FEVR 2014 annual meeting After Istanbul General Meeting hosted by Suat Ayoz last year september FEVR will have this year annual meeting from 19-21 september in Ljublijana, hosted by Zavod Varna Pot. The conference on friday afternoon will present good practices of member associations on victim support, road danger reduction and media. On Saturday we will […]
cross-border exchange on traffic offences The European Commission has made today a new proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council facilitating cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences This is an important topic and should be finalised quickly by the new Commission/Parliament to help to keep track […]
PRAISE Award 2014 If your organisation is a leader in work-related road safety, why not apply for the 2014 ETSC PRAISE Award? Promoting best practice in road safety at work Using the roads is a necessary part of our working lives. But it’s an ordinary activity that leads to an incredibly high level of […]
New chair of EP transport Congrats to Michael Cramer (Greens EP) who has been elected as chair of the European Parliemant transport committee “Wir wünschen Ihnen viel Erfolg und eine gute Zusammenarbeit” Jeannot Mersch, Präsident
Smartphone app EU about traffic rules European Commission Road Safety Unit launched a smartphone app which informs citizens going abroad about traffic rules in each member country: here
ETSC Drink Driving Monitor The European Transport Safety Council just published the new DD Monitor with news about preventing alcohol + driving, including interlocks a promising way to reduce casualties in the future here
2013 Road Safety Performance Indicator ETSC published on 18 june the 8. PIN report. Best performance in cutting road death during 2010-2013 Slovakia leads, Luxemburg last here
EU ministers hold back progress on lorry safety Transport ministers hold back progress on lorry safety Transport ministers meeting in Luxemburg on 5th of June agreed that European Commission proposals to enable, not require, manufacturers to make changes to lorry cabs that improve visibility and reduce the impact of crashes on other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists […]
International Level Crossing Awareness Day 6th edition of ILCAD, the International Level Crossing Awareness Day There are international days dedicated to health and road safety – in particular the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims instituted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005 http://www.un.org/en/roadsafety/remembrance.shtml – but have you heard of the International Level […]
Save the Date! Third UN Global Road Safety Week 2015 4 – 10 May 2015 Children and road safety Following the UN General Assembly resolution from 10 April 2014 “Improving global road safety” – requesting WHO and the UN regional commissions to facilitate organization of the Third UN Global Road Safety Week in 2015,WHO and the […]
