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57th Annual WDTSEA State Conference
Holiday Inn Stevens Point
Conference Registration and Information Form
Conference Agenda
Post-Conference Parent Workshop
Swap Shop:
Last year's was a huge success so due to many requests to sponsor another one this year. So WDTSEA is asking you if
you have any DE resources you aren't using that others might find useful? Keep in mind, this is not
a junk swap so please do not bring items you do not believe others will find useful. Bring text books (no older than two editions from the most current available
edition), and any AV items that you do not want any more. At the Friday Morning break items will be placed on a swap table in the Display/Vendors Room for people to lok through and take. Again, please use your coommon sense and don not bring junk.
swap event was quite successful as many many items of value and usefulness were made available.
You can drop off items you wish to donate to the swap shop event at the Conference Registraion Table. Last year videos, DVDs, textbooks, and various other traffic safety resources were made available and the event was quite successful.
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New DE Requirement Enacted - 30 Minutes of Instruction on RR Grade Crossing Safety
Although teaching about RR Grade Crossings was already a required topic that all Wisconsin DE programs are required to provide instruction about, the legislature rceenetly passed a Bill that was signed by the Giovernor which will require a minimum of 30 minutes of instructionon be provided to the subject.
On November 12, Governor James Doyle signed into law ACT 64. The law takes effect March 1, 2010. All Wisconsin DE programs starting on (or thereafter) will be required to include a minimum of
30 minutes of instruction about Railroad Crossing Safety.
Required Topcis of Instruction that all Wisconsin DE Programs must provide to students.
If any questions, please contact Randy Thiel at the DPI, or call Randy at (608) 266-9677.
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Wisconsin Act 97
U-Turns and Passing on Shoulders
On Friday, December 11, 2009, Governor Doyle signed 2009 Senate Bill 278 into law as 2009 Wisconsin Act 97. The act removes the general limitation on U-turns at intersections controlled by traffic control signals. It also prohibits making U-turns on a curve or near the crest of a grade on an undivided highway where visibility is limited, and making U-turns when unsafe or when the U-turn would interfere with traffic.
Act 97 also reverses the Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision in Kaufman v. Postle, 2001 WI App 86, 26 N.W. 2d 10, in which the court determined that the statutes prohibited a motorist from passing a left-turning vehicle on the right by use of a paved shoulder. This bill reverses that decision by specifically allowing a motorist to pass a left-turning vehicle on the right by use of either the roadway or a paved shoulder.
- Section 2 - when making an approach for a left turn or U-turn, a person must be driving on the left half of the roadway. Currently this is only required when making left turns.
- Section 4 - the operator of a vehicle can pass another vehicle making a left turn or U-turn on the right only if they can do so by remaining on the roadway or a paved shoulder (paved means asphalt or concrete, not gravel or dirt).
- Section 5 - the operator of a vehicle cannot pass a vehicle on the left if the other vehicle signals its intention to make a left turn or U-turn.
- Section 8 - the operator of a vehicle in an intersection intending to turn left or make a U-turn must yield to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction.
- Section 12 - the operator of a vehicle cannot make a U-turn at any intersection controlled by a traffic officer unless the officer instructs the operator to do so or at any place where there is a sign prohibiting a U-turn. This section removes the prohibition on making a U-turn at intersections controlled by traffic control signals.
- Section 13 - the operator of a vehicle cannot make a U-turn upon a curve or at or near the crest of a hill unless the driver can see a vehicle within 500 feet approaching from the other direction.
- Section 14 - the operator of a vehicle can only make a U-turn when the turn can be made safely and without interfering with other traffic.
- Section 16 - a person making a U-turn shall use the same signal used to indicate a left turn.
Click Here for a Look at Wisconsin Act 97.
This act applies to violations committed on or after the effective date of the act.
NOTE: Posted on WDTSEA Website on December 7, 2009
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Before the Wheel Safe Teen Driving Newsletter
The Fall/Winter 2009/2010 Before The WheelTM safe teen driving newsletter is available to high school driver education instructors and driver education schools for distribution to parents and teens.
The Before The WheelTM newsletter is sponsored by West Bend Mutual Insurance Company. The newsletter is a free publication and there is no fee to distribute the publication.
You may also want to include the web site link on your school site or in the school newspaper. The link is http://www.beforethewheel.com. Please contact Anne Scallon at 262.617.3139 or Annescallon@aol.com to make arrangements for the newsletter distribution at your school.
Thank you,
Anne
Anne Scallon
Publisher & Editor
Before The WheelTM
200 South Executive Drive
Suite 101
Brookfield, WI 53005
262.617.3139
Annescallon@aol.com
BeforetheWheel.com
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"Driving Through The Eyes of Teens; A Closer Look" is now available to view online through video streaming at http://www.research.chop.edu/programs/youngdriver/nyds.php
Dr. Flaura Wintston and Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia gave a great presentation that helps us to understand what teens are thinking about driving and how to use that information to help keep them safe.
It is a 60 minute presentation, but worth the investment of time.
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Grant Awards Announced -
The Children's Health Education Center has awarded a number of schools around Wiscosin some Seat Belt grants. They have eached received a $250 Seat Belt Grant to complete a one-week seat belt project in their school.
Congratulations to the following schools:
- Hilbert HS
- Rice Lake HS
- Melrose-Mindoro
- Slinger HS
- Independence HS
- Iowa Grant HS
- Antigo HS
- Lancaster HS and MS
- Kickapoo Area School District
- Barneveld School District
- Cumberland HS
- Northland Pines HS
- Eau Claire North HS
- Wrightstown HS
- Lake Holcombe HS
- Menominee Indian HS
- New Richmond HS
- Miller-Omro HS
- Dodgeland MS/HS
- Wauwatosa West HS
For more information, please go to www.bluekids.org/cruisecontrol.
Deena Liska
Motor Vehicle Safety Educator
Childrens' Health Education Center
1533 N. RiverCenter Dr.
Milwaukee, WI 53212
Phone: 414.390.2182
Fax: 414.765.0996
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Wisconsin Fatality Reports (Daily & Weekly)Nine Year Zero Fatality Days Summary |
Calendar for Professional Development Events |
| UW Hospital and Clinics Donate Life PowerPoint for Driver Education Programs. |
FY 2009/2010 Online Driver Education Program Approval Applications
- As of 8 a.m. on 3/31/09, the FY 2009/2010 Online Driver Education Program Approval Applications were launched and were ready for districts to complete.
- May 15 is the deadline for any programs offering 2009 summer instruction, or summer and school year instruction; and ...
- August 15 is the deadline for school-year-only programs.
- Districts are to use the same passcodes/passwords as in FY 2008/2009. Passcode/password information will be e-mailed to the e-mail addreses of the identified FY 08/09 primarty contacts for each of the districts that offered De in FY 08/09.
- After completing the online application, click the submit button; you then will be asked if you are sure you wish to submit the data. Click "yes" and your data will then be electronically
submitted
- Once the data has been electronically submitted, remember to go back to the menu and request an
"Application Summary."
- When the application summary appears on the screen, print a copy.
- Have the hard copy signed and dated by the District Superintendent.
- Finally, mail the signed and dated Program Application Summary (PI 1709) in to the DPI. (Note: The DPI address is in the upper right hand cornerof the application summary.
- A copy will be returned to the district Superintendent's office along with needed PI 1714 forms (student course comepltion certificates).
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Wisconsin Driver Education License Plates:JUNE 2009: DMV Update on DE License Plates
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Pending Legislative Items of Interest |
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WisDOT Roundabout Promotional/informational materials
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Professional Organizations
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Some General
Information Items and Possible Resources
DMV's
Cooperative Driver Testing Program Checklist/Information
WisDOT Roundabout Promotional/informational materials
If you would like more information on this video contact Patrick Fleming
at
patrick.fleming@dot.state.wi.us.
WisDOT's Roundabout info webpage
This page also contains links to information
regarding:
The New 2009/2010 DE Snapshot Report
WDTSEA's 2009 SECOND
"First" WORLD of
WHEELS event
2008 WisDOT
BOTS/Ford/NHTSA/Wisconsin's Children's Health Center Safe Driving
Multimedia Advertising Campaign Competition
Reminders -
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April 16 and 17, 2010 State Conference. This year marks
Wisconsin's 55th WDTSEA/DPI State Driver and Traffic Safety
Education Conference. More information to come as it is made available.
However you can start booking rooms at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center
NOW!. Be sure to request the WDTSEA
Conference rate.
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New Operation Lifesavers Information (posted on
1/4/08)- In an effort to help
reduce trespass incidents, the National OLS Trespass Advisory Committee of the
Program Development Council (PDC) has put together some additional information
for Presenters to share in a presentation. The link will take you to a
short PowerPoint file for your information and use when discussing any OLS-related
information in class.
2010 State Conference!!!
Don't Forget to Mark Your
Calendars for the 57th Annual WDTSEA/DPI State Conference...
When?: April 16 and 17, 2010,
Where? Holiday Inn and Conference Center
Hwy 10 E, Stevens Point.
Check back often, for links to conference and
registration information. We will post it as it determined and becomes
available!!
Have
a Safe Day and Remember to Go Out and Perform Some Death Defying
Acts:
Slow
Down, Drive Sober and Always
Buckle-Up !
This page was last updated on January 6, 2010