New Hampshire Office of Highway Safety & AAA Northern New England to Host Governor’s Highway Traffic Safety Conference on November 4th in Concord

What: Nationally and local experts visit New Hampshire to discuss impaired driving and traffic safety. Including two New Hampshire parents who lost children to impaired driving

Where: Grappone Conference Center, Concord NH

When: November 4^th 8:30am to 4:00pm

Who:          Dan Goodman
                    Manager of Public Affairs
                   AAA Northern New England
goodman.daniel@ace.aaa.com
                   (207) 756-4112

Each day about 37 people in America die in drunk-driving car crashes, that’s one person every 39 minutes, and in 2022, 13,524 people died in alcohol-impaired driving traffic deaths (NHTSA). To help with this growing problem AAA Northern New England and the New Hampshire Office of Highway Safety are hosting the Governor’s Highway Traffic Safety Conference, Monday, November 4^th at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord

The conference will convene local and nationally recognized experts to New Hampshire to generate awareness and understanding of the issues of impaired driving. Participants will engage in discussions about topics such marijuana and alcohol impairment, education and prosecution, and hear from local victims of impaired driving crashes. Summit attendees include law enforcement, legislators, administrators, educators, forensic, and traffic safety professionals.

8:30 Welcome | Opening Remarks

Robert Quinn, Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Safety
Eddie Edwards, Assistant Commissioner New Hampshire Department of Safety
John Clegg, New Hampshire Office of Highway Safety

9:00 Victim Impact Speaker; Beth Shaw

9:45 Sarah Garner, North Carolina Conference of District Attorney’s; Gaining Cooperation From Impaired Drivers;

10:15 Break

10:45 Regional Traffic Safety Initiatives

Tom Baran, AAA Northern New England & Paul Ruggerio New Hampshire Office of Highway Safety: Community Outreach and Betterment Partnerships
Sherriff William King, York County: Traffic Enforcement From The Desk

11:15 Ryan Campbell, Apopka Police Department Florida, Lets Talk Nystagmus! No, Not HGN...The Other Ones!

12:00 Lunch/ Art Kinsman NHTSA/ New Hampshire Traffic Safety Awards

1:15 Corporal Ryan L. Hutton, Missouri State Highway Patrol/DRE: Drug Impairment, Employee Wellness, and Leadership

2:45 Jake Nelson, Director of Traffic Safety Advocacy & Research, AAA National Office; Under the Influence, Over the Limit: Combating Substance Impaired Driving

3:15 Victim Impact Speaker; David Croke

3:30 Closing Remarks, Dan Goodman, manager of public affairs, AAA Northern New England