the Day of Dead and Injured People on the Road

World  Health  Organization  (WHO)  announced  the  third  Sunday  ofNovember as the Day of Dead and Injured People on the Road according tothe UN Resolution in 2009.On  November  16,  at  12:00,  the  campaign  dedicated  to  the  Day wasimplemented in three cities of Georgia: Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Telavi. The goalof the action is to involve the society in the process of traffic problemsimprovement  in  order  to  decrease  the  number  of  road  crashes.  Theparticipants called the society to keep the traffic law.The foundation “Partnership for Road Safety” and “Georgian Alliance forSafe  Roads”  jointly  organized  the  action  in  the streets.  Youth  clubmembers of civil program will participate in the event, who will call thedrivers and pedestrians to follow the traffic rules in the streets. The mainslogans of the action was “Slow down”, “Let pedestrians cross”, and “Usethe pedestrians’ crossings”. Stickers with the slogans  and reflectors weredistributed  to  the  drivers  and  pedestrians  in  the  streets. Therepresentatives  of  the  Estonian  partner  organization  “Traffic  Prof”participated in the walking action.In Kutaisi, the partner organization “ Kutaisi Youth Center” organized thesame kind of action with the same slogans. The action was arranged in thestreet. Information  materials,  posters  and  reflectors  were  distributedamong citizens. The man attention of the street action was paid to thepedestrian’s rights at the crossings without traffic lights.
With the help of member of the club “New Life” of Telavi Public School 5,the  event  was  arranged.  Students  prepared information posters  andorganized the street action. The slogans were to protect the pedestrians’rights.