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About Us

Transportation safety advocates and professionals across Maine founded the Transportation Safety Coalition (MTSC) for the purpose of improving the safety of Maine roadways and byways. Read more...

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A Message from the New MTSC Chair

Thank you for visiting MTSC's web site. MTSC wants to be a transportation safety resource for you. If you have questions or suggestions on how we can promote important safety issues, please feel free to contact us.

Duane

MTSC Annual Awards and Planning Meeting

The MTSC held it's annual Awards and Strategic Planning meeting on August 21, 2008. Elections were held and you can meet our current officers and see an MTSC Board list at http://www.themtsc.org/about/officers.php

This year two Traffic Safety Champion Awards were handed out. The people recognized for advancing the principles of traffic safety in Maine were:

Lucas Colavecchio (center) of WGME - 13 receives a
Traffic Safety Champion Award from Brad Foley (l) and Pat Moody

• WGME- Channel 13 was recognized for their “Streets of Speed” feature and their “Snow Cam” reports from a MaineDOT plow truck.
  
  
• Blendine Butterfield is a school bus driver for Maranacook and is the chair of the student safety group of the Maine Association for Pupil Transportation. She is tireless in her promotion of student safety.

Other Awards

• ACHIEVEMENT Awards went to Carl Hallman, Bureau of Highway Safety and Tom Baran, York Police Department who have both provided long term dedication in advancing the goals of the MTSC and being strong safety advocates in their own organizations.
  
  
• Duane Brunell was awarded Member of the Year.

Teens and Parents

Learn about Maine's Graduated Driver's License Law

Teen Driver Initiatives: Reducing Crashes & Fatalities

A course offered at Maine Criminal Justice Academy

The Maine Bureau of Highway Safety & AAA Northern New England recently presented Teen Driver Initiatives: Reducing Crashes & Fatalities at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy. The program, accredited by the MCJA Board of Trustees and attended by 19 police officers from around the state, was designed as a train-the trainer program to provide school and community resource personnel with tools needed to help address the concerns and risks associated with teen driving. Brad Foley, Safety Director at MDOT opened the program with an overview of National and Maine statistics for teen drivers followed by Eric Bellavance, Manager of Driver Education at the Bureau of Motor Vehicle who highlighted the Maine graduated drivers licensing process, a summary of Maine teen laws and the importance of the enforcement of these laws.

Other topics discussed throughout the day provided an opportunity for attendees to highlight programs in their areas and included: parental involvement, early intervention, an overview of Alive@25 presented by Terry Booth of the Safety & Health Council of Northern New England, an overview of Get Out Alive:The Parent Teen Driving Challenge plus presenter training for AAA’s Dare to Prepare and Maine Driving Dynamics Teen Edition programs.