Mattarella: “To stop road accidents, synergy between institutions and companies is needed. More advertising media and a culture of responsibility”

«If we consider the lives cut short and the serious injuries sustained by cyclists, pedestrians, the elderly, the disabled, vulnerable road users, it clearly emerges how much of a priority it is to strengthen mobility safety. Furthermore, the data relating to the victims of accidents under the age of eighteen are intolerable. To ensure the integrity of life, a careful and shared synergistic action between institutions, civil society and industry is indispensable. The objectives envisaged by the strategic framework of the European Union must be pursued».

The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, writes it in a note on the occasion of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Victims. «Making our roads less dangerous also requires the adoption of more demanding safety standards for vehicles and infrastructures and implies encouraging new mobility models and promoting more widespread and efficient public transport in relations between territories. It is also evident that it is of primary importance to develop as much as possible the diffusion of a culture of responsibility for every driver aimed at increasing awareness of the risks to which each of us is exposed and to which the lives of others are exposed when driving a vehicle” .