AAMVA has taken a leadership role as a steering committee member on Toward Zero Deaths (TZD): A National Strategy on Highway Safety. This data-driven effort is identifying and creating opportunities to change America's highway safety culture.
The TZD steering committee is developing an outline for the national strategy by spring 2010 and finalizing the strategy in 2011. To reach those goals, the next immediate step is to identify and understand challenges and opportunities in reducing highway fatalities. Much work has been done to identify safety strategies and quantify their effectiveness, but additional research is needed to determine the impact of these strategies when fully implemented. The impact must include projections of lives saved as well as the health care costs of highway injuries and deaths, best practices, effective means of creating a cultural change, and other issues.
If you are interested in joining the effort or want additional information, contact Ian Grossman who is representing AAMVA on the steering committee at igrossman@aamva.org or 703-908-2841.