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17
October 2010 |
Bicycles and Traffic Safety in Japan |
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in 2009 there
were 156,373 incidents in Japan involving bicycles, or 21.2 percent of
all traffic accidents. More than 80 percent of those bicycle-related
accidents involved cars, but 2,934 were with pedestrians, up from 801
ten years earlier.
Read the full
editorial here from the
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13 October 2010 |
European Road Safety Day |
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The objective
of the third European Road Safety Day, organised by the European
Commission Directorate General for Transport, is to raise the profile of
all activities which aim to save lives on European roads.
To mark this
occasion, events have been organised over two days in the European
Parliament.
Firstly, the
European Commission is hosting a conference on the 13 October entitled:
'On the Move for Safer Roads in Europe.' The conference will be opened
by EU Commissioner for Transport, Siim Kallas, followed by a debate on
'Political Orientations for Road Safety 2011-13'. There will then be
three panels devoted to different aspects of 'Road Safety Tomorrow',
focusing particularly on the following issues:
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Dealing
with injured road users/pedestrians
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Challenges for road users (elderly people, cyclists, motorcyclists,
driving under the influence of alcohol and medicine)
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Safer
infrastructure
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On the 14
October, the Belgian Presidency is hosting a seminar looking at how to
achieve better collaboration between police and courts in different EU
countries to combat road traffic offences. This seminar is entitled,
'Cross border data exchange to improve road safety'.
To complement
these events, a European Road Safety Village will be set up on the
esplanade of the European Parliament, featuring information stands and
demonstrations for the general public.
More
information about each of these events is available at:
http://europa.eu/eucalendar/event/id/2926-european-road-safety-day/mode/standalone
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13 October 2010
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UK Police Skoda - Photo
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UK tops the EU Road Safety
League
With 2009
fatality figures showing the UK to be the safest country in Europe, the
Institute of Advanced Motorists is encouraging the whole of the
continent to sustain the efforts made so far, in celebration of the 3rd
European Road Safety Day.
Neil Greig,
IAM director of policy and research said:
"On European
Road Safety Day it is lovely to be sitting in the position we're in.
However, the main objective now is to keep up the progress we have
already made, and continue this strong trend in the reduction of road
deaths.
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"We fully
support the European Commission's Road Safety Action Plan, and are
excited by the challenge of helping to halve road deaths in the by
EU by 2020. We especially applaud the target to promote continuous post-licence
training for non-professional drivers, something we started, and have
championed in the UK for over 50 years."....
Read the full
article, from Fleet News, at:
http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/2010/10/13/uk-tops-the-eu-road-safety-league/37943/
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12
October 2010
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Reducing Deaths on Rural
Roads
A priority for the next “Decade of Action”
Rural roads contribute
55% of all road deaths across the European Union [EU] yet ten
countries have achieved average annual reductions of
more than six percent since the year 2001, and Luxembourg, Portugal
and France have achieved average annual reductions of more than 9
percent.
....Measures to improve
the safety on that part of the network are known. They include safe
road design, safe infrastructure management, and better enforcement
of traffic rules, in particular of speed limits.
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