EAST LANSING, Mich. — The 24th annual Michigan Traffic Safety Summit will kick off Tuesday in East Lansing.
The state's traffic safety community will learn what is being done to limit distracted driving crashes and how the legalization of recreational marijuana will impact drivers as part of the two-day summit.
Steve Kiefer, founder of The Kiefer Foundation, will discuss how 10 people die nationwide every day from distracted driving and share efforts that are being made to reduce traffic fatalities caused by cell phone use.
Lynn Riemer, president of ACT on Drugs, will explain how marijuana impacts the ability to drive as well as the challenges law enforcement officers face when trying to detect marijuana impairment.
The summit is sponsored by the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning and is largely supported with federal traffic safety funds.
The summit runs from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday and 8:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Wednesday at the Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center.
You can find the complete program schedule by clicking on clicking here.
