Avoid Traffic Accidents Now

It is a purpose of this blog to help in any way possible to create conscience in all car drivers and pedestrians about pedestrians and drivers safety. It is a dangerous world out there, all of us have to help to reduce all kind of traffic accidents to a minimum, if possible to zero traffic accidents. All of us can help by obeying all traffic laws and paying attention to all traffic control signals and posted signs. We also must follow all the safety tips.

I mention this because I just have read an article about traffic safety in the world, and it says that if the current tendency of traffic accidents continue, by the year 2030 traffic accidents will be the fifth cause of deaths in the world. I feel that we have to do something now to change this tendency. We have to reduce traffic accidents. The study is from The World Health Organization. You can find this study at http://www.who.int/


This is the article:

The study "Traffic Safety in the World" from The World Health Organization is categorical. If the actual tendency of traffic accidents doesn't change (each year 1.2 million people die because of traffic accidents), the year 2030 can find humanity having 2.4 millions of annual deaths because of this cause. The car would be the fifth cause of deaths in the world. 90% of these deaths happen in countries with medium and low income, and with a fast motorization and urban phase (like Peru). The study from The World Health Organization also concludes that half the deaths are pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists. What does The World Health Organization recommends to avoid such disaster? Well, It recommends the construction of new structures to separate motorized users from non motorized users, more investment in public transportation, and promotion of everyday walks and use of bicycles.

Courtesy of Ruedas & Tuercas (El Comercio).