Overview
On Thursday 27 July 2006, CARRS-Q hosted the first presentation of its new Breakfast Series with highly renowned international researcher, Dr Charles Mercier-Guyon MD, presenting his research on "Prescription Drugs and Driving", at Ryan's Private Dining Room, Conrad Treasury Hotel, Brisbane. This is the first of many international speakers that CARRS-Q will present at The Breakfast Series.
Charles Mercier-Guyon MD, specialist in forensic and emergency medicine, is the Secretary of the Medical Council of the French Road Safety Association. A leading advocate for legislation addressing the use of drugs while driving, his efforts contributed to the passing of a private bill in the French National Assembly in 2000, to prevent drug taking by drivers. He is a member of European, United States and international committees that deal with issues relating to alcohol and other drugs in driving. Currently he is leading the first pilot study of alcohol ignition interlocks in France. Dr Mercier-Guyon is also involved in sports doping controls and led the doping investigations during the Tour de France in 1998. A diverse audience attended the inaugural Breakfast Series Seminar, drawn from Government - Health, Transport, Education, and Workplace Health and Safety - and also the private sector and academia. Dr Mercier-Guyon related his experience both as a clinician and as a leading researcher in road safety. With an increasing aging population the use of prescription drugs and driving should be of interest to everyone involved in promoting road safety. Click here to download Breakfast Series seminar presentation.
Dr Mercier-Guyon also made a presentation to the Parliamentary Travelsafe Committee at Parliament House after the Breakfast Seminar entitled "Experimentation of Interlock Devices in Selected Population of Drivers Involved in DUI in France" in which he recounted his own jurisdiction's exprience of implementing the interlock trial in the area around Annecy in France.
Click here to download Travelsafe presentation.
