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The Center for Education
and Research in Safety was established by Dr. J.E.Louis Malenfant
and Dr. Ron Van Houten in 1990 to develop, carry out research
and implement sustainable and socially acceptable programs
designed to reduce crashes and injuries, and improve safety
related behaviors for motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
Dr. Malenfant and Dr. Van Houten have designed successful
programs to reduce injuries related to impaired driving, pedestrians
in crosswalks, bicycling, highway speeding, riding escalators,
and poor seatbelt use. The directors of the Centre have consulted
on traffic problems in many countries, and their safety programs
have been adopted in the U.S., Canada, Iceland, Israel, and
New Zealand. The Centre has consulted with, or conducted research
for renowned organizations such as General Motors, Insurance
Institute for Highway Safety, Transport Canada, the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Mothers Against
Drunk Driving (MADD), U.S. State and City Departments of Transportation,
Canadian Provincial and City Departments of Transportation,
Imperial Oil, the University of Florida in Gainesville, the
University of New Mexico’s Department of Emergency Medicine
and the Canadian and International Brewers Association.
In 2000, Dr. Malenfant and Dr. Van Houten were the recipients
of the Institute of Transportation Engineers’ Innovative
Intermodal Solutions for Urban Transportation award. Their
research in pedestrian safety has resulted in modifications
to the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).
They have also been successful in reducing littering, improving
services to shopping mall clientel and have consulted with
the medical profession to reduce nosocomial infections in
hospitals.
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