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Road Safety is No Accident!

Jun 7, 2010 | Tim Schewe | westcoaster.ca

The First United Nations Global Road Safety Week will be held from April 23-29, with a theme of young road users.
This theme was chosen because young people constitute a major group at risk of death, injury and disability on the road.
The objectives of the week are to raise awareness about the societal impact and costs of road traffic injuries and to promote action around key factors, which have a major impact on preventing road traffic injuries (helmets, seat-belts, drink driving, speeding and infrastructure).
The slogan for the week is "Road Safety is No Accident," which highlights the fact that improving road safety does not happen by accident, but requires deliberate efforts on the part of many sectors of society - governmental and nongovernmental alike.
There is a growing recognition that road-traffic injuries and deaths can be prevented.
It has been demonstrated in a number of countries that by acting on key factors, in particular drinking and driving, seat-belt compliance, aggressive driving and road design and infrastructure, a significant number of lives can be saved.
RCMP traffic officers throughout the province of British Columbia target the issues of drinking drivers, seat-belt compliance and aggressive drivers every day.
As a special initiative to support the first UN Global Safety Week, members of the "E" Division Traffic Services will identify safe drivers and recognize them with a letter of appreciation and a bumper sticker identifying them as a safe driver.