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The Seat Belt Campaign
Toolkit was produced by the FIA Foundation and written and
researched by
the Transport Research Laboratory,
which was also cited in the award. The principles of the
toolkit were recently used to great effect for a campaign
in Costa Rica, which succeeded in reintroducing seat belt
legislation and dramatically increasing seat belt usage.
The manual has also been used widely in other regions around
the world, most recently in Sakhalin, Russia, by the Global
Road Safety Partnership.
The award was presented to FIA Foundation
Chairman Rosario Alessi by HRH Prince Michael of Kent at
a dinner for the
United Nations Road Safety Collaboration, hosted by the FIA
Foundation at the Royal Automobile Club in London.
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Prince Michael
said: “All of us would agree that to reduce casualties
we need effective action at many levels: from government, from
industry, from NGOs and at local level. Action is required
nationally, especially in the developing world, and internationally
through collaboration and knowledge sharing.
“Since I first started my own Road Safety Award Scheme in 1987 I have been impressed
by the unstinting work of so many individuals often struggling with limited resources
to bring the world’s attention to the toll of death and injury on our roads.
I know how much the FIA Foundation has done to raise the level of understanding
of safety issues. Its influence since it was set up only four years ago has been
quite remarkable. It is therefore entirely appropriate that its work is now being
formally recognised.” |
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