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👧👦 They are the road users of tomorrow, so it's them we need to teach if we want to achieve the EU goal of #VisionZero road fatalities by 2050 ✅ Being a good road model is everybody's duty. Let kids see that adults: 🚦 Respect the rules of the road 🤝 Tolerate each other 😌 Stay calm 🚫 Not act rashly or irritably ❌ Never provoke or show aggression 💙 ❤️ Join ROADPOL Safety Days (16-22 Sept) and teach children respect and tolerance! #zeromeanslife #roadsafety

☮️ Road travel should be marked by respect, tolerance and patience for a harmonious experience for all who share the road. 👮🏿👮♂️Meanwhile, for all forms of risky and aggressive road behaviour, we are watching you! ❤️💙ROADPOL Safety Days (16-22 Sept) #zeromeanslife #roadsafety

🚸 Children should be educated on basic road safety rules, but no less should they be taught tolerance, respect and responsibility on the road. Being tolerant and considerate to each other removes the pressure of road traffic and reduces the risk of crashes. ❗ On the contrary, it is because of lack of respect that aggressive and risky driving becomes increasingly common. 💙 ❤️ ROADPOL Safety Days (16-22 September) will focus on the risks of aggressive driving. Creating safer and more harmonious roadways is the path to the Zero road fatalities we strive for. #zeromeanslife #roadsafety

🚸 As a new school year begins across Europe, it's the perfect moment to focus on children's safety on the road which mainly depends on us, adults. Their minds may still be on holiday, so let's give them the time they need to readjust. Our cautious driving protects them and ensures they get to school safely. ❗ Meanwhile children are regular victims of risky and aggressive driving whether as passengers, pedestrians or cyclists due to speeding, running red lights, failure to yield on crossings or driving on sidewalks. 💙 ❤️ This years ROADPOL Safety Days - 1️⃣6️⃣ -2️⃣2️⃣ September - is focusing on all aspects of risky and aggressive road behavior – a major cause of road crashes. 0️⃣ Тhe campaign is aimed at reducing road fatalities in Europe to Zero which can't be achieved if aggression trhives on our roads. 🙋♂️🙋♀️ Join by setting a road safety event in your business or social community. Say No to road aggression. Use the #zeromeanslife to spread the word. 📸: One of the winners of our last years ROADPOL Safety Days photo contest, sent to us by the school in Karamanovo, Bulgaria. #police #roadsafety

🚨 Aggression on the Road: Risky Driving, Drugged Driving, Illegal Races 🚨 ❤️💙 These will be the key focus areas during the ROADPOL Safety Days (16-22 Sept) — our annual flagship #VisionZero campaign, dedicated to bringing road fatalities down to ZERO. How can you join us? 👨👩👧👦 Host a road safety awareness event — a seminar, an exhibition, a lecture, or a workshop. 📍 Where? At an institution, business, university, school, or kindergarten. Even at a mall or right in the main square! 💬 Always spread the word by using our dedicated hashtag: #ZeroMeansLife 👮♀️ 👮♂️ Let’s work together to make our roads safer for everyone. #Police #RoadSafety

👮♀️ 👮♂️ ROADPOL President Elvira Zsinkai and International Police Association President Martin Hoffman signed a Memorandum of understanding in Budapest, setting the stage for enhanced cooperation on road safety and law enforcement. ❗ Key focus areas: research, training, and regional partnerships. More ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ 🚔 #RoadSafety #police

🚨 Next week (5 to 11 August) 2024 ROADPOL will carry out its second pan-European Speed Operation for 2024. 🚓 The operation is the largest concentrated anti-speeding campaign in the world by total number of police professionals involved and drivers checked. The same time last year more than 650.000 speeding violations were detected during the operation. 🚔 The offence of exceeding speed limits is a common occurrence in all European countries and is recognized as the single most major cause of death on roads in Europe. During the operation member countries are asked to enforce the speed limits as set in their own country by Officer intervention i.e. the physical presence of a Police Officer checking the speed of a vehicle using an approved method and device and then stopping and reporting the driver, and also by the use of fixed automatic devices such as fixed cameras at the roadside. 👮♀️ “Every day collisions occur on the roads. In many cases, the consequences are limited to material damage to the vehicles involved and fortunately the occupants escape unscathed. Unfortunately, there are still too many collisions in which road users are also injured or killed. On average, 70 people are killed every day in Europe as a result of collisions. The number of injured people is many times higher”, says ROADPOL Operational Working Group Chief Jana Peleskova of the Police of Czechia. “ROADPOL Operation Speed is a very important one and during the years our more than 30 member countries have shown great commitment. We hope next week will be no different and we will see a massive enforcement effort capable of sending a strong message to offenders throughout the continent. Our goal is not to sanction as many offenders as possible, but mainly to put the topic of speeding and its consequences on the communities' agenda all over Europe“, Peleskova added. #police #roadsafety 📸 Lietuvos policija

😡 With aggressive driving in the focus of our upcoming ROADPOL Safety Days (16-22 Sept) we know road safety technology is crucial in fighting it. 🚗 🚙 Tailgating, the practice of following another vehicle too closely is a notorious form of road aggression. 🚨 Our partners at VITRONIC Machine Vision Polska have an innovative and non-invasive solution to curb it. ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ #roadsafety #zeromeanslife #police VITRONIC Machine Vision

🚦 ROADPOL Shining at NAUSS Urban Planning and Road Safety Workshop 🚦 Together with 🇸🇦 Naif Arab University for Security Sciences (NAUSS) we carried out a workshop focused on enhancing urban planning and road safety in Riyadh. Aim to: 🛣️ Identify how urban planning and transportation integration are crucial for road safety 🏙️ Highlight urban planning policies beneficial for road safety. 👥 Define the executive and support roles of agencies responsible for road safety on urban roads 🔧 Showcase technologies and successful policies to enhance urban road networks and road safety performance Our lectures: 🇭🇺 President Elvira Zsinkai – The Importance of International Cooperation for Traffic Safety 🇨🇿 Jana Peleskova, Head of ROADPOL Operational Working Group (OPG) – Traffic Flow and Road Safety in Large Cities 🇭🇺 Istvan Suba, OPG Member – Crash Prevention in Hungary – Future Generations and Challenges 🇦🇹 Jochen Heiling, OPG Member – New Implementations in Favor of Road Safety in Austria 🇵🇱 Marlena Kostaniak, OPG Member – New Rules for the Safety of Pedestrians #RoadSafety #police Naif Arab University for Security Sciences

😡 Aggressive driving behavior – an increasingly notorious road safety risk – will be the focus of the 2024 ROADPOL Safety Days (16-22 Sept) We will raise awareness on: 🚨 what is aggressive driving 🚨 effects of aggressive behavior 🚨 how different countries monitor aggressive driving incidents 🚨 what sanctions are there 🚨 preventive programs 🚨 legislative measures to address aggressive driving 👮♂️ 👮♀️ Fostering awareness, we strive to promote safer driving habits and get closer to VisionZero - the day with no road fatalities in Europe ❤️ 💙 Join our campaign by setting up a road safety event, joining one or just spreading our messages under the #zeromeanslife #RoadSafety #police