NC Vision Zero (GHSP) hosts Memorial Display for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 11/18/2018 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
NC Vision Zero (GHSP) hosts Memorial Display for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 11/18/2018 / NCDOTcommunications
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| 説明 | Raleigh, NC - On November 18, NC Vision Zero hosts the third annual World Day of Remembrance (WDR) event at the State Capitol. A memorial display featuring thousands of shoes will be open to the public from 10am-5pm. The press event at 3pm will include remarks from Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, NCGHSP Director Mark Ezzell, and Tammy Garlock, who lost her son in a distracted driving crash.The WDR memorial exhibit will display thousands of shoes, each pair representing a victim of traffic crashes on NC roads. Visitors to the exhibit can place yellow paper flowers on shoes to remember lost loved ones and honor their memory.The annual exhibit is one of several WDR events around the globe, each focused on honoring the lives lost on our world’s roads and spreading awareness about preventable traffic violence.About World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic VictimsThe third Sunday of every November, the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims calls attention to the suffering and heartache felt by millions as a result of preventable traffic violence. Hundreds of events honoring the lives lost are hosted all over the world.About NC Vision ZeroLast year, 1,412 people were killed another 4,500 were seriously injured on North Carolina roads. NC Vision Zero is a collaborative, data-driven program aimed at eliminating these preventable roadway deaths and serious injuries. For more information, visit ncvisionzero.org.NC Vision Zero Task Force Mission & VisionBackground1,412 people were killed on North Carolina roads in 2017. Year after year, trafficviolence destroys an unacceptable number of lives in North Carolina: North Caroliniansclearly face a public health crisis. People of conscience naturally resent paying such anunnecessary and unjust price for mobility. Every death from traffic violence isdemonstrably preventable.Motor vehicle crashes are also financially costly, as one of the leading causes of Yearsof Productive Life Lost due to unintentional injury for all age groups below 65 (CDC). Inone year, crash-related deaths cost North Carolina residents $1.71 Billion in medicalcosts and work loss costs (CDC).Resolved that losing even one life to traffic violence is unacceptable, the North CarolinaExecutive Committee for Highway Safety (ECHS) passed a resolution adopting a VisionZero initiative in May 2015. The NC ECHS concluded that overcoming the challengesconnected with transforming traffic safety culture and drastically reducing serious injuryand death on our roadways would require a sustained collaborative effort. It thereforeestablished the NC Vision Zero Task Force to facilitate collaboration and lead the zerotolerance charge for the state.The NC Vision Zero Task Force consists of public and private-sector stakeholders, aswell as experts in the fields of engineering, law enforcement, education, emergencyresponse, and public engagement from across North Carolina. Its intent is to assist withthe implementation of North Carolina’s statewide Vision Zero initiative. It provides anadaptive ecosystem, in which all participating safety initiatives can share informationfreely and fluidly.NC Vision Zero Principles:1. No loss of life on North Carolina roads is acceptable.2. All road users deserve safe streets.3. North Carolinians should not incur risk of death or serious injury in exchange formobility.4. A safe systems approach is required to eliminate fatal and serious injuries.What is Vision Zero?Vision Zero is a transportation safety paradigm conceived in Sweden in the late 1990sto eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries by means of systemic interventions.Through its Vision Zero efforts, Sweden has reduced traffic fatalities by half, making itone of the safest places to travel in the world. A central tenet of Vision Zero is thatpeople should not be killed or seriously injured as a consequence of mobility. VisionZero recognizes that humans make mistakes and, therefore, that the transportationsystem should be designed to minimize the consequences of those errors.Vision Zero is based on a Safe Systems approach , equally reliant on safer roads,safer vehicles, and safer road users to achieve zero roadway deaths.Safer RoadsRoadways should be designed to protect their imperfect, human users by physicallylimiting the range of possible dangerous acts those users can perform.Safer VehiclesVehicle technology should be designed to compensate for natural human deficiencies ofattention, perception, reaction speed, etc. to prevent or mitigate crashes.Safer Road UsersOutreach should be designed to encourage a sense of shared responsibility in allroad-users, motivating them always to make intelligent, courteous, and safe decisionson the road.NC Vision Zero Task Force Vision, Mission, and GoalsVision: To eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries through collaborative,data-driven interventions.The purpose of the NC Vision Zero Task Force is to eliminate deaths and seriousinjuries on all modes of ground transportation using data-driven prevention strategies(with emphasis on a safe systems approach) in collaboration with local, regional, andstate partners.Mission: To supply all safety stakeholders in North Carolina with effective resources,tools, and information, enabling them to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries.The NC Vision Zero Task Force mission includes the following goals:● Serve as a clearinghouse for North Carolina safety data, research, andresources.● Provide a bridge for collaboration by facilitating communications between trafficsafety stakeholders across the state.● Encourage and promote safe systems designs, which prioritize safety overspeed.● Inspire and encourage, support and amplify local, regional, and statewide VisionZero initiatives.● Facilitate access to information regarding safety initiatives operating anddeveloping in North Carolina.● Advocate for processes and outcomes which promote public health equity,engage with populations disproportionately killed or seriously injured on NorthCarolina roads, and protect the most vulnerable road users.● Serve as conduit for advocates, concerned citizens, and traffic safetyprofessionals to present research, efforts, and proposed solutions for statewideconsideration and implementation.● Provide updates and recommendations to ECHS.● Establish criteria/guidelines/best practices for local Vision Zero initiatives.● Promote policies and practices to account for the safety of all road usersregardless of mode of transportation, age, ability, race, or income.● Promote a culture of traffic safety in North Carolina, in which roadway violence isnot tolerated or socially acceptable.● Provide research, crash data, and stakeholder engagement for proposedpolicies.Long Term Goals● Cut fatalities and serious injuries in North Carolina in half by 2030, as establishedin the North Carolina Highway Safety Plan.● Improve access, transparency, and public understanding of crash causes anddata.● Educate and empower North Carolinians to speak up if someone is being unsafeon the road.● Engage researchers, practitioners, and invested community members towarddeveloping a deeper understanding of the contributing factors involved in roaduser safety, and investigating ways to effectively implement provencountermeasures and community-based interventions.Contact: Miracle King, NCDOT Communications Specialist 919-814-3657 miracleking@ncdot.gov |
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