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Bruce, Deborah - Member
SAFETY ISSUES FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, THE LEGISLATOR WHO MAKES THE LAWS, THE STATE OFFICE THAT OVERSEES TRAFFIC SAFETY, THE OFFICER THAT WRITES...
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| 00:01:52 |
Starr, Bruce - State Senator
INCLUDING THE LEGISLATIVE PERSPECTIVE, THIS IMPORTANT FORM ON ATTENTIVE DRIVING. STATE LEGISLATIVE HAVE HAD A CONTINUE TO HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO...
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| 00:08:48 |
Murphy, Christopher - Director
ASSESSMENT YOU CAN SEE IT BECOMES MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE. WE HAVE A TOTAL BAN FOR DRIVERS UNDER 18. WE HAVE A HANDHELD BAN FOR ADULT AND A TEXAN AND WHILE...
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| 00:13:22 |
Bruce, Deborah - Member
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION TO DISTRACTED DRIVING CONCESSION PROJECT IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. IS TO THE PROJECT RECORD FOR THE ...
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| 00:13:50 |
Chaudhary, Neil - Vice President
AS WAS SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. CAN I? NO PROBLEM. OKAY, SO THERE WERE FOUR WAYS OF HIGH VISIBILITY ENFORCEMENT OCCURRING OVER ROUGHLY A YEAR. IN HARTFORD,...
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| 00:18:10 |
Bruce, Deborah - Member
VEHICULAR FATALITIES. >> IS THERE ANOTHER MIKE ON UP THERE? JUST ONE AT A
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| 00:18:40 |
Barker, Timothy - Assistant District Attorney, Pennsylvania
TIME. THERE WE GO. >> IS THERE ANOTHER ONE ON? >> DID THAT TAKE CARE OF IT? I CAN TRY ANOTHER MICROPHONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. BASICALLY TAKING A LOOK...
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| 00:25:27 |
Bruce, Deborah - Member
HE HOLDS THE RANK OF SERGEANT IN THE BUREAU OF PATROL. SERGEANT OBERDORF, I INVITE YOUR REMARKS. >> GOOD MORNING. I APOLOGIZE. THE LAST -- >> SORRY....
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| 00:26:06 |
Oberdorf, Jerry - Sergeant
SITUATION. OKAY. NONETHELESS, I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT CHALLENGES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT REGARDING ENFORCING TEXTING, DRIVING LAWS THAT ARE NOW...
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| 00:31:39 |
Sumwalt, Robert L. - Board Member
DO SUPPORT A TEXTING BAN. WE HAVEN'T ADOPTED SUPPORT OF A HANDHELD BAN AS OF YET. >> NOW, I'M UNDER THE I AM MR. EGGS THAT SOMETIME LAST SUMMER THE...
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| 00:31:57 |
Murphy, Christopher - Director
RECOMMEND STATES ADOPT, I THINK IT WAS TEXTING BANS BECAUSE THERE WAS WERE DATA THAT WERE SHOWING THAT THE FATALITY RATES FROM THE IHS WAS SHOWING THAT...
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| 00:37:31 |
Weener, Earl - Member
35. THERE MIGHT BE A HANDFUL OF STATES, APPARENTLY, PENNSYLVANIA HAS PASSED A LAW THIS YEAR AS WELL. SO, AT LEAST 35 HAVE BANNED TEXTING. >> AS FAR...
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| 00:37:48 |
Starr, Bruce - State Senator
NINE STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HAVE PASSED HANDHELD BANDS. >> AND HANDS-FREE? >> AND I DON'T HAVE THAT PIECE OF INFORMATION. >> BUT THAT'S...
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| 00:39:05 |
Oberdorf, Jerry - Sergeant
ACTUALLY ENGAGING IN A VOICE CONVERSATION. POSSIBLY MAYBE THAT VEHICLE WILL DRIFT OVER TOWARDS ME. THIS IS ALL WELL AND GOOD, IF I'M IN MARKED UNIT,...
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| 00:40:21 |
Weener, Earl - Member
OBSERVATIONAL. SO WE HAD OBSERVERS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD LOOKING INTO VEHICLES. IF SOMEBODY HAD A PHONE TO THEIR EAR, WE CODED IT AS HANDHELD TALKING....
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| 00:40:33 |
Chaudhary, Neil - Vice President
TERM TEXTING WITH QUOTES AROUND IT BECAUSE THE PROPER TERM SHOULD PROBABLY BE MANIPULATING. SO I CAN'T BE SURE WHETHER THEY WERE DIALING, CHECKING THEIR...
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| 00:41:56 |
Barker, Timothy - Assistant District Attorney, Pennsylvania
SAFETY LAWS WORK THEY WILL NOT WIND UP BEING MORE THAN PEOPLE MAILING IN THEIR FINES. AND THIS IS THE DANGER OF WHAT WE SEE AS THE WAY THAT THE CURRENT...
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| 00:45:07 |
Rosekind, Mark - Member
START WITH THE SERGEANT, IF THAT'S OKAY. >> OKAY. FIRST AND FOREMOST I BELIEVE IN PENNSYLVANIA, CALIFORNIA SOUND LIKE THEY HAVE A DECENT HANDLE ON...
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| 00:45:26 |
Oberdorf, Jerry - Sergeant
CAN NOT SEIZE THE PHONE BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN. TO GO A LITTLE FURTHER, IF I DO DEVELOP ENOUGH REASONABLE SUSPICION TO PULL THIS VEHICLE OVER,...
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| 00:47:03 |
Barker, Timothy - Assistant District Attorney, Pennsylvania
OFFENSES THEY BECOME MISDEMEANORS OR HIGHER. MISDEMEANORS OF SECOND DEGREE OR HIGHER SO WE CAN MEANINGFULLY DO SOMETHING WITH THE INDIVIDUALS BEFORE...
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| 00:48:35 |
Chaudhary, Neil - Vice President
TICKKET I WILL PAY IT AND WALK AWAY. WELL, I JUST CUT A DEAL WHERE MORE THAN MADE UP FOR THAT. >> I WOULD SAY TO ENACT HANDHELD BANS. I THINK IN CALIFORNIA...
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| 00:49:01 |
Murphy, Christopher - Director
ARE EASILY THAN TEXTING BANS. I AGREE THEY SHOULD BE FOR PRIMARY ENFORCEMENT. THE FINES NEED TO PAY HAVE TO BE MEANINGFUL. OURS IS $150. CAN'T BE $20....
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| 00:49:34 |
Starr, Bruce - State Senator
EITHER THROUGH YOUR TRANSPORTATION SAFETY DIVISION OR PERHAPS HAVING, I KNOW THAT WE DID THIS IN OREGON FOR SAFETY BELTS. IF YOU'VE GOT A TICKET FOR...
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| 00:50:39 |
Hart, Christopher - Vice Chairman
YES. >> UNFORTUNATELY I DO THINK WE NEED DATE TO SHOW WE NEED SOME TYPE OF GENERAL DISTRACTED DRIVING SECTION WHERE WE DO HAVE MORE REASONABLE SUSPICION....
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| 00:50:52 |
Oberdorf, Jerry - Sergeant
HAVE THEIR HAND IN THEIR, PHONE IN THEIR HAND AND ARE MANIPULATING IT FOR TWO MILES SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO PULL SOMEONE OVER. AND I THINK WE NEED TO STATISTICS...
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| 00:54:13 |
Murphy, Christopher - Director
LEGISLATIVE ARENA WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE WITH DRINK DRIVING FOR EXAMPLE, SAME RESID VIST ISSUE. THANK YOU. THE CONNECTICUT, MOVING TO THE CONNECTICUT...
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| 00:54:27 |
Hart, Christopher - Vice Chairman
SLIDE SAID YOU WEREN'T SURE WHETHER THE REDUCTION WAS SUSTAINED AFTER THE WAVE FINISHED. DO YOU HAVE ANY, THERE IS NO LATE DATA ON THAT WHETHER THERE'S...
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| 00:54:59 |
Chaudhary, Neil - Vice President
TO FOURTH BROUGHT THEM DOWN BELOW WHERE THEY WERE AT ANY OTHER POINT DURING THE EVALUATION. SO WHAT WAS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO AND TWO AND THREE?...
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| 00:55:52 |
Hersman, Deborah A. P. - Chair
A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL, CERTAINLY SOME OF YOU HAVE EXPERIENTIAL TIME WITH THIS CALIFORNIA IN YOUR CASE, SEVERAL YEARS UNDER YOUR BELT...
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| 00:57:19 |
Starr, Bruce - State Senator
SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THEIR VEHICLES AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE IS A COMMON, PROBABLY MISUNDERSTANDING THAT HANDS-FREE IS SAFER. AND SO THAT'S,...
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| 00:58:17 |
Oberdorf, Jerry - Sergeant
AM I TO DETERMINE IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY USING A HANDS-FREE PHONE OR TALKING TO THEIR PASSENGER? I SEE THAT AS A CHALLENGE. I'M GOING TO KIND OF COMBINE...
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| 00:59:45 |
Hersman, Deborah A. P. - Chair
IS THERE A NEGATIVE EFFECT OF PASSING SOME OF THESE LAWS? >> THE, THERE CAN BE, ABSOLUTELY. WE DO SEE AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE GET REPORTED ON A WIDE...
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| 01:00:10 |
Barker, Timothy - Assistant District Attorney, Pennsylvania
DANGER ABOUT HOW WE'VE CONTINUOUSLY TALKED ABOUT TEXTING BAN, TEXTING BAN, TEXTING BAN IS, ONE THING I DID MENTION IN MY BEGINNING IS, I HAVE ONE...
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| 01:04:21 |
Sumwalt, Robert L. - Board Member
YES. >> GIVEN THE DATE THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED TODAY, WHY WOULD YOU NOT SAY AN OUTRIGHT BAN ON CELL PHONES? WHY DO YOU LIMIT IT TO HANDHELD? >> I JUST...
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| 01:04:51 |
Murphy, Christopher - Director
NO. GO AHEAD. >> I'M SORRY. >> NO, THIS IS THE BIG MYTH, FOLKS. AND THIS IS WHAT WORRIES ME. BECAUSE, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT THINK THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT...
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| 01:07:38 |
Starr, Bruce - State Senator
THE RADIO OR TALKING ON A HANDS-FREE DEVICE. I THINK THAT IS BIG CHALLENGE. I THINK ULTIMATELY, TECHNOLOGY, WILL SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. WHETHER IT IS TECHNOLOGY...
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| 01:08:47 |
Weener, Earl - Member
THIS IS A QUESTION FOR SERGEANT OBERDORF. WHEN YOU ARRIVE ON AN ACCIDENT SCENE, HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHETHER DISTRACTION HAS BEEN A CAUSE AND, FOLLOWING...
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| 01:09:25 |
Oberdorf, Jerry - Sergeant
MARKS, NO SKID MARKS ON THE ON SET END. NO SKID MARKS SOMEBODY COMING UP TO INTERSECTION AND BLOWING A RED LIGHT WOULD MEAN THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING...
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| 01:12:40 |
Barker, Timothy - Assistant District Attorney, Pennsylvania
SOME OTHER CITIZEN IS LUCKY IT SEE, TRULY WHAT WAS GOING INTO A VEHICLE, THAT'S GREAT. BUT A LOT OF TIMES THESE ARE POST-CRASH SCENARIOS WHERE WE...
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| 01:16:00 |
Rosekind, Mark - Member
DATA INPUT? THAT IS SUCH A CRITICAL POINT TRYING TO RELATE THESE THINGS? ANYBODY HAVE A FIX FOR THAT? SIR? >> AGAIN FROM THE FIELD EXPERIENCE, OUR...
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| 01:16:25 |
Oberdorf, Jerry - Sergeant
OUR OWN REGULATIONS WHAT ELSE WE PUT IN THE NARRATIVE AND DIAGRAM AND SO FORTH BUT ALL THE CHECKED BOXES THEY'RE COLLECTING FOR STATS, IS DICTATED BY...
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| 01:18:44 |
Barker, Timothy - Assistant District Attorney, Pennsylvania
THE CHECK AND I SEE PEOPLE COMING THROUGH MY OFFICE AS PROSECUTORS DO WHO ARE DYING FROM THE CONDUCT AND YES THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM. AND OVERALL,...
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| 01:20:32 |
Rosekind, Mark - Member
AROUND TO TECHNOLOGY BEING ADDED TO THAT SO THAT YOU HAVE A RELATIVELY SET, WHOLE SET OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES BASICALLY TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE BUT IT...
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| 01:21:17 |
Hart, Christopher - Vice Chairman
PRIMARY. I BELIEVE, WAS INTRODUCED AS A SECONDARY LAW I BELIEVE AND THAT WAS ONE COULD CHANGE THAT WAS MADE FROM THE TIME IT WAS PROPOSED AT THE TIME...
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| 01:21:42 |
Oberdorf, Jerry - Sergeant
OF YOU HAVE ON TARGETED ENFORCEMENT AND THE WAY IT MAY AFFECT PRIMARY VERSUS SECONDARY. ANYBODY WHO MIGHT HAVE INFORMATION ON THAT. >> I THINK CALIFORNIA...
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| 01:22:08 |
Murphy, Christopher - Director
THAT SHOWS THAT PRIMARY ENFORCEMENT AND SECONDARY ENFORCEMENT AND WHAT THAT MEANS ULTIMATE HIS LIFE SAVED WILL DRIVE JUST LIKE SEATBELTS. >> I THINK...
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| 01:22:22 |
Starr, Bruce - State Senator
FAR DOES NOT SHOW THAT HAVING A PRIMARY LAWS LEAD TO ANY SORT OF UNEVEN TICKET. I WOULDN'T EXPECT CELL PHONES TO BE ANY DIFFERENT. >> IN THE INTEREST
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| 01:22:37 |
Chaudhary, Neil - Vice President
OF TIME I WILL CUT IT OFF THERE. THANKS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PANEL BECAUSE I KNOW WE ARE GETTING TIGHT ON TIME. YOU WERE ALL ASKED HERE BECAUSE...
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| 01:22:57 |
Hersman, Deborah A. P. - Chair
CERTAIN AREAS. WE ARE TRYING TO GET FROM YOU KNOW, A BASELINE LEVEL OF NOT MUCH, TO GETTING TO SOMETHING WHERE WE ARE CALM PUSHING THINGS AND I THINK...
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