WASHINGTON, March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A coalition of road safety advocates has formed the Partnership for Advancing Road Safety (PARS) and vowed to make roads safer by raising awareness of traffic safety initiatives that prevent injuries and decrease fatalities.
PARS will work to send a clear and consistent message to the driving public: It is not okay to speed, run red lights, drive while distracted, or in any other way endanger the lives of others on roads and highways.
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"While a vocal minority may oppose road safety cameras, our research indicates just the opposite — 80 percent of the public support intersection safety cameras and 67 percent support speed safety cameras," said Kelly. "Automated road safety cameras share one thing in common with other proven safety countermeasures – they save lives. And that’s the message PARS intends to communicate to everyone we can reach."
The U.S. Department of Transportation reports that of the 37,261 fatalities on U.S. roadways in 2008, 31 percent were speeding-related. In addition, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that the economic cost of speed-related crashes is more than $40 billion each year. NHTSA also reports that speeding now causes as many fatalities as drunk or distracted drivers.
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"Speeding and intersection crashes contribute to more than 10,000 deaths each year," said John Ulczycki, Group Vice President – Research, communications and Advocacy for the National Safety Council. "Changing the driving behaviors that cause these deaths and injuries must be part of the comprehensive solutions needed to improve traffic safety,"
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