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Sales Manager and Railway Enthusiast @Vossloh Switch Systems | MBA candidate @HULT International Business School

I have seen this article few hours ago posted by my friend and former colleague Mohamed Saleh. And couldn’t resist to reshare it. I would park any debate on the green mobility, cars vs alternatives way of transportation, or the safety procedures and the systems availability rules which governates other segments of the industry. Half of my LinkedIn connections were exposed to the concept of four nines mandatory in the rail systems or the five nines imposed by the air traffic control for example. We like it or not, the cars and the road traffic will still be part of our lives for next generations, and initiative like Vision Zero are a must to create a safer environment. PS. Also quoting my favourite part of the article: ‘One of the key actions that came from Vision Zero was to conduct internal investigations of every fatal road collision in Sweden in parallel to any criminal investigation. The pattern that began to emerge revealed that crash victims were not, as many in the road transport sector, assumed – drunk and irresponsible drivers. For the most part, they were people who made small mistakes within a system that had no margin for error.’ #transportation #safety #innovation

More than a million people die on roads every year. Meet the man determined to prevent them

More than a million people die on roads every year. Meet the man determined to prevent them

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