Cyclists

In today’s digital age, more and more data is collected every day in the field of transportation. Still, authorities solely rely on historical traffic accident data to detect black spots. This leads to the shortcoming that accidents must happen before measures are taken. Additionally, in relation to a specific location on the traffic network, traffic accidents are rare events. Thus, for credibly evaluating the safety of a road element, several years of traffic accident data are needed. As a result, road users are put at an unnecessary risk if measurements are taken too late. There is therefore an urgent need to take new paths in the field of road safety analysis. Our EDDA+ road hazard map detects potential dangers in road traffic at an early stage by combining existing safety-relevant data with new data sources.

In 2008, several fatal accidents involving teenagers on bicycles occurred in our region. Parents' associations of secondary schools sat down around the table to think about a solution together. Studies showed that young people are very often involved in bicycle accidents. The cause is often “not being seen” in the dark. Most primary school children are required to wear a fluorescent jacket in our region. Young people in secondary school don't like wearing fluorescent jackets. They are laughed at by their schoolmates. Imposing an obligation is not possible.
XIU (volunteers organisation) looked for other solutions to tackle this problem in a way that would make it easier for them to do so.

Vaikai kiekvieną dieną susiduria su eismu keliuose. Deja, eismo nelaimių, kuriose nukenčia vaikai, nepavyksta išvengti. Eismo saugumo įgūdžių ugdymas ikimokykliniame, ankstyvajame mokykliniame ir vyresniame amžiuje neišvengiama būtinybė. Tačiau eismo įgūdžiai nesuformuojami per vieną dieną. Mokyklos tikslas - ugdyti vaikų saugaus elgesio kelyje sampratą ir įgūdžius. Padėti vaikui įgyti jo amžių ir patirtį atitinkančias saugaus elgesio kelyje žinias bei ugdyti nuostatą būti atsakingiems už savo elgesį, veiksmus ir pasekmes kelyje. Mokykloje vykdomi edukaciniai užsiėmimai, renginiai, projektai, dviratininkų stovyklos, neformalaus ugdymo popamokiniai užsiėmimai bei akcijos saugaus eismo tema. Vaikai, šiandieną būdami atsakingi pėstieji ir keleiviai, ateityje taps rūpestingais ir kultūringais vairuotojais. Mokyklos veiklos rezultatas mažėjantis žuvusiųjų ir sužeistų vaikų skaičius Kauno mieste.

Road authorities are increasingly looking for effective road safety measures driven by data in order to succeed in the Vision Zero strategy which has been published by authorities in the national ‘Strategic plan road safety 2030’.

Driving behaviour data provides an important indicator of risk of accidents and road safety. This kind of data is very helpful to analyse how drivers behave and interact with the road infrastructure. For example: where does extreme driver behaviour occur frequently? For example frequent harsh braking on a specific road section can be the consequence of the road infrastructure. Driving behaviour data supports monitoring in an effective way. It enables authorities to check how road safety measures by improving infrastructure are affected driving behaviour.

Road safety: deaths on Irish roads are increasing year on year , the last three years have shown trends of increasing from 2021- 130 fatalities. 2022- 155 fatalities,to a current high of 88 deaths this year, which is already 10 more death on this time last year, we aim to educate young people on responsibility of driving to the next generation of drivers respecting all road users, ensuring they are fully informed of all topics associated with driving. In our, triangulated program.

This fully supports the Road Safety Authority, who have outlined several priorities in their 2021-2030 phase of vision zero, to reduce the number of deaths by 50% includes key areas,
Seatbelts ,Speeding,Driving while impaired drugs and alcohol tests and penalties , Campaigns, Older pedestrians, E scooters, Time to talk, Anti speeding, Cycling, Vision zero, J1 campaign. Speed Fallacy, Safe vehicles.
We address these targets in our modules.

The Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030 (Global Plan), has the priorities to redefine multimodal transport and land plan use, to ensure safety and to equitable access to mobility while responding to the diverse needs and preferences of a population. Cycling and the use of cargo bikes are key players in the mobility landscape and the Safer Cycling Advocate Program (SCAP) promotes cycling and cargo bike use as a safe alternative and modal shift. Cargo bikes are being considered a rising star in urban light mobility since they are capable of solving family (shopping or children) or work (from deliveries to transporting a craftsman's tools) tasks while reducing the impact on the environment. For this reason, the European Union has also launched a programme for the dissemination of cargo bikes (called City changer cargo bike), based on the considerable development potential of this means of transport: up to 25% of all deliveries are made by cargo bikes, up to 25% of deliveries in cities, up to 50% of maintenance services, up to 77% of private journeys.

The Alliance first launched the Safer Cycling Advocate Program (SCAP) in 2019 in collaboration with the European Cycling Federation (ECF) and funding from FedEx. The SCAP promotes safer cycling practices by equipping advocates, organizations, and transport planners to implement steps towards safer and more sustainable active mobility.

The SCAP Guide – a resource compiling the best practices and experiences of Copenhagen (Denmark) and Amsterdam (Netherlands) – two cities with established cycling cultures. Early years of the program focused on the Baltic region, helping to bolster cycling uptake by giving community organizations an evidence base to improve safety for cyclists in Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia.

Year three has seen the project evolve and expand – supporting cities to get citizens onto bikes as a mode of sustainable transport. A small fleet of cargo bikes is being introduced to SCAP participating cities for shared public use in Bogota (Colombia), Bologna (Italy), Mexico City (Mexico), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Torun (Poland), and Valencia (Spain). Usage data from these bikes will inform cities’ plans as they encourage people to transition from private vehicles to zero-emissions bicycles as a practical solution that does not compromise the ability to carry small goods.

In 2008, several fatal accidents involving teenagers on bicycles occurred in our region. Parents' associations of secundary schools sat down around the table to think about a solution together. Studies showed that young people are very often involved in bicycle accidents. The cause is often “not being seen” in the dark. Most primary school children are required to wear a fluorescent jacket in our region. Young people in secondary school don't like wearing fluorescent jackets. They are laughed at by their schoolmates. Imposing an obligation is not possible. XIU looked for other solutions to tackle this problem in a way that would make it easier for them to do so.

After experiencing accidents due to vehicles entering highways in the opposite direction, we decided to bring a new innovative and modern system to stop this dangerous situation from happening ever again.

Emberi hibákból bekövetkező balesetek megszüntetése: fáradtság, reakcióidő változás és mérés, telefon használat kiküszöbölése, figyelmetlenség felderítése, agresszió, drog, alkohol jelenléte, a szándékos szabálysértések és cselekmények kiszűrése, nem megfelelő magatartásformák a közlekedésben, vezetéstechnikai hibák kiküszöbölése, környezetben jelenlévő veszélyek felderítése, műszaki hibák és úttestekben fellelhető veszélyforrások kiszűrése.

Az egészségügyi problémák kiszűrése, a rosszullétek vagy a közlekedésben jelen lévő pszichológiai állapotok felismerése. (Példa, alvási apnoe, infarktus, kollapszus, agyi történések, epilepszia, pszichológiai diagnózisok)

A járművekkel végrehajtott terrorizmus és a járművek bűncselekményekben való használatának megakadályazhatósága.

A balesetek, forgalmi helyzetek, események mélyelemzésének biztosítása, dokumentálása és kutatható adatbázisok létrehozása.

A közlekedők, közlekedési szereplők képzésének, fejlesztésének lehetősége és kivitelezése.

A jogosulatlanul vagy jogtalanul használt járművek és kezelőik felderitése és a forgalomban való részvételük megakadályozása. (Érvénytelen jogosítvány, eltiltás alatti közlekedés megakadályozhatósága, érvénytelen műszaki vizsga, veszélyt jelentő műszaki állapot vagy emberi állapot)

Gyakorlati beavatkozási lehetőségek megtalálása az egyes konkrét helyzetekben történő folyamatok kimenetelének megváltoztatására.

A jármű fejlesztő és közlekedési szakemberek részére biztosítani egy átfogó platformot, amely alapján a fenntartható közlekedés megvalósítható. Igazságügyi és állami szervezeteknek a törvényalkotás gyakorlati helyzetekhez történő alkalmazásának adatokkal történő igazolása.

A végrehajtó szerveknek egy sokkal átfogóbb, tisztább és egyértelműbb, adatokra építhető módszerek kidolgozásának lehetősége.

Olyan módszer létrehozása, amely a jelenlegi jármű- és közlekedésben részt vevő egyéb technikai eszközök azonnali bevonhatóságát teszi lehetővé, ugyanakkor képes az eszközök nélkül a forgalomban tartózkodó személyek, élőlények védelmére is.

Egyúttal biztos alapot kínálni ahhoz, hogy az innovatív járműfejlesztések sokkal eredményesebben és könnyebben csatlakozhassanak a rendszerhez, pótolva a hiányzó információs láncszemet, nevezetesen az egyének képességeinek ismeretét, amely nélkül az autonóm jármű megoldások vagy járműfejlesztések sokkal nehezebben és sokkal hosszabb idő alatt kivitelezhetőek.

Mindezeken felül egy olyan valós adatokra épülő térképrendszer megalkotása, amely minden olyan helyet tartalmaz, amelyen valaha ember vagy jármű jelen lehet.

A 2018 report from the World Health Organization (WHO) found that the number of road casualties continues to rise, reaching 1.35 million per year. Road crashes have become the main cause of death for children and young people aged 5 to 29. And more than half of road accident victims are vulnerable road users: pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, etc. The probability of dying in a road crash also remains three times higher in low-income countries than in high-income countries, mainly due to a lack of regulations and infrastructures, as well as vehicle standards or first aid efficiency. Faced with these staggering figures, the association Prévention Routière and its partner, the Group Renault Corporate Foundation, have decided to act, by creating the first universal platform intended for all audiences. The Road4us platform aims to raise users' awareness of road hazards, as well as the proper behaviours to adopt to move safely. To accommodate all type of audiences, these prevention messages are spread in the form of simple and entertaining illustrations, designed for everyone. The overall objectives are to reduce road accidents and deaths worldwide, to make road prevention content available to as many people as possible, and to be universal and multilingual. As an initiative with a universal scope, the project targets all road users and aspires to be understood by people from all nationalities and culture, children and adults, illiterate, and literate. This project also offers free resources to print (in both colors and black & white) or to download online to all organizations involved in road safety around the world.