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Joint campaign to reduce number of road accidents
Belgrade,
6 June 2008
Police Director at the Serbian Ministry of Interior Milorad Veljovic opened today a two-day annual assembly of the international organisation for road accident prevention.
Milorad Veljovic
Author:
Tanjug
Veljovic addressed those present on behalf of Minister of Interior Dragan Jocic saying that the aim of the assembly is the exchange of experiences to reduce the number of accidents at national and global level.
He said that the traffic police are aware of the responsibility in making roads safe and called on police, citizens, state authorities and organisations to act in unison in order to reduce the number of traffic accidents.
Veljovic explained that police capacities also need to be upgraded in terms of technology.
Minister of Infrastructure Velimir Ilic said that Serbia has done everything to repair and build new roads and recalled that roads in Serbia were heavily damaged in the 1999 bombardment.
He said that a new law on traffic security was drafted by the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Ministry of Interior.
According to Ilic, the construction of the Belgrade ring-road and other ring-roads in Serbia will divert traffic from city zones, thus creating better conditions for safer driving.
Head of the Traffic Police Stojadin Jovanovic said that the number of deaths in traffic accidents has been halved since 2002 when compared with the 1980s.
Since 2002, 850 to 950 persons die in road accidents every year, whereas in the 1980s 1,700 to 1,800 people lost their lives on Serbian roads, said Jovanovic.
He explained that the average age of vehicles influences the number of traffic accidents as these automobiles are often not in a good technical condition. Other factors are speeding, alcohol and disregard for traffic regulations, he added.
The International organisation for road traffic injury prevention was founded in 1959 in order to promote cooperation between state institutions dealing with road safety.
Taking part in the meeting are representatives of the Netherlands, Finland, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Tunisia, the Czech Republic, Nigeria, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, Hungary, China, Benin and the Faroe Islands.
He said that the traffic police are aware of the responsibility in making roads safe and called on police, citizens, state authorities and organisations to act in unison in order to reduce the number of traffic accidents.
Veljovic explained that police capacities also need to be upgraded in terms of technology.
Minister of Infrastructure Velimir Ilic said that Serbia has done everything to repair and build new roads and recalled that roads in Serbia were heavily damaged in the 1999 bombardment.
He said that a new law on traffic security was drafted by the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Ministry of Interior.
According to Ilic, the construction of the Belgrade ring-road and other ring-roads in Serbia will divert traffic from city zones, thus creating better conditions for safer driving.
Head of the Traffic Police Stojadin Jovanovic said that the number of deaths in traffic accidents has been halved since 2002 when compared with the 1980s.
Since 2002, 850 to 950 persons die in road accidents every year, whereas in the 1980s 1,700 to 1,800 people lost their lives on Serbian roads, said Jovanovic.
He explained that the average age of vehicles influences the number of traffic accidents as these automobiles are often not in a good technical condition. Other factors are speeding, alcohol and disregard for traffic regulations, he added.
The International organisation for road traffic injury prevention was founded in 1959 in order to promote cooperation between state institutions dealing with road safety.
Taking part in the meeting are representatives of the Netherlands, Finland, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Tunisia, the Czech Republic, Nigeria, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, Hungary, China, Benin and the Faroe Islands.
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