SANDY
H. STRAUS
B.S.,
M.S., G.C.
Sandy Straus is an American engineer, dual-licensed
contractor, and an international authority and inventor of numerous
automation and transportation designs and devices. Straus has designed the
first automated drivers license tests system, transportation license test
system (ESRA Dynamic Assessment for Transportation ™ , the ESRA DAT), and
the ESRA Dynamic Vision Assessment for Transportation ™ (ESRA DVAT).
All tests and systems are patents pending.
The ESRA DAT relates to all areas of transportation and, in
particular, the automated screening of vision, cognition, knowledge, sign
recognition, and/ or driving skills of patients who may use touch screen
technology, driving simulators, kiosks, or other devices. Straus has also
co-invented the patents-pending
[3] Straus, S. 2007. "New online tool detects brain
impairment, cuts older driver deaths," in Senior Driving Issues, ABA
Senior Lawyers Division, elderLAW e-NEWS, American Bar Association, March
2007.
[5] Straus, S. 2005. New, Improved, Comprehensive and
Automated Drivers License Test and Vision Screening System, Arizona
Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration,
FHWA-AZ-04-559, Research Note.
[9] Straus, S. and J. Semmens. 2006. Estimating the Cost
of Overweight Vehicle Travel on Arizona Highways. Presentation at the
Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Science, Washington,
DC, January 2006.
[10] Straus, S. 2007. "Senior driver program
unfair," San Luis Obispo Tribune, 31 January 2007.
[11] Straus, S.
2003. Survey Results of Environmental Representatives of all New Mexico
Native American Pueblos and Reservations on the Risks Associated with the
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and its Transuranic Nuclear Waste
Transportation Routes. State of Nevada, Office of the Governor, Agency for
Nuclear Projects, Nuclear Waste Project Office website.
(http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste/socio.htm) April 28, 2003.
[12]
Straus, S. 2007. After September 11, 2001: Risk Perception and Risk
Assessment of American Indian Pueblos and Tribes of New Mexico on the
Impacts of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and Its Transuranic Nuclear
Waste Transportation Routes, Presentation at the Transportation Research
Board, National Academy of Science, Washington, DC, January 2007.
[13] Straus, S. 2007. “After September 11, 2001: Risk Perception
and Risk Assessment of American Indian Pueblos and Tribes of New Mexico on
the Impacts of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and Its Transuranic Nuclear
Waste Transportation Routes,” Presentation at the 86th Annual TRB Meeting,
Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences,
Washington, DC, January 2007. Available on the website of the State of
Nevada, Office of the Governor, Agency for Nuclear Projects, Nuclear Waste
Project Office website.
(http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste/news2007/pdf/esra070123trb.pdf) January
31, 2007.
[14] Straus, S. 2007. "The Future is Now: Improving Road
Safety and Security with New and Automated Truck-only Lanes". Presentation
at the 2nd International Conference on Transportation Logistics (T-Log
2007), 4- 6 July 2007, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China.
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[15] Straus, S. 2007. "Standardization and
Computerization of the Clock Drawing Test: The Automatic Clock Drawing
Test". Presentation at the 9th European Conference for the Advancement
of Assistive Technology in Europe, AAATE 2007, 3- 5 October 2007, San
Sebastian, Spain. (http://www.fatronik.com/aaate2007/files/oral_s3.pdf)