2008 GHSA Annual Meeting: Turning Knowledge into Action

2008 Annual Meeting
Turning Knowledge into Action

Scottsdale, Ariz., September 7 - 10

General Information

GHSA's 2008 Annual Meeting was focused on how highway safety research can translate into successful state programs. Nearly 400 highway safety professionals attended, and the meeting generated a great deal of news coverage (see below).

Meeting Materials

News & Media

News Release
Media Clips
- Panel to push for tough texting-while-driving ban (Sept. 15, The Arizona Republic)
- Distracted drivers at risk, experts say (Sept. 10, The Arizona Republic)
- Raise driving age, insurance group says (Sept. 10, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
- Phoenix texting ban called success, despite few citations (Sept. 10, KTAR Radio - Phoenix)
- Arizona fights proposals to lower drinking age (Sept. 10, KTAR Radio - Phoenix)
- Should 16-year-olds drive? (Sept. 9, Chicago Tribune)
- Raise the driving age to 17 or 18? (Sept. 9, KWSO-TV - Lawton, Okla. and Wichita Falls, Texas)
  GHSA Board Member Pam Fischer is featured in this video clip.
- Teen-driver limits cut crashes, experts say (Sept. 9, The Arizona Republic)
- When Should Teens Be Allowed to Drive? (Sept. 9, The Wall Street Journal)
- Caution, teens: Effort to raise driving age ahead (Sept. 9, Minneapolis Star Tribune)
- Report makes a case for raising driving age (Sept. 9, USA Today)
- Scottsdale traffic meeting to focus on speed cameras
  (Sept. 8, ABC 15/KNXV-TV - Phoenix, Ariz.)