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NEWS AND EVENTS
PIARC INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR : PROMOTING ROAD SAFETY FOR VULNERABLE ROAD USERS
25-26-27 October 2009 Cape Town, South Africa
The Plight of Vulnerable Road Users
Nearly half of those dying on the world’s roads are vulnerable road users. In most low-income and middle-income countries the majority of road users are vulnerable road users – pedestrians, cyclists, and those using motorised two-or three-wheelers. These groups of road users do not have the protective “shell” around them and are more at risk than those in vehicles.
Vulnerable road users are at additional risk where their needs have not been taken into consideration during the planning of land use or road construction. In many countries roads are planned and built to allow motor vehicles to travel faster while insufficient thought is given to the needs of pedestrian and cyclists, which means that these vulnerable road users face increasing risks in using and crossing roads.
Seminar Objective
The type of traffic, the mix of different types of road users, and the type of crashes in developing and emerging countries differ significantly from those in more developed countries.
The traffic patterns of developing and emerging countries have generally not been experienced by more developed countries in the past, and technologies and policies can therefore not be automatically transferred from more developed countries without appropriate adaptation, and due consideration for local conditions.
The primary objectives of this International Seminar, therefore, entail the following: -
- Identifying and understanding the issues of vulnerable road users in developing and emerging countries;
- Sharing best local, regional and international practices and/or experiences in successfully combating vulnerable road user deaths and injuries;
- Highlighting solutions to reduce the perpetuation of high vulnerable road user death and injury rates.
Registrations are now open
If you would like to register for the Seminar now, please complete and return the enclosed Registration Form. An online registration facility is available on the Seminar Website, www.roadsafetyseminar.co.za
If you are unable to attend the Seminar without PIARC Special Fund assistance, please requests for Special Fund assistance should be made by the First Delegate to PIARC Secretary General, e-mail: info@piarc.org.
The rules relating to the use of the Special Fund are available on the PIARC web site: www.piarc.org, in the Blue Guide.
Seminar venue
The official venue for the PIARC International Seminar is the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) Website: www.cticc.co.za
Preliminary Programme
Visit www.roadsafetyseminar.co.za for the preliminary programme
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