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| Oprah fights distracted driving |
Oprah Winfrey is wading into the fight against distracted driving.
Oprah and her Harpo Studios are launching a new campaign with transportation safety organizations for "No Phone Zone Day," which will be held Friday, April 30. A press release said the event is intended "to honor victims of distracted driving" and "to educate ... Americans to end the deadly driving habits that kill nearly 6,000 [people] a year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)." The announcement came Tuesday on Oprah's show.
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| Maruti Suzuki launches National Road Safety Mission |
Maruti Suzuki is celebrating 25 years of being number one automobile manufacturer in India, the first Maruti 800 was rolled out in December 1983. To highlight its concerns about road safety, the company launched a corporate social responsibility (CSR) campaign, called National Road Safety Mission.
Under the campaign, Maruti will provide driving lessons to five lakh people in the next three years. Of these, around one lakh people will be from the underprivileged sections of society, who are keen to take up driving as a profession, and they will be taught free of cost.
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| 10/11/2009 | Read More.. |
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| RTO reaches out to schoolkids, parents |
The regional transport office (RTO) has taken an initiative to introduce school buses and ensure that private transportation is discouraged in schools. The parents and students present at a seminar on road safety, organised by The Times of India in association with Modern School, were briefed by regional transport officer, Arvind Pandey on the efforts made by RTO to make school transportation safe.
Parents should be alert and keep safety as a priority, said Pandey. "We have issued letters to the school to identify and thoroughly check private buses and alternative travel modes", he said.
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| 31/08/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Traffic training in schools soon |
Traffic problems, rules and management are finally becoming part of the state's school curriculum. The city police have already talked to
the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) in this regard, and the latter has agreed to teach it to middle-school students.
"We are yet to decide the academic year we would target, but it has been decided that it would be studied in classes VI, VII and VIII in all secondary schools of the state," said police commissioner Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti while inaugurating the Traffic Training School at Tala on Saturday.
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| 31/08/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Road safety for young minds |
To inculcate the importance of road safety and traffic signages, the Transport Department has begun a new initiative/project to distribute information booklets to school and college students of the Government as well as private educational institutions in the State.
Under the initiative, Garden City College students and students of Mother Theresa School were distributed booklets at programmes on ‘Adolescents and Road Safety’ on a pilot basis.
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| 31/08/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Gulf-based Road Safety NGO holds workshop at first WHO Meet |
Dubai-based road safety advocate returns from first Global Meeting of NGOs Advocating for Road Safety convened by the World Health Organisation in Brussels, Belgium, May 7-9
Bernadette Bhacker, Dubai-based road safety advocate and director of Omani NGO Sustainability LLC, introduced a workshop on multi-media awareness campaigns to delegates from 70 road safety and crash victims' organisations from more than 40 countries attending the first "Global Meeting of NGOs Advocating for Road Safety" hosted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Brussels from May 7-9.
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| 23/07/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Millions pumped into road safety for kids |
Road safety campaign gets a multi-million kroner boost from Trygfonden
The Danish Road Safety Council has received 160 million kroner for a five-year safety campaign to instil better road safety habits in children.
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| 19/01/2009 | Read More.. |
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| Mohali cops to SMS traffic alerts |
Following the footsteps of UT police, Mohali police have also adopted the innovative idea of sending message (SMS) alerts on traffic
awareness to city residents as part of the ongoing traffic awareness week in the city. UT police was the first in the tri-city to initiate the scheme after terror strikes in Delhi last year, followed by Mohali police. |
| 09/01/2009 | Read More.. |
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| BIG 92.7 FM instigates 'TRAFFIC MONTH' in KANPUR |
BIG 92.7 FM, India’s No. 1 FM Station, has come forward to improve the traffic conditions in the city of Kanpur, thus living the brand promise ‘Suno Sunao, Life Banao! and impacting lives of citizens positively. BIG 92.7 FM along with the Traffic Police – Kanpur, has initiated the – ‘TRAFFIC MONTH-
NOVEMBER 2008’ – a drive in the city to educate the people about the traffic safety norms. The month long activity commenced on November 1 and will end on November 30, 2008. |
| 10/11/2008 | Read More.. |
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| Motorists wasting fuel through poorly inflated tyres |
As part of Tyre Safety Month, TyreSafe advises motorists to keep their tyres correctly inflated to improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions
With petrol prices reaching record levels in 2008, TyreSafe, the UKs leading tyre safety organisation, is advising motorists that they can make a significant reduction to their motoring running costs by keeping their tyres correctly inflated. According to research conducted by a major tyre manufacturer and member of TyreSafe, driving on tyres which are just ten psi under the vehicle manufacturer’s recommended pressure can increase fuel consumption by 2.5 percent. By keeping tyres at their correct pressure, motorists can travel further on each tank of petrol and help reduce CO2 emissions.
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| 18/10/2008 | Read More.. |
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| Nigeria: NB Spreads Road Safety Campaign to Other Cities |
Nigerian Breweries PLC said it's now heading to other cities across the country to spread the 'Don't Drink and Drive (DDD)', a road safety campaign by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) sponsored by the company.
The campaign it will be recalled was first launched in Lagos last month , and the company said it's now heading to other cities in the six geo political zone.
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| 18/10/2008 | Read More.. |
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| Nigerian Breweries Extends Road Campaign to 8 Cities |
| The ‘Dont Drink and Drive’ road safety campaign by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) and sponsored by the Nigerian Breweries in Lagos last month, as been extended to Ibadan Kaduna, Bauchi, Benue, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Enugu. |
| 18/10/2008 | Read More.. |
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| Wear Motorcycle Helmets? That’s a Good Question? |
| Motorcyclists are always evaluating the use of motorcycle helmets. Is this simply a matter of preference or are there significant issues to be considered? |
| 18/10/2008 | Read More.. |
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| Play teaches driving safety |
Students at Miller Comprehensive High School were given a lesson in driving safety on Thursday.
Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) and the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company (SNTC) collaborated to present a traffic-safety play to the students.
Roadies was written by Arron Naytowhow. The performers are part of the Red Spirit program at SNTC.
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| 04/10/2008 | Read More.. |
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| Eight ways to avoid a road rage situation |
| Someone got cut off. They bleeped their horn. You bleeped back. They gesticulated, you gesticulated. And now you're stuck with a lunatic on your back, tailgating and swerving, keeping up with you with a crazy grimace on his face and trying his best to force you off the road. |
| 04/10/2008 | Read More.. |
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| Competition focuses students on traffic safety |
CHAMPAIGN – Students at Central and Centennial high schools in Champaign and at Urbana High School will have the chance to win a car next spring if they wear their seat belts and have no driving violations.
The three high schools have formed a new chapter of Operation Click, a safe driving program that encourages students to wear their seat belts.
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| 02/10/2008 | Read More.. |
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| Switzerland: All aboard for the walk to school! |
Switzerland is marking International Walk to School Day on Friday to highlight the road safety issues children face on their way to school.Studies indicate that worldwide fewer children are walking and cycling to school. Swiss children seem to be bucking this trend, however.
In Switzerland walking is still the most important mode of transport during the period of compulsory schooling. Seven out of ten primary school children walk to school, compared with only ten per cent of schoolchildren in the United States. |
| 02/10/2008 | Read More.. |
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| St. John's, Safe Kids Springfield plan child safety event |
| St. John’s Hospital and Safe Kids Springfield will observe National Child Safety Week with a free child safety seat event 4:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Fire Station No. 5, at Kearney Street and Fulbright Avenue. |
| 25/09/2008 | Read More.. |
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| Parents encouraged to check car seats |
| The Minnesota Department of Public Safety reports three out of every four child restraints are used incorrectly — meaning children are riding in the wrong restraint or the restraint it is not properly secured. In the last five years, 2003–2007, 48 vehicle occupants under age 10 were killed on Minnesota roads and more than two-thirds of the victims were not in child restraints, or the restraint was used improperly. |
| 25/09/2008 | Read More.. |
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| Herscher parents, students learn about driver safety |
Union Hill resident Sandy Ochoa's palms were literally sweating as she waited for the Herscher High School driver education orientation to begin.
The informational meeting for parents Tuesday evening was the first time many confronted the prospect of their sons and daughters driving the sometimes perilous roads of Herscher Community Unit School District No. 2, a geographically large, mostly rural district.
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| 25/09/2008 | Read More.. |
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| Is Your Vehicle Child-Proof? |
Top tips for keeping your car and your kids safe.
Most parents know it's important to child proof their home. However, safety experts are concerned that too many parents, grandparents and other caretakers forget that child proofing their vehicles is equally important. |
| 25/09/2008 | Read More.. |
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| Follow tips for a safe arrival |
With the start of each new school year, students once again are rushing to be on time; parents are getting them on their way; and drivers are going about their business.
But experts say that all of them could heed some advice on safety.
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| 25/09/2008 | Read More.. |
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| Toyota to Conduct Autumn Traffic-safety Campaign |
Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today that it will conduct its autumn Toyota Traffic Safety Campaign in Japan from September 21 to October 31, in line with the country's autumn Nationwide Traffic Safety Campaign, which runs from September 21 to 30.
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| 24/09/2008 | Read More.. |
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| Traffic awareness campaign for principals |
| Tiruvallur police on Saturday conducted a special awareness campaign on traffic management and other areas where schools require police help, for school principals at Bajrang Engineering College in Veppampattu near Tiruvallur. |
| 16/09/2008 | Read More.. |
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| It's funny how there seems to be a catch-22 on the roads these days. |
It’s funny how there seems to be a catch-22 on the roads these days. Every time I drive for an extended period of time, it starts to feel like anyone who drives faster is a maniac but, at the same time, anyone who drives slower is a moron.
Obviously, I don’t expect everyone on the motorways to drive at the same speed; it just wouldn’t work. But speed isn’t the only issue here.
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| 12/09/2008 | Read More.. |
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| ‘Don’t drink and drive’ isn’t that confusing, is it? |
For years, we’ve heard the same message: “Don’t drink and drive.” It’s alarming and discouraging, however, that so many of today’s drivers fail to heed that message.
It was reported Monday that 42 percent of Alabama’s highway deaths last year involved alcohol. That’s 475 lives lost because drivers were either too selfish, too ignorant or too overconfident in their inebriated driving skills.
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| 08/09/2008 | Read More.. |
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| New study to evaluate road safety underway |
A new study, by the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) is underway in the country in a bid to ensure road safety.
iRAP is part of a reforms process in the transport sector that is meant to address the various issues contributing to major road accidents in the country and address them. |
| 28/08/2008 | Read More.. |
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| Traffic training for children |
| A computer game on the right way to cross roads, puzzles and card games illustrating road safety — these were part of an automobile company’s project to educate children in traffic safety. |
| 28/08/2008 | Read More.. |
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| This School Year Leave Little Environmental Footprints Instead of One Big One |
Driving your kids to and from school every
day leaves a very large footprint on the environment. |
| 28/08/2008 | Read More.. |
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| BPD offers back to school traffic safety tips |
Motorists should exercise a heightened awareness in and around a school zone.
Potential hazards are much easier to perceive when driving at or below the school zone speed limit of 25 mph. |
| 25/08/2008 | Read More.. |
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