The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.
Possum3 said
10:37 AM Nov 21, 2021
The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR) is commemorated on the third Sunday of November each year.
It is a high-profile global event to remember the many millions who have been killed and seriously injured on the worlds roads and to acknowledge the suffering of all affected victims, families and communities millions added each year to countless millions already suffering: a truly tremendous cumulative toll.
This Day has also become an important tool for governments and all those whose work involves crash prevention or response to the aftermath of crashes, since it offers the opportunity to demonstrate the enormous scale and impact of road deaths and injuries, call for an end to the often trivial and inappropriate response to road death and injury and advocate for urgent concerted action to stop the carnage.
On World Day we too pay tribute to the dedicated emergency crews, police and medical professionals, who deal daily with the traumatic aftermath of road crashes.
peter67 said
06:03 PM Nov 21, 2021
Interesting post. One thing the gummint could do is go back to the old days of honest road safety ads, relating to basic road rules and courtesy to other users. A significant proportion of road user lack any form of spatial awareness, you only have to observe their lack of response to emergency responders sirens and lights.
yobarr said
07:03 PM Nov 21, 2021
peter67 wrote:
Interesting post. One thing the gummint could do is go back to the old days of honest road safety ads, relating to basic road rules and courtesy to other users. A significant proportion of road user lack any form of spatial awareness, you only have to observe their lack of response to emergency responders sirens and lights.
By the time part of their 'brain' is allocated to the driving task,and part to the apparently critical 'texting' task,there ain't much brain left for anything else. At traffic lights it is not uncommon to have a several seconds wait after the Green before they look up from their phone,and get moving.Cheers
Buzz Lightbulb said
01:05 PM Nov 22, 2021
When I was a child there used to be black and white ads on TV with an owl asking 'So you think you're a good driver. Try this quick quiz'. It was always the white car that had right of way but I think that the national automobile clubs and traffic authorities should get together and release more ads like those. There are certainly many people on the road who don't know or don't follow the national road rules.
Also, I've always told my children that they are driving a murder weapon and it's up to them if they kill someone with it.
Craig1 said
08:05 PM Nov 22, 2021
And now a sad day in USA, some sort of total A H has driven amuck.
The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR) is commemorated on the third Sunday of November each year.
It is a high-profile global event to remember the many millions who have been killed and seriously injured on the worlds roads and to acknowledge the suffering of all affected victims, families and communities millions added each year to countless millions already suffering: a truly tremendous cumulative toll.
This Day has also become an important tool for governments and all those whose work involves crash prevention or response to the aftermath of crashes, since it offers the opportunity to demonstrate the enormous scale and impact of road deaths and injuries, call for an end to the often trivial and inappropriate response to road death and injury and advocate for urgent concerted action to stop the carnage.
On World Day we too pay tribute to the dedicated emergency crews, police and medical professionals, who deal daily with the traumatic aftermath of road crashes.
By the time part of their 'brain' is allocated to the driving task,and part to the apparently critical 'texting' task,there ain't much brain left for anything else. At traffic lights it is not uncommon to have a several seconds wait after the Green before they look up from their phone,and get moving.Cheers
When I was a child there used to be black and white ads on TV with an owl asking 'So you think you're a good driver. Try this quick quiz'. It was always the white car that had right of way but I think that the national automobile clubs and traffic authorities should get together and release more ads like those. There are certainly many people on the road who don't know or don't follow the national road rules.
Also, I've always told my children that they are driving a murder weapon and it's up to them if they kill someone with it.