April 11, 2007
23 – 29 April 2007 — Czech Republic, Spain, Ecuador, Argentina, Mexico, Ethiopia, Netherlands
In the Czech Republic and in Spain, a traffic education program for young drivers (16-18 years) will be organized under the banner of IRSA; the program is called “The Action” (Czech Republic) and “The Road Show” (Spain). In the other countries, IRSA is organizing train-the-trainer programs for police trainers and traffic police specialists with respect to the improvement of traffic enforcement and the handling of crashes, including the improvement of crash data collection.
For more information about the First United Nations Global Road Safety Week, countries and organisations involved as well as their regional, national and local activities, please visit http://www.who.int/roadsafety/week/en/.
December 25, 2006
It was a Saturday evening, before Christmas, a peaceful and nice evening with loved ones and friends. Suddenly we received a message that ripped our heart off:
My brother, my mother’s son and such a wonderful young man was KILLED together with his loving girlfriend, in a horrific car crash. I feel empty, helpless and I know that life will never be the same again for us, those who knew and loved Cristian and Cristina.
My brother was driving his car next to his girlfriend, listening to music, having a relaxing time heading to the mountains where he was supposed to celebrate his birthday… on Christmas he was turning 28… but suddenly, a new, shiny car coming from the opposite direction stroke them like lightning.
Cristian was driving on his lane, with 80km/h on a 90 limit road, but had the incredible misfortune to encounter a car running with 170km/h whose driver lost control of the car in the exact millisecond when it passed them. Talk about cruel destiny, to die absolutely innocent in a fraction of a second…
And the incredible irony is that Cristian made his choice to work in saving lives on the roads, worldwide; he was working for IRSA since 2004 and was going to Addis Abbaba, at the beginning of 2007, to help save lives in Africa…
Cristian saved many lives with his courage, his big heart and cheerful nature, whether it was his efforts in road safety or his volunteer rescue missions in the floods from 2005… but he could not save himself!
God chose another path for him.
God had other plans, maybe greater ones for Cristian and Cristina.
Now we keep his dreams alive.
Now we honor him and ask God above to take good care of both of them!
Adina Radu
December 19, 2006
We officially announce that the organisation Regional Centre for Road Safety Romania which has been a member of the IRSA – Association since May 2005, has decided to separate from our organisation.
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October 29, 2006
On November 9th and 10th 2006, the International Road Safety Academy – Association organizes in Amsterdam a series of meetings dedicated to a different approach of road safety, from the education and research point of view.
IRSA concentrates on offering and developing M.Sc. and Ph.D. programs, studies and research on Road Safety at Universities all over the world. With this we try to stimulate the conduction of reliable, innovative and comparative research on one hand, and to equip the local policy makers of the future with the highest quality of knowledge and best practice on the other hand.
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September 12, 2006
The Ethiopian national authorities have approved the establishment and in October the IRSA – Ethiopia office will be opened in Addis Ababa.
The Director of the Staff Bureau considers this as a new and historical step in the endeavour to improve road safety in Africa and Ethiopa in particular. 3 years of preparation, discussion and organizing the first training courses without a local entity have come to an end.
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