Texas Motorcycle Safety Coalition Meeting

Texas Motorcycle Safety Coalition Meeting Agenda
Date: November 18, 2021
Time: 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (CST)
Location: Via Webex

10:00 – 10:05 AM Opening Remarks & Introductions (Chris B.)
10:05 – 10:10 AM Refresher on How to use WebEx (Mike)
10:10 – 10:15 AM Task Force Update
10:15 – 10:30 AM FY 22 Expectations & Planning
-Events planning
-Forum planning
-TMSC participation and growth (Who do you know?)
-Motorcycle Strategic Action Plan
10:30 – 10:45 AM Events Recommended to Attend
10:45 – 11:00 AM Forum date & Location Recommendations
11:00 – 11:15 AM Set TMSC Meeting Dates and Agenda Topics
11:15 – 11:25 AM Open Forum (open)
11:30 AM              Adjourn

Texas Motorcycle Safety Coalition Meeting Minutes
Date: November 18, 2021
Time: 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (CDT)
Location: Via WebEx

To view the meeting recording with closed caption, please visit here.  

Opening Remarks & Introduction (M. Manser) 

Michael welcomed everyone to the first meeting of the grant year. We’re excited and have some fresh ideas. Mike requested everyone sign into the chat and name their favorite bike.  

WebEx Refresher Overview (M. Manser) 

Mike explained how to use the WebEx chat box to provide comments during the meeting and invited participants to contact the TTI team through the Contact Us page on LookLearnLive.org. 

Task Force Update 

Cathy Brooks gave a brief update on the upcoming Task Force Topic, Rider Impairment.  

Topic Focus: Rider Impairment
Goals: 

• Develop strategies and materials to improve outreach and educational impact on the subject 
• Deploy an informational survey to determine target behaviors, accepted outreach and educational countermeasures  
• Pilot outreach and education strategies and materials

FY 22 Expectations & Planning (Cathy Brooks and Mike Manser) 

Motorcycle Strategic Action Plan

Mike wanted to give an overview of what the motorcycle strategic action plan is and what we’re doing this year. The Motorcycle Strategic Action Plan sets our high-level vision of where we need to be and how we get there. The last one we did spans 2017—2021 and we update the plan every five years. The companion is the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s 5-Year Plan. While this isn’t something we do with riders, it helps guide funding and projects. It helps align goals and priorities. This year, Melissa Walden will help guide the document. Having Melissa involved will help us align what’s going on in motorcycle safety with the State Highway Safety Plan.  

Events Planning (Cathy Brooks)

Cathy provided an overview of events we’ve attended so far this year. Westlake Car Show by request of the city of Westlake and an event that Laura Higgins and Maurice Maness attended Mid-South M.I.L.E. 

Cathy requested thoughts on the events. Please let us know if there are any other events we may have missed on the list that might be good for us to attend.  

We’re looking for some help for the December 5th Tri-County Toy Run. If we have someone in the area of the toy run, we can send materials to help support the event. Bruce, the chairman noted they are expecting 1,500 – 2,000 people. The motorcycle ride will start at the Frank Mayburn Convention Center, Temple and will run to Lampasas. 1,200 motorcycles are expected. There are 14 fire departments, all the police departments involved. This is the first time we’ve requested informational booths. Will probably donate around $40k. Mona Lisa will be at the event and there are some folks assigned to help her. 

• 12/5/2021 Tri-County Toy Run of Central Texas (local volunteers?) 
• 2/18-20/2022 Fort Worth Home & Garden Show 
• 3/3-6/2022 Fulton Oysterfest 

• 3/12-14/2022 11th LMC Truck Spring Lone Star Nationals 
• 4/8-10/2022 Rio Grande Valley Home & Garden Show  
• 4/22-24/2022 Poteet Strawberry Festival 
• 5/25-27/2022 23rd Annual Corpus Christi Home & Garden Show 
• June 2022 (TBD) Blueberry Festival  

Forum Planning

Planning is happening for the forum. We’re thinking pre-May, an April date. We’re asking from you if you are you aware of conflicting events in April. What weekend would be the best? We really need to pick the date.  

Bruce Raymond noted last Sunday in April is a “Do you See Me Now” – he will start that planning once Toy Run is complete. 

With the Forum, we’re really looking at having a hybrid event this year, depending on COVID. Hybrid gives us the ability to have a wider to speakers from around the country. The hybrid approach is what we’re aiming for to allow for networking and get back to interacting in person and gives us an opportunity for a ride. 

Do you have potential topics, speakers? We’ll be sharing a survey to help gather information that we’ve discussed today in the meeting.  

Forum Date & Location Recommendations
Discussion on our location for the forum agreed that the Forum in Kerrville is preferred. Mid-April was the consensus for time frame; however, a survey may be shared with the TMSC to best determine the dates along with checking Texas Rides website for conflicts. We need to avoid the last Sunday in April. It was also discussed that we hold our 3rd Quarter TMSC meeting in tandem with the Forum, the day before.  

TMSC Participation and Growth (Who do you know?)

Cathy outlined some of our current participants in the TMSC, however, we want to grow and have more involvement across a variety of audiences. We really want to grow and improve our coalition. Currently we’re looking at: 

• Independent riders 
• Rider coaches/trainers 

• Rider groups/clubs 
• Motorcycle dealers and trade organizations 
• Law enforcement 
• Medical/EMS community 
• Transportation engineering 

• Roadway engineering 
• Judges/lawyers 
• Insurance industry 
• Rider education/training 
• Transportation researchers 

• Advocacy groups 
• Transportation safety professionals  

If you know anyone in these groups, please help us reach out. We want to have more involvement. 

Set TMSC Meeting Dates and Agenda Topics 

Our next quarterly meeting (2nd Quarter) will be Mid-Late January to confirm planning and ideas for the Forum. Then, we’ll have our 3rd Quarterly meeting will in tandem with the Texas Motorcycle Safety Forum. Then, our last meeting of the year will be held late July, early August before school starts. 

Possible topics: EMS/emergency response, judicial/law enforcement, unlicensed riders, lane filtering/lane splitting, motorcycle laws in Texas, rider visibility/gear.  

Open Discussion

Cathy asked for any updates, discussions topics. TDLR provided an update as of Sept 1 there were new rules that came out. Visit the TDLR website where you can see and view laws regarding the program. Sign up for the TDLR list-serve, news is sent out through there.  

Adjourn 

The meeting adjourned at 11:32 a.m. 

Attendees (as shown on WebEx Participant List) 

A total of 32 people attended by phone or WebEx. The following introduced themselves on WebEx chat or were listed by name on the WebEx platform: 

1. Cathy Brooks, TTI 
2. Laura Higgins, TTI 
3. Michael Manser, TTI 
4. Jack Wenzel, TTI 
5. Michelle Canton, TTI 
6. Christie Havemann, TTI 
7. Ronnie, TCOC&I 
8. Amy Jo Miller 
9. John Fawbert, Harley Davidson 
10. Kenneth Copeland, NHTSA *can’t be match 
11. Exzentrius, NHTSA *can’t be match 
12. Michael Strawn, TDL&R 
13. Keith Rovell 
14. James Hansen 
15. Maurice Maness 
16. Brian Evans 
17. Mike Sconza 
18. Joel Morris 
19. Charles Herd 
20. Jude Schexnyder 
21. Tiffany Cipoletti 
22. Chris Sharman 
23. Lora Dame 
24. Mona Lisa, TxDOT 
25. Chet Roby 
26. Mike Hudson 
27. Ray Pizarro 
28. Bruce Raymond 
29. Chris  
30. David Gonzales 
31. Phone participant 
32. Phone participant 

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