A year after Pennsylvania legislation began to prohibit texting or emailing while operating motor vehicles, the Forensic Fridays series will explore the science by which driver impairment from causes other than drug or alcohol toxicity is measured as well as the questions of legal consistency and enforceability in a state where the use of handheld devices by drivers is still permitted.
DUID: The Science and Law of Driving Under the Influence of Distractions, presented by the Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law, will be held on Friday, Feb. 15, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. in the Africa Room. It is the second in the five-part Spring session of the Forensic Fridays series.
The seminar will feature a panel of accident investigators, attorneys and cognitive scientists, including:
- Gabriel Alexander, accident investigator for Apex Engineering
- James Hopson, assistant district attorney for Westmoreland County
- Carl Parise, criminal defense attorney
- Dr. Cyril Wecht, forensic pathologist
- Dr. Wayne Wu of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition at Carnegie Mellon University.
Forensic Fridays is a continuing legal education (CLE) and professional education series that is geared toward meeting the needs of legal and scientific professionals allied with the practice of forensic science.
Employees and students may attend half-day seminars for $5 and daylong seminars for $10. For more information, visit www.duq.edu/forensic-friday, email wechtinstitute@duq.edu or call 412.396.1330.