Safer routes to school: the role of awareness. A good story

For incisive security policies is a strong belief in individual change (role of awareness campaigns) and an equally strong political conviction (leading by example). This combination (along with other things of course), it can really change things.

A concrete case is what has happened in front of the school "Chirila şi Metodiu" in Chisinau, Moldova: a pedestrian crossing virtually non-existent and a strong awareness campaign as part of Make Roads Safe and Decade of Action for Road Safety .

Mobilization, action, reaction of the political component , and a whole new pedestrian crossing. More secure. For all. Congratulations to promoter i.

A good story, a good example.

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Rearward facing child seats? Yes, but ... ..

Yesterday Mauritius Goat recalled that the UN is not recommended to travel to children under 15 months of seats facing forward.

I confess that some concern remains: what is good for the child to go "against traffic"? looking back may have other effects? Do not have a clear view of the child should be in the rearview mirror? Something had to swallow notice it? I do not know, probably evadessi studies that I believe have influenced this new recommendation will take into account these and other questions - I confess I have not read the recommendations -

The fact is that I remain of the view that a "recommendation" of this type must be accompanied by a strong information campaign, especially if it disrupts one way of doing (or not do?) Or believe.

Otherwise, the families do not understand the reasons ....

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Post-crash program, something very simple

We talked again, most recently, post-crash interventions with the aim to intervene in the shortest time possible relief ( eCall ) and to operate as quickly as possible rescuers ( rescue sheet ).

There are other possible actions, rather than simple that local communities can promote. I cite an example that was recently launched in Alabama (US9 with the program "Yellow Dot" ). It 'a pretty simple tool that works much like the rescue sheet: while the latter provides rescuers with information on how to facilitate the opening of the car to extract the injured trapped inside, the first general but gives valuable information the person (blood types, health information, contact names, ect.).

And 'most useful if the driver involved in the accident can not talk or communicate physically. Especially useful for older people (the origin of the program is this ...). People can register for free in a series of public offices in the state emit a kind of yellow sticker that is placed in one of the side rooms of people, in an accessible position for rescuers. A sticker is placed in the left-hand passenger side window to inform rescuers of the presence on board of the personal information of the person involved in the incident.

It is simple and inexpensive programs to reduce the consequences of an accident that can be started on a voluntary basis, but who need a secure and strong communication in order to find the necessary endorsement by the users.

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