The Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s (WisDOT) Bureau of Transportation Safety recently hosted this year’s Wisconsin Governor’s Conference on Highway Safety in Wisconsin Dells.
The annual conference gathers traffic safety professionals and advocates with the goal of preventing traffic crashes and injuries and reversing dangerous driving behavior trends.
Sessions covered multiple topics including data analysis, child passenger safety, crash response and traffic incident management, and law enforcement strategies.
Presenters spoke about latest technologies and best practices to keep Wisconsin highways safe.
“Safety is at the core of our WisDOT mission,” WisDOT Secretary Craig Thompson said. “To reach our goals, we need to consider all aspects of transportation. That’s why meetings like the Governor’s Conference on Highway Safety are so important – input from law enforcement, community advocates, engineers, and others – is so crucial to a transportation system of the 21st century.”
WisDOT is focusing on the Safe System approach to eliminate serious injuries and fatalities.
In addition, law enforcement, community partnerships and transportation leaders are working to educate the public on dangerous behaviors like reckless and impaired driving.
Impaired driving is a factor in about a third of all traffic fatalities in Wisconsin and one of the most significant factors that contributes to crashes.