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Saturday, June 15, 2024
-Carencia de normativa municipal reguladora de la circulación de vehículos de movilidad personal (VMP). Existe normativa sobre características técnicas elaborada por DGT (Estado), pero queda en manos de las autoridades locales la regulación de la circulación.
-Incremento en los últimos años de la utilización de estos vehículos, especialmente en los más jóvenes que carecen de conocimientos básicos en seguridad vial (carecen de permisos de conducir establecidos)
-Incremento exponencial de los accidentes de tráfico con víctimas usuarias de VMP en la localidad (especialmente menores de edad con edades inferiores a 16 años)
-Incremento en los últimos años de la utilización de estos vehículos, especialmente en los más jóvenes que carecen de conocimientos básicos en seguridad vial (carecen de permisos de conducir establecidos)
-Incremento exponencial de los accidentes de tráfico con víctimas usuarias de VMP en la localidad (especialmente menores de edad con edades inferiores a 16 años)
Saturday, June 15, 2024
The main road safety challenge that was tackled in this initiative is safety of the pedestrians and drivers on the main street of Põlva. The daily traffic volume on this road segment is high, with approximately 5000 vehicles, including trucks, passing through it every day. Simultaneously, high number of pedestrians use the same road daily to get to work or school. From a traffic safety perspective, this road segment is challenging – the hilly and winding road can distract drivers from speed limits, and the increased prevalence of light vehicles (bicycles, scooters etc) further amplifies the danger of this situation.
Smart Road is a vision of the future street, where all road users are equally preferred, and the emphasis is no longer solely on cars. Smart Road is designed to encourage drivers to objectively consider their traffic behaviour and to pay more attention to vulnerable road users. At the same time, the creators of Smart Road understand that vulnerable road users are indeed more difficult to notice, and effective solutions must be provided to assist drivers in focusing their attention on them.
Smart Road is a vision of the future street, where all road users are equally preferred, and the emphasis is no longer solely on cars. Smart Road is designed to encourage drivers to objectively consider their traffic behaviour and to pay more attention to vulnerable road users. At the same time, the creators of Smart Road understand that vulnerable road users are indeed more difficult to notice, and effective solutions must be provided to assist drivers in focusing their attention on them.
Saturday, June 15, 2024
Bis zum Jahr 2016 hatten wir in Wiener Neudorf nur einen Ausflugsradweg, eine sichere Fußgänger- und Radfahrer-Verbindung im Ortszentrum existierte nicht. Die Hauptverkehrsachsen wurden über die vorangegangenen Jahrzehnte nur für den motorisierten Individualverkehr ausgebaut, es gab keinen Platz für die aktive Mobilität. Ohne sichere Wege konnte die Mobilitätswende nicht eingeleitet werden.
Die Marktgemeinde Wiener Neudorf hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, den Modalsplit deutlich zugunsten der aktiven Mobilität zu verbessern. Somit wurden in den letzten Jahren sichere Fuß- und Radverbindungen zu allen Nachbargemeinden geschaffen und diese führen entlang der Hauptverkehrsachsen von Norden nach Süden und von Osten nach Westen durch den gesamten Ort.
Im Zentrum von Wiener Neudorf befinden sich nebeneinander die Volksschule und ein Kindergarten mit zusammen fast 450 Kindern. In diesem Bereich kam es durch das Elterntaxi immer wieder zu gefährlichen Situationen. Die letzten Jahre mussten deshalb vor der Volksschule immer zwei Polizist:innen vor Schulbeginn anwesend sein. Besonders für Kinder ist es wichtig, dass sie sich sicher fühlen. Der unmittelbare Bereich vor der Bildungseinrichtung ist natürlich wichtig, jedoch muss dieser auch in ein sicheres und attraktives Wegenetz eingebunden sein.
Die Marktgemeinde Wiener Neudorf hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, den Modalsplit deutlich zugunsten der aktiven Mobilität zu verbessern. Somit wurden in den letzten Jahren sichere Fuß- und Radverbindungen zu allen Nachbargemeinden geschaffen und diese führen entlang der Hauptverkehrsachsen von Norden nach Süden und von Osten nach Westen durch den gesamten Ort.
Im Zentrum von Wiener Neudorf befinden sich nebeneinander die Volksschule und ein Kindergarten mit zusammen fast 450 Kindern. In diesem Bereich kam es durch das Elterntaxi immer wieder zu gefährlichen Situationen. Die letzten Jahre mussten deshalb vor der Volksschule immer zwei Polizist:innen vor Schulbeginn anwesend sein. Besonders für Kinder ist es wichtig, dass sie sich sicher fühlen. Der unmittelbare Bereich vor der Bildungseinrichtung ist natürlich wichtig, jedoch muss dieser auch in ein sicheres und attraktives Wegenetz eingebunden sein.
Friday, June 14, 2024
Drivers encounter dangerous situations on the roads daily, arising from aggressive driving behavior. The project DriveArse (Czech: Nenechte se rozladit - Řitiči) indirectly built upon findings from the project Aggression Kills (Agresivita zabíjí by ČAP, BESIP) and systematically used them to create a positive solution in situations where a road user is confronted with aggression behind the wheel.
Previous research (Aggression Kills, ČAP, BESIP) indicate that aggressive driving causes up to 40% of fatal traffic accidents. Aggressive driving is dangerous not only for the drivers themselves but also for those around them. 7 out of 10 drivers admit that they are provoked into aggressive driving and change their own driving style. This is linked to the belief of 88% of Czech drivers in the increasing aggression behind the wheel. Almost 60% of drivers under 30 sometimes intentionally do not maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front of them, and 20% of them purposely speed up when another car is trying to overtake them. At the same time, 87% of drivers are motivated by the considerate driving of others.
In the case of aggression behind the wheel, the current legislative support in the Czech Republic is rather general and does not contain precise definitions of aggressive behavior behind the wheel, its specific manifestations, or the exact penalties that may be imposed. The DriveArse campaign was therefore carried out together with the efforts of Platforma VIZE 0 for legislative changes, using experiences from selected EU countries where legislation defines what precisely aggression is and imposes specific sanctions.
This project comes up with a positive attitude and wit as a tool to deal with unpleasant situations on the road, while also functioning as a creative research. It presents manifestations of aggression through caricatures of aggressive drivers with creative names. In this way, it helps road users to recognise and name aggressive drivers, as well as not to be provoked by such aggressive drivers and to handle the situation with humour (for example with a rhyme or a funny remark).
Previous research (Aggression Kills, ČAP, BESIP) indicate that aggressive driving causes up to 40% of fatal traffic accidents. Aggressive driving is dangerous not only for the drivers themselves but also for those around them. 7 out of 10 drivers admit that they are provoked into aggressive driving and change their own driving style. This is linked to the belief of 88% of Czech drivers in the increasing aggression behind the wheel. Almost 60% of drivers under 30 sometimes intentionally do not maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front of them, and 20% of them purposely speed up when another car is trying to overtake them. At the same time, 87% of drivers are motivated by the considerate driving of others.
In the case of aggression behind the wheel, the current legislative support in the Czech Republic is rather general and does not contain precise definitions of aggressive behavior behind the wheel, its specific manifestations, or the exact penalties that may be imposed. The DriveArse campaign was therefore carried out together with the efforts of Platforma VIZE 0 for legislative changes, using experiences from selected EU countries where legislation defines what precisely aggression is and imposes specific sanctions.
This project comes up with a positive attitude and wit as a tool to deal with unpleasant situations on the road, while also functioning as a creative research. It presents manifestations of aggression through caricatures of aggressive drivers with creative names. In this way, it helps road users to recognise and name aggressive drivers, as well as not to be provoked by such aggressive drivers and to handle the situation with humour (for example with a rhyme or a funny remark).
Friday, June 14, 2024
Participer aux engagements de l’U.E. pour la réduction du nombre de victimes de moitié d’ici 2030 sur les routes d’Europe.
L’alcool au volant toujours très présent :
• En milieu festif
• En entreprise
La recrudescence de la consommation de protoxyde d’azote :
• La sensibilisation sur les dangers des mésusages (effets sur la mobilité).
• Détection du N2O en exclusivité (Forces de l’ordre)
L’alcool au volant toujours très présent :
• En milieu festif
• En entreprise
La recrudescence de la consommation de protoxyde d’azote :
• La sensibilisation sur les dangers des mésusages (effets sur la mobilité).
• Détection du N2O en exclusivité (Forces de l’ordre)