Media Alert - Countermeasures XIX Honours UN Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

TORONTO, Nov. 15, 2012 /CNW/ -

What:

• Ontario's bi-annual Conference on Impaired Driving: Countermeasures XIX
• Memorial Mosaic for UN Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
• Awards to recognize media and arrive alive DRIVE SOBER  founder Peter Wong
  
  

Who: 

• Road Safety Professionals from TIRF (Ottawa), YOURS (Amsterdam), Ministry of Transportation Ontario, OPP,
  RCMP, CCMTA, Centre for Forensic Sciences, arrive alive DRIVE SOBER, Action Sudbury, Change the Conversation,
  Toronto and York Police Services, and media
• 150 delegates including victims from across Ontario
• Performer ShyAnne Hovorka (Aboriginal Music Awards Winner)
  
  

Why:

• Educate on latest trends and legislation re: impaired driving; young drivers; drugged drivers
• UN Global Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (#RoadSafetyDecade)
  
  

When:

• Sunday November 18^th - 2:00 p.m. through 8:30 p.m.
• Monday November 19^th - 8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m.
  
  

Where:

• Holiday Inn Yorkdale, 3450 Dufferin Street, Toronto
  
  

SOURCE: arrive alive DRIVE SOBER

Anne Leonard, 416-578-4829