 weeks prior:

• Send letter announcement to employees
• Schedule parking and backing training workshop and/or webinar using PPT presentation

During your scheduled Drive Safely Work Week:

• Distribute employee fact sheet(s)
• Conduct parking and backing training workshop and/or webinar using PPT presentation

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Terms of Use

NETS grants express consent to use the DSWW toolkit as-is. You may modify the materials by adding your own logos and color scheme, providing you also include the NETS logo and DSWW branding. Organizations promoting the DSWW toolkit may not alter or delete any of the materials without the express written consent of NETS. In addition, organizations promoting DSWW must direct downloading of the DSWW toolkit exclusively to links provided by NETS.

Safe Driving Is Serious Business

Drive Safely Work Week™ (DSWW) has been an annual campaign sponsored by the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) for many years. In order to continue this successful campaign, we are updating the structure to focus more tightly on changing specific behaviors.

That is why DSWW is now being offered on a more frequent basis, with modules focused on specific driving behaviors and the latest road safety challenges facing employers.

Let’s Get Started

The Drive Safely Work Week™ campaign materials include meaningful activities that reinforce the program’s safe-driving messages yet won’t take significant time away from the work day. Note that materials are not dated, providing the flexibility you need to schedule Drive Safely Work Week activities for the time that works best with your organization’s work schedule.

How to get started:

Schedule your Drive Safely Work Week

1-2 weeks prior:

• Send letter announcement to employees
• Schedule impaired driving training workshop and/or webinar using PPT presentation

During your scheduled Drive Safely Work Week:

• Post social media announcements throughout the week
• Distribute employee fact sheet(s)
• Conduct impaired driving training workshop and/or webinar using PPT presentation

 

View DSWW Archives

Terms of Use

NETS grants express consent to use the DSWW toolkit as-is. You may modify the materials by adding your own logos and color scheme, providing you also include the NETS logo and DSWW branding. Organizations promoting the DSWW toolkit may not alter or delete any of the materials without the express written consent of NETS. In addition, organizations promoting DSWW must direct downloading of the DSWW toolkit exclusively to links provided by NETS.

Drowsy driving and other important risky driving behaviors and countermeasures are highlighted in this year’s campaign. Driver behavior contributes to 94% of all traffic crashes, according to NHTSA, meaning nearly all crashes are preventable. 

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REFERENCES FOR DSWW 2016:

Why Invest Time in Road Safety Education in the Workplace?

1. NETS, Cost of Motor Vehicle Crashes to Employers 2015™, January 2016 https://trafficsafety.org/cost-of-crashes-to-employers

Day 1:  Campaign Manager Planning Sheets

1. NHTSA, 2016 http://www.nhtsa.gov/About+NHTSA/Press+Releases/nhtsa-sees-roadway-deaths-increasing-02052016

Day 1:  Employee Information Sheets: Drowsy, Distracted, or Focused…Your Decisions Drive Your Safety

1. NHTSA, 2016 http://www.nhtsa.gov/About+NHTSA/Press+Releases/nhtsa-sees-roadway-deaths-increasing-02052016
2. Tefft BC. “Prevalence of motor vehicle crashes involving drowsy drivers, U.S. 2009-2013.” AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. November, 2014:1–8
3. U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Safety Administration. “Distracted Driving 2014.” April, 2016. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812260
4. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Highways Loss Data Institute. “Alcohol-impaired driving.” February, 2016. http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/impaired-driving/fatalityfacts/impaired-driving/2015
5. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. “2015 Traffic Safety Culture Index.” February, 2016. https://www.aaafoundation.org/sites/default/files/2015_TSCI.pdf
6. National Transportation Safety Board. “The Use of Forward Collision Avoidance Systems to Prevent and Mitigate Rear-End Crashes.” May, 2015. http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-studies/Documents/SIR1501.pdf
7. Kahane CJ. Fatality reduction by safety belts for front-seat occupants of cars and light trucks: updated and expanded estimates based on 1986-99 FARS data. Washington, DC: US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; 2000. Publication no. DOT-HS-809-199. Available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/809199.PDF
8. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. “AAA Traffic Safety Culture Index 2007-2015.” https://www.aaa.foundation.org/safety-culture
9. Giedd, J. N., et al. “Brain development during childhood and adolescence: A longitudinal MRI study.” Nature Neuroscience 2 (1999): 861-863.
10. Fatima, Batool, Naureen Munawar, and Samira Arshad. “Type-A Behavior and Traffic Accidents.” Institute of Clinical Psychology, University of Karachi.

Day 2: Campaign Manager Planning Sheets: It’s Time to Change How We View Sleep

1. Garbarino S, Guglielmi O, Sanna A, Mancardi GL, Magnavita N. Risk of occupational accidents in workers with obstructive sleep apnea: systematic review and meta-analysis. SLEEP 2016;39(6):1211–1218.
2. Dr. Foldvary-Schaefer, Director of Cleveland Clinic’s Sleep Disorders Center
3. Harvard Medical School & McKinsey Company. The price of fatigue: The surprising economic costs of unmanaged sleep apnea; December 2010.
4. Society for Human Research Management 2016 Employee Benefits Report
5. Mattke S, Liu H, Caloyeras JP, Huang CY, Van Busum KR, Khodyakov D, and Shier V, Workplace Wellness Programs Study: Final Report, Santa Monica, Calif. RAND Corporation, RR-254-DOL
6. Employee Benefit News. Why sleep is crucial to any wellness plan; April 15, 2014. Accessed May 27, 2016. benefitnews.com/news/why-sleep-is-crucial-to-any-wellness-plan-2740744-1.html
7. Nick van Dam and Els van der Helm. There’s a Proven Link Between Effective Leadership and Getting Enough Sleep, Harvard Business Review, 2016. https://hbr.org/2016/02/theres-a-proven-link-between-effective-leadership-and-getting-enough-sleep
8. Claudio Feser, Fernanda Mayol and Ramesh Srinivasan, Decoding leadership: What really matters, McKinsey Quarterly, Jan. 2015 http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/the-organizational-cost-of-insufficient-sleep
9. Ibid
10. Murray W. Johns. A new method for measuring daytime sleepiness: the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Sleep, 1991; 14 (6): 540-545

Day 2:  Employee Information Sheets: First Things First. Are You Getting Enough Sleep?

1. “Waking Up to the Sleep Problem Every Employer is Facing.” GCC Insights (2014): 9.
2. Ibid
3. Mullington, Janet M., Norah S. Simpson, Hans K. Meier-Ewert, and Monika Haack. “Sleep Loss and Inflammation.” Best Practice and Research. Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 24, no. 5 (October 24, 2010). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3548567/
4. Uppsala Universitet. “Sleep to protect your brain.” ScienceDaily. (December 31, 2013). www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131231122123.htm
5. Cohen, Sheldon, William J. Doyle, Cuneyt M. Alper, Denise Janicki-Deverts, and Ronald B. Turner. “Sleep Habits and Susceptibility to the Common Cold.” Archives of Internal Medicine 169, no. 1 (January 12, 2009). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2629403
6. American Academy of Sleep Medicine
7. Brittany Wood, Mark S. Rea, Barbara Plitnick, Mariana G. Figueiro. “Light level and duration of exposure determine the impact of self-luminous tablets on melatonin suppression.” Applied Ergonomics,  2013, Volume 44, No. 2, pp. 237-240. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003687012001159)
8. National Sleep Foundation. Sleepy Connected Americans, Annual Sleep in America Poll Exploring Connections with Communications Technology Use and Sleep. 2011. https://sleepfoundation.org/media-center/press-release/annual-sleep-america-poll-exploring-connections-communications-technology-use-
9. American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Recharge with Sleep: Pediatric Sleep Recommendations Promoting Our Health. 2016. http://www.aasmnet.org/articles.aspx?id=6326

Day 3: Campaign Manager Planning Sheets: Wake Up Call: Any of Your Employees Could Be at Risk for Drowsy Driving

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Day 3: Employee Information Sheets:  Wake Up Call: Anyone Could Be at Risk for Drowsy Driving

1. Presentation, Drowsy Driving: Challenges and Opportunities, June 2016, Dr. Mark Rosekind, NHTSA Administrator
2. 2 Stutts, J. C., Wilkins, J.W., Osberg, J. S.,Vaughn, B.V. (2003) Driver risk factors for sleep-related crashes. Accident Analysis and Prevention
3. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety 2015 Traffic Safety Culture Index (Feb. 2016)
4. NHTSA: Wake Up and Get Some Sleep campaign, 2000.
5. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, (Nov. 2010) Asleep at the Wheel: The Prevalence and Impact of Drowsy Driving
6. Thayer, Robert PhD, The Origin of Everyday Moods: Managing Energy, Tension, and Stress, 1996
7. Williamson, A.M. and Feyer, Anne-Marie, Moderate sleep deprivation produces impairments in cognitive and motor performance equivalent to legally prescribed levels of alcohol intoxication, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2000, Volume 57, No. 10, pp. 649-55.
8. Ibid
9. University of Strasbourg’s Centre of Neurocognitive and Neurophysiological Investigations, July 2013 http://fondation.vinci-autoroutes.com/fr/system/files/pdf/2013/07/pr_vinci_autoroutes_foundation_cruise_control_and_speed_limiters_impact_.pdf

Day 4: Campaign Manager Planning Sheets: Protecting Your People. And Your Business.

1. Aegis Mobility white paper:  Employee Distracted Driving– Understanding Your Business Risk and Liability, 2013.  See document for specific case citations- http://www.aegismobility.com/distracted-driving/images/research/whitepapers/Distracted-Driving-Business-Risk-White-Paper-Aegis-Mobility.pdf

Day 4:  Employee Information Sheets:  Dial In To the Task At Hand… Driving

1. National Center for Statistics and Analysis. (2016, April). Distracted driving 2014 (Traffic Safety Facts Research Note. Report No. DOT HS 812 260). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
2. National Safety Council. Annual Estimate of Cell Phone Crashes 2013. 2015, pp. 1-4. http://www.nsc.org/DistractedDrivingDocuments/Attributable-Risk-Estimate.pdf
3. Strayer, D.L.; Drews, F.A.; and Johnston, W.A. 2003. Cell phone-induced failures of visual attention during simulated driving. Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied 9(1):23-32
4. Caird, J.K.; Willness, C.R.; Steel, P.; and Scialfa, C. 2008. A meta-analysis of the effects of cell phones on driver performance. Accident Analysis and Prevention 40(4):1282-93.
5. Horrey, W.J. and Wickens, C.D. 2006. Examining the impact of cell phone conversations on driving using Meta analytic techniques. Human Factors 48(1):196-205.
6. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. 2015 Traffic Safety Culture Index. February, 2016, pp. 1-35. https://www.aaafoundation.org/sites/default/files/2015_TSCI.pdf
7. David L. Strayer, Joel M. Cooper, Jonna Turrill, James R. Coleman, and Rachel J. Hopman. Measuring Cognitive Distraction in the Automobile III: A Comparison of Ten 2015 In-Vehicle Information Systems, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, October 2015, pp. 1-47. https://www.aaafoundation.org/sites/default/files/strayerIII_FINALREPORT.pdf
8. David L. Strayer, Jonna Turrill, James R. Coleman, Emily V. Ortiz, & Joel M. Cooper. Measuring Cognitive Distraction in the Automobile II: Assessing In-Vehicle Voice-Based Interactive Technologies, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, October 2014, pp. 1-44. http://publicaffairsresources.aaa.biz/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1-AAAFTS-Phase-2-Report-FINAL-10.3.2014.pdf
9. Erie Insurance. Erie Insurance Analysis Reveals Drivers are “Double Distracted” —Snapping Scenic Pics and Posting to Social Media—All #WhileDriving, 2016. https://www.erieinsurance.com/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/2016/double-distracted-drivers
10. David Zuby, Chief Research Officer, IIHS, Presentation at NETS’ STRENGTH IN NUMBERS^® Benchmark Conference, October 14, 2015
11. IHS Automotive. Average Age of Light Vehicles in the U.S. Rises Slightly in 2015 to 11.5 years, IHS Reports, 2015. http://press.ihs.com/press-release/automotive/average-age-light-vehicles-us-rises-Slightly-2015-115-years-ihs-reports
12. Cher Carney, Dan McGehee, Karisa Harland, Madonna Weiss, and Mireille Raby. Using Naturalistic Driving Data to Assess the Prevalence of Environmental Factors and Driver Behaviors in Teen Driver Crashes, March 2015, 1-71. https://www.aaafoundation.org/sites/default/files/2015TeenCrashCausationReport.pdf
13. Gallatin v. Gargiulo, PICS No. 16-0520 (C.P. Lawrence Co. March 9, 2016) Hodge, J., Kubert v. Best, No. A-1128-12T4 (N.J. Super. Ct. 2013) http://www.thelegalintelligencer.com/id=1202757558057/Expansion-of-Negligence-Liability-to-Text-Senders-Untenable?slreturn=20160715140619

Day 5: Campaign Manager Planning Sheets:  Break a habit. Make a habit.

1. Farmer, Charles M., Relationship of Traffic Fatality Rates to Maximum State Speed Limits, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, April 2016
2. NETS, Cost of Motor Vehicle Crashes to Employers 2015™, January 2016  https://trafficsafety.org/cost-of-crashes-to-employers
3. Ibid
4. Pickrell, T. M., & Li, R. (2016, February). Seat Belt Use in 2015—Overall Results (Traffic Safety Facts Research Note. Report No. DOT HS 812 243). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Day 5: Employee Information Sheet: Slow Down. Speed Matters.

1. IIHS Fatality Facts, February 2016, http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/general-statistics/fatalityfacts/overview-of-fatality-facts
2. Waltz, F. H., Hoefliger, M. and Fehlmann, W. (1983) Speed limit reduction from 60 to 50 km/h and pedestrian injuries. Proceedings of the Twenty Seventh Stapp Car Crash Conference, pp. 277–285.
3. Kloeden CN, McLean AJ, Moore VM, and Ponte G (1997) Travelling Speed and the Risk of Crash Involvement, NHMRC Road Accident Research Unit, The University of Adelaide.
4. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. (2016). 2015 Traffic Safety Culture Index.
   Washington, DC: AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.
5. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. (2016). Speeding, AAA Exchange. http://exchange.aaa.com/safety/roadway-safety/speeding/#.V4PwqvkrJD8
6. Svenson, O., 2008. Decisions Among Time Saving Options: When Intuition Is Strong And Wrong. Acta Psychol. 127, 501–509. Svenson, O., 2009. Driving speed changes and subjective estimates of time savings, accident risks and braking. Appl. Cognit. Psychol. 23, 543–560.

Day 5: Employee Information Sheet: Buckle Up.  Every Time.

1. Progressive Insurance, 2002, https://www.progressive.com/newsroom/article/2002/may/fivemiles/
2. NHTSA website
3. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Lives saved in 2014 by restraint use and minimum-drinking-age laws. Washington, DC: US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; 2015. Publication no. DOT-HS-812-218. Available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/812218.pdf
4. Durbin, Dennis R.; Jermakian, Jessica S.; Kallan, Michael J.; McCartt, Anne T.; Arbogast, Kristy B.; Zonfrillo, Mark R.; Myers, Rachel K. Rear seat safety: variation in protection by occupant, crash and vehicle characteristics, Accident Analysis and Prevention July 2015

This toolkit builds the case for executive leadership to adopt safe driving for all employees as a part of the corporate safety culture and provides low-cost tools and ideas to start, expand and sustain a road safety program.

The free DSWW toolkit is available for download via the NETS website and provides easy-to-use Web-based resources that include campaign graphics and materials targeted to leadership as well as the employee-base.

Access the Drive Safely Work Week™ toolkit!

This year’s toolkit provides information and activities to address some of the most common types of traffic crashes across the general population, fleet drivers and teen drivers. The materials encourage employees to refresh their own safe-driving skills, as well as to share the tools and resources provided with family members, particularly new or up-and-coming drivers in the household. The campaign also encourages employers to redistribute existing safe-driving policies or use the week as an opportunity to prepare employees for new policies that may be forthcoming. The DSWW campaign focuses on the following issues:

• Buckling up all the time and encouraging others to do the same;
• Recognizing and preventing fatigue-impaired driving;
• Driving distraction-free;
• Safe parking and backing; and
• Fine-tuning the fundamentals to avoid some of the most common types of crashes.

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The 2010 Drive Safely Work Week^™ campaign is focused on the dangers of distracted driving and provides meaningful education and awareness activities to help keep employees safe.

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