{"id":116827,"date":"2020-12-08T15:23:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T23:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/dr-david-yang-executive-director-aaa-foundation-for-traffic-safety-saving-lives-via-technology"},"modified":"2020-12-08T15:23:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T23:23:58","slug":"dr-david-yang-executive-director-aaa-foundation-for-traffic-safety-saving-lives-via-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/dr-david-yang-executive-director-aaa-foundation-for-traffic-safety-saving-lives-via-technology","title":{"rendered":"Dr. David Yang, Executive Director, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety \u2014 Saving Lives Via Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TCIFAXjdiY0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. Centers For Disease Control (CDC), in 2018, over 36,000 people were killed, and over 2 million were injured, from motor vehicle crashes, costing the nation $44 billion in medical expenses and work loss.<\/p>\n<p>The American Automobile Association (pronounced \u201cTriple A\u201d) is a federation of motor clubs throughout North America, and is a privately held, not-for-profit national member association and service organization, with over 60 million members in the United States and Canada, and provides a variety of services to its members, including roadside assistance and others.<\/p>\n<p>The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is a not-for-profit, publicly supported charitable research and education organization dedicated to saving lives by preventing traffic crashes and reducing injuries when crashes occur.<\/p>\n<p>Initially emphasizing projects related to safety patrols and driver education, today the Foundation has expanded its scope of work and has long been recognized as a leader in traffic safety, with a focus on four research priorities: Driver behavior and performance, Emerging technologies, Roadway systems and drivers, and Vulnerable road users.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. David Yang, is Executive Director at AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety (and assumed this role in October 2016) <\/p>\n<p>Previously, Dr. Yang worked for the U.S. Department of Transportation and private consulting firms.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/dr-david-yang-executive-director-aaa-foundation-for-traffic-safety-saving-lives-via-technology\">Continue reading \u201cDr. David Yang, Executive Director, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety \u2014 Saving Lives Via Technology\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the U.S. Centers For Disease Control (CDC), in 2018, over 36,000 people were killed, and over 2 million were injured, from motor vehicle crashes, costing the nation $44 billion in medical expenses and work loss. The American Automobile Association (pronounced \u201cTriple A\u201d) is a federation of motor clubs throughout North America, and is [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":400,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,32,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-education","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/400"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}