Thursday, December 03, 2009

Confronting “Death on Wheels” // Chapter 7: Priorities for Intersectoral Work on Road Safety in ECA

- This chapter addresses the question of how to implement the 2004 World Bank Report on road safety. Mostly recommends a lead agency, international cooperation, more human and physical resources, and more money. There are some more details for how this can happen according to the recommendation.

- Increased seatbelt use and increased awareness of young drivers and pedestrians can help decrease a significant amount of fatal accidents.

- Demonstration projects should be designed in order to help support these types of projects and to provide benchmarks.

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