SAVING LIVES ON CANADIAN ROADS
An important safety initiative by police enforcement agencies across the country will take place during National Road Safety Week. Canada Road Safety Week a police initiative supporting the national effort aims to make
Canada
's roads the safest in the world.
This special week is a police initiative designed to remind people that an essential part of the enforcement job is to save lives and reduce injuries on our roadways. Educating the public in safe driving practices is a priority. The focus will be on behaviours that put drivers, passengers and other road users most at risk: sober and alert driving, seat belt use, and intersection related incidents involving drivers, riders and pedestrians. All enforcement agencies across the country have been invited to participate.
"The deaths, pain and personal trauma that result from carelessness behind the wheel can be prevented," says Jack Smith, President of the Canada Safety Council. "Police agencies across the country are collaborating on this project because they have seen more than enough of that, and because they know that the involvement of the driving public is essential to achieve safer streets and highways."
This week has been strategically chosen, as it is the first "summer" long weekend. More people are traveling and traffic collisions are more frequent.
In
Canada
, there have been 2,923 deaths and 17,529 serious injuries in 2005 related to vehicle collisions. These are just numbers but they represent moms, dads, sisters, brothers, loved ones, co-workers, neighbours. It is unacceptable to the Canada Safety Council.
Let’s all work to improve public safety on our roadways.
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For further information please contact:
Raynald
Marchand, General Manager, programs, 613-739-1535 ext: 226
