2000 12 07
Driving Safety R&D Forum
"Ways and Means to Reduce Wildlife/Vehicle Strikes
 on an Industry-Wide Basis"
Invitation   Agenda     Presentations

INVITATION

Date:       Thursday, December 7, 2000
Time:       Registration: 7:45 - 8:15 a.m. 
                Forum 8:15 - 4:30 p.m.
Location: TransCanada Pipeline Conference Centre
                West Tower, +15 Level, 801-7th Ave. SW, Calgary, Alberta
Cost:         PTAC Member or Co-Sponsor Member:  $30.00 (including GST)
                 Non PTAC Member or Non Co-Sponsor Member: $160.00 (Including GST)

PTAC would like to acknowledge the following Co-Sponsors of this event:
Shell Canada Resources Ltd., TransCanada Pipelines, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), PSAC Petroleum Services Association Canada, PITS Petroleum Industry Training Service, Canadian Petroleum Safety Council (PSC), CAGC Canadian Association of Geophysical Contractors, Small Explorers and Producers Association of Canada (SEPAC), VECO Canada Ltd.

PTAC Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada invites you or a suitable representative from your organization to participate in this Driving Safety Forum to identify ways and means to reduce wildlife/vehicle strikes on an industry-wide basis.  

This forum will provide you with the opportunity to:

• Gain knowledge of mitigative methods including practices, procedures and technologies and their effectiveness in reducing vehicle accidents.
  
• Make a presentation on this topic.
  Statistically review the magnitude and nature of this risk to industry and how it impacts your business.
  
• Review past efforts to control the incidence of vehicle accidents including caution notes / briefing to staff and contractors/use of maps with animal observation trends.
  
• Brainstorm and capture ideas to reduce fatalities and injuries to employees and contractors, including the number of animal/vehicle strikes, and to reduce financial losses.
  
• Provide guidance/input on a future workshop that will develop collaborative industry initiatives to significantly improve industry performance.This could include, but is not limited to, best practices or guidelines, technology pilot projects and research projects to evaluate various available methods to reduce vehicle accidents.

Presentations will include information on the following issues:

Environment - How do our roads affect animal movement? What can be done to allow animals to cross safely?

Drivers - Is there any training that is needed to help drivers avoid animal strikes? Are there more hazardous areas that the drivers need to be aware of?

Vehicles - Should vehicles be equipped to handle an animal strike? Should additional lights, bull bars, whistles or sensory equipment be installed to reduce the risk / consequence of a strike?

Animals - Are there methods to make animals more aware of approaching vehicles? Can or should the numbers be reduced

To register, please complete the registration form and return to Kerri Markle of PTAC no later than November 30, 2000, email kmarkle@ptac.org, fax (403) 920-0054, phone (403) 218-7711. Confirmation of registration acceptance will be emailed or faxed to all accepted attendees and presenters at least 5 days prior to the forum date.

Kerri Markle, PTAC
Project Coordinator
phone: (403) 218-7711
fax: (403) 920-0054
kmarkle@ptac.org
www.ptac.org