Summary of the 2011 National Security Experiment
The second edition of the National Security Experiment has been completed. The idea of road safety was supported by 400 thousand. people, seven times more than last year.
From the end of May, the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways, together with partners, educated Poles in the field of road safety. You could learn, among others how to overcome fatigue in a long journey, which drugs impair the ability to drive, how to deal with children distracting the driver. As part of several educational happenings throughout the country, it was possible to learn first aid, check the efficiency of driving a vehicle in computer tests, and undergo a crash test or rollover on special simulators. The final educational picnic took place on Saturday and Sunday in the Szczęśliwicki Park in Warsaw. - We should finally realize that the human factor is very important in shaping road safety. It is up to us whether an accident will happen and what its consequences will be - says Deputy Commissioner Agnieszka Stypińska from the Road Traffic Office of the Police Headquarters - We show that it is influenced by even such trivial activities as packing luggage or choosing shoes for driving a car - he adds.
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The organizers of the National Safety Experiment tested the state of Poles' knowledge of road safety using a specially constructed internet test. The results are appalling. Out of over 40 thousand people who completed the test, only slightly more than 1%. answered all questions correctly! - When we hear about dangerous drivers, we don't think about ourselves. It seems to us that they are going faster than we are. We do not think about our own behavior in road traffic - says Andrzej Maciejewski, Deputy General Director of National Roads and Motorways. That is why the organizers of the National Safety Experiment are planning the next editions of the event. - We will repeat the action as long as we raise the awareness of road users and change their behavior to such an extent that a weekend without victims will finally come true - adds Maciejewski.
The announcements of the organizers of the campaign go hand in hand with social expectations. The ideas of the National Security Experiment through the campaign website were supported by over 400 people this year. people. This is almost seven times more than last year!
The organizer of the National Safety Experiment "Weekend Without Victims" is the General Directorate of Roads and Highways of the country and project partners: the National Road Safety Council, the Ministry of Health, the General Directorate of the State Fire Service, the General Directorate of Police, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe SA, the General Directorate of the Military Police , Polish Medical Rescue Service and Main Road Transport Inspectorate. Honorary patronage was taken over by the Minister of Infrastructure. The campaign is supported by national and regional media.
