# 2009 human factors and roadway safety workshop : opening session

Iowa Department of Transportation Video 32756 2009 human factors and roadway safety workshop : opening session Iowa Department of Transportation Research and Technology Bureau video presentation from the 2009 human factors and roadway safety workshop session titled: 2009 Human Factors and Roadway Safety Workshop Opening Session Sandra Larson, director, Iowa DOT Research and Technology Bureau, welcomes attendees to the workshop and speaks on how research ideas are generated and implemented worldwide. She introduces Mark Lowe. Mark Lowe, director, Iowa DOT Motor Vehicle Division, speaks on the diversity of perspectives relating to safety between various transportation personnel and the relationship between distracted drivers, safety, and crashes. Shashi Nambisan, director, Iowa State University Institute for Transportation Research (InTrans), welcomes attendees to the workshop; announces the name change of Iowa State University's Center for Transportation Research and Education (CTRE) to the Institute for Transportation Research (InTrans). He speaks on research opportunities and the challenges of Human Factors related to safety in transportation. Shashi Nambisan introduces Keynote Speaker Dan McGehee. Keynote Speaker Dan McGehee, University of Iowa, speaks on teen driver research at the University of Iowa; how teen drivers benefit from Event Trigger Video systems that provide feedback to teens and parents to help them focus on improving driving skills and awareness. Sandra…

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 2009
- By: Iowa Department of Transportation
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/gov.bts.32756)
- Licence or status: [CC0 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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