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THE NEWSLETTER OF USA TRAINING COMPANY INC.
VOLUME 22 NUMBER 2 NEW YORK April 2019
GROUP RETRAIN
Check your expiration date!
All Driving Safety Instructors must
possess a current drivers license
and attend a recertification class
every 2 years.
See page 5 for
GROUP RETRAIN
May 19th
Also contact USA Trainers
Mary Ann Loiacono,
917.208.1910
Jim Meehan, 718.383.9259
for other scheduled RETRAIN
dates, locations & fees
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month
1) Drive responsibly. Duh. We don't care if your friend has to wait
until you get home to find out whether or not you're going to Josh's party. We
would much rather you stay alive to go to said party.
2) Listen to music, podcasts, or audio books. What a great
alternative to handicapping yourself with texting! Jamming out to your tunes
or listening to an epic fight scene is much more entertaining than discussing
what you want for dinner anyway.
3) Take a roadtrip with friends. Not only is this a fun way to bond, but
your friends are actually there. Plus, it's rude to text while visiting with people.
DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH
HISTORY
April is National Distracted Driv-
ing Awareness Month. It may take
only a matter of seconds to glance at
your phone, but, if you are driving at
60 miles an hour, your eyes are blind to
the road while you drive the length of
a football field.
Distracted driving is a public health
issue that affects us all. The latest
statistics show motor vehicle fatalaties
up 6% from 2015. More than 40,000
people were killed on our nation's
roadways in 2017, and distracted driv-
ing is a major contributor.
Each death is 100% preventable.
From cell phones to dashboard
infotainment systems to evolving voice
command features - all pose a threat
to our safety.
HOW TO OBSERVE DISTRACTED
DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH
1886: Automobile is invented.
The first car was invented in Ger-
many by Carl Benz - his wife, Bertha,
proceeded to "borrow" it to drive her
and her two sons to Pforzheim from
Mannheim, proving cars could drive
over longer distances than just short
stints.
1895: First car race won. The
first car race took place in America
and was won by two former bicycle
mechanics: Charles Duryea and J.
Frank.
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April 2019 Volume 22, Number 2
EMERGENCY CONTACT
In the event USA is experiencing
trouble with our phone network, scan
your requests and email to
lbagwell@usatraining.com
Make sure to follow all DMV and New York State
laws governing PIRP classes!!
1908: Ford brings cars to the masses. Henry Ford kick-started the
concept of an assembly line building Model T's. The establishment of mass-
produced vehicles made cars accessible for the common folk.
1911: Rear view mirrors invented. Ray Harroun utilized the first rear
view mirror during a race so he could see which cars were catching up to him.
2020: Google releases driverless cars. Google plans to release cars
with an "auto-pilot" for the public (the machine uprising will most likely follow
shortly after).
Put down the phone and pay attention!
DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS
MONTH - HISTORY (Cont. from page 1)
Last year deadliest for pedestrians since 1990Pedestrian deaths continue to climb,
even as other traffic fatalities decline.
Nearly half of the deaths occurred in
just five states.
Last year, 6,227 pedestrians died in
the United States, marking the high-
est number since 1990.
Over the last decade, pedestrian
deaths have risen by 35% while
other traffic deaths declined by
6%.
The Governors Highway Safety
Association attiibutes the rise to
more people driving, population
growth, and the prevalence of
SUVs and smartphones.
Pedestrian deaths have been on
the rise for a decade, reaching their
highest level since 1990 last year.
"While we have made progress
reducing fatalities among many other
road users in the past decade, pedes-
trian deaths have risen 35%," said the
executive director of the Governors
Highway Safety Association
(GHSA).
Pedestrian deaths make up a big-
ger share of overall traffic deaths
than they did a decade ago. The
GHSA predicts they will account for
16% of all traffic deeaths in 2018.
In fact, the number of overall traf-
fic deaths that don't involve pedestri-
ans declined by 6% over that 10-year
span, compared with a 35% increase
in pedestrian deaths.
Arizona, California, Florida, Geor-
gia and Texas accounted for nearly
half (46%) of all the pedestrian deaths
in the country.
Several trends might be contribut-
ing to the number of pedestrian deaths:
The increase in driving linked to the
economic recovery.
Population growth. The 10 fastest-
growing states in the country also
saw the number of pedestrian
deaths increase at a faster pace
than the country as a whole.
The increasing prevalence of SUVs
on the road. The number of SUV-
related pedestrian deaths increased
by 50% between 2013 and 2017,
compared with a 30% increase in
pedestrian deaths involving pas-
senger cars.
The growing use of smartphones,
which contribute to distracted driv-
ing.
Three-quarters of all walkers who
died in traffic were struck at night.
More than a third of the pedestrian
deaths occurred on local streets; 8%
happened on county roads; 25% on
state highways; 16% on federal high-
ways; and 10% on interstate high-
ways. Pedestrians are prohibited on
interstates, but the GHSA noted that
several of the fatalities there involved
motorists who were standing outside
of their cars after breakdowns.
Experience is
something you don’t
get until just after
you need it.
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April 2019 Volume 22 Number 2
Make sure to follow all DMV and New York State
laws governing PIRP classes!!
WHY DISTRACTED DRIVING MONTH
IS IMPORTANT
A. Texting and swerving. People who text and drive statistically spend
10% of their time on the road outside their lane. Yikes!
B. It's illegal. 43 of America's 50 states have laws prohibiting texting and
driving. South Dakota, New Mexico, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma and
Missouri have laws regulating it. Arizona just extended their reckless driving
laws to cover texting.
C. Texting is worse than drunk driving. Texters are six times more
likely to wreck their car than drivers over the legal drinking limit. How
horrifying is that? Answer: VERY.
An aftermarket collision warning
system paired with a telematics de-
vice that provides feedback on driving
can encourage safer habits behind the
wheel, giving drivers of older model
vehicles a safety upgrade to fight dis-
traction and fatigue.
The finding may be especially en-
couraging for families of teenage driv-
ers when newer models with the latest
driver assistance technology aren’t in
the budget. The same applies to busi-
ness owners whose staff drive com-
pany vehicles.
As part of an ongoing internal driver
experience program, twenty-two
Highway Safety Institute staff mem-
bers signed up to have their personal
vehicles outfitted with a Mobileye af-
termarket collision warning system,
and 17 of them also agreed to have
their driving monitored by a Geotab in-
vehicle telematics unit. The volun-
teers made their usual drives during
the 12-week study period in the spring
and early summer of 2017 and com-
pleted surveys about their experiences.
Mobileye (model 630) package ret-
rofit collision warning system featured
an in-vehicle display and included for-
ward collision warning; urban forward
collision warning, which operates at
speeds below 20 mph; pedestrian col-
lision warning; headway monitoring
and warning, which measures follow-
ing distance at speeds above 19 mph;
lane departure warning; and a speed
limit indicator, which displays the
posted speed limit.
Mobileye’s aftermarket system is
a passive one in that drivers still must
brake or make other corrections when
alerted to increase their following dis-
tance, for example.
Studies show that forward collision
warning and lane departure warning
reduce the rates of crashes reported
to police.
Volunteers drove for eight weeks
when alerts were active and received
weekly Mobileye “safety scores”
based on rates of alerts issued per
100 miles driven within each system’s
operating range.
As drivers got used to the system
between the baseline and alert peri-
ods, the rate of forward collision alerts
decreased more among the rural driv-
ers than the urban drivers (45% vs.
30%).
The opposite was true for lane
departure warning. Urban drivers saw
a bigger decline in the rate of alerts
than the rural drivers (70% vs. 54%)
between the baseline and treatment
periods.
Warnings about following too
closely dropped off, too. Headway
alerts fell 63% for rural drivers and
39% for urban drivers between the
baseline and treatment periods.
Volunteers showed safer driving
behaviors across the study period.
They used turn signals more often and
increased following distances after
receiving alerts. Speeding was the
only thing that didn’t change much
between the baseline and alert peri-
ods. Overall, only about 6% of miles
were driven at 10 mph or higher over
the speed limit.
A 2017 study of teenagers who
drove vehicles outfitted with a proto-
type crash avoidance system showed
improved turn-signal use and lane-
keeping ability but not a decline in
following too closely.
In a post-study survey, 62% of the
IIHS-HLDI volunteers agreed that
the Mobileye system helped improve
their safety while driving. Drivers as-
sessed forward collision warning as
the most useful system, followed by
lane departure warning, headway
monitoring and the speed limit indica-
tor.
A safety boost for older vehicles...
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April 2019 Volume 22, Number 2
Make sure to follow all DMV and New York State
laws governing PIRP classes!!
CEO
Janis Helm Cartwright
President
Phil H. Ward
Staff
Lorie Bagwell
Sue Decker
Sarah Jacobs
Phone: 512-346-2132
Fax: 512-346-0431
USA TRAINING COMPANY INC.
8871 Tallwood Drive
Austin, Texas 78759
2019
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
USA TRAININGUSA Training Company will be
closed on the following dates:
Apr. 19 (Fri) - Good Friday
May 27 (Mon) - Memorial Day
June 19 (Wed) - Emancipation Day
July 4 (Thurs) - July 4th Holiday
August 27 (Tues) - LBJ's Birthday
Sept. 2 (Mon) - Labor Day
Oct. 14 (Mon) - Columbus Day
Nov. 11 (Mon) - Veteran's Day
Nov. 28 &29 (Thurs/Fri)
Thanksgiving
Dec. 24, 25, 26 (Tues, Wed, Thurs)
Christmas
Some vehicles come equipped with
systems that allow parents to monitor
their child's driving or control things
like top vehicle speed and sound sys-
tem volume.
A new IIHS survey shows one
such system, Ford's MyKey, is catch-
ing on. MyKey allows vehicle owners
to program a key for their child. For
example, the owner can set the top
vehicle speed, program speed alerts
at varying levels, limit audio volume
and make it impossible to disable the
do-not-disturb feature.
For the study, 1,500 adults who
Limits on teen driversown or lease a Ford vehicle equipped
with the technology were questioned.
Each respondent had at least one
teenager age 16-19 in their household.
Many parents said they didn't need
it because their child was trustworthy.
"Systems like MyKey have the
potential to reduce the risks faced by
teen drivers by limiting speeds and
distractions," says Rebecca Weast,
an IIHS research scientist and the
paper's author.
For a copy of "Parent awareness
and use of Ford's MyKey system,
email statusreport@iihs.org
Road traffic deaths globally
reached 1.35 million in 2016, ac-
cording to a new report from the
World Health Organization. The
report said road-traffic injuries were
now the top cause of death for
people age 5-29. The findings, the
report said, underscored the need
for better road-safety policies.
Global traffic deaths
REMINDERS....Submit your Class Schedules, per NY DMV rules and
USA procedures NO LESS THAN 30 days in
advance!!!
Review reports and student information sheets to
make sure they are complete and legible.
Plan ahead and order workbooks / student information sheets before your
supply gets too low.
Per NY DMV rules, delivery agencies must keep a copy of completion
reports for a period of at least three (3) years.
It is a good idea to make copies of student information sheets to keep with
completion report (at least until certificates have been processed) so if your
report is lost in the mail you don’t have to re-create it. When you receive
certificates in the mail or confirmation card - then shred them.
Make sure you have enough postage on your envelopes.
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April 2019 Volume 22 Number 2
CHECK YOUR PIRP CERTIFICATION EXPIRATION DATE
NEW YORK DMV STATE-REQUIRED TRAININGThe New York DMV requires you to take a re-certification course every two (2) years to maintain a valid PIRP instructor license.
This is a DMV mandatory requirement.
If you are due for this class and do not attend, your teaching privileges will be
suspended until you complete continuing education requirements.
This means one-on-one training with one of USA’s trainers.
USA TRAINING COMPANY INC. HEADQUARTERS HAS SCHEDULED A GROUP RETRAIN FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
Sunday, May 19, 2019 9:00 a.m.
Arrive Early (8:30-8:45 am) for check-in
Bruno’s On the Boulevard 88-25 Astoria Blvd. East Elmhurst, NY 11369see website: http://www.eventsbybrunos.com
Call 718-335-0505 for directions
The cost for GROUP RETRAIN is $35 per person paid in advanced with reservation form
(Continuing Education/GROUP RETRAIN Reservation Form below -- Due by May 10th
If you do not pre-register, the cost will be $60 (CASH OR CHECK) at the door.
BONUS of ATTENDING GROUP RETRAIN:
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (muffins, bagels, danish, coffee station & juice bar)
& DELI LUNCH (assorted wraps, sandwiches, salad, bread, etc.)
will be provided compliments of USA Training Company Inc. by Bruno’s
SAVE MONEY - Instructor Renewal/Processing fee will be WAIVED for
ALL PIRP instructors attending this GROUP class ONLY (that are NOT expired).
Some of USA’s best and most experienced instructors will be there to make it a worthwhile day.
If you have any questions, PLEASE CONTACT:MaryAnn Loiacono 917-208-1910 or Jim Meehan 718-383-9259
CONTINUING EDUCATION RESERVATION FORM
Complete information & mail this reservation form and money * DUE NO LATER THAN MAY 10th to:
USA Training Company Inc., 8871 Tallwood Dr., Austin, TX 78759
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