The annual convention of the Society for Automotive Fitness & Environment (SAFE), a SIAM initiative, with its theme “Road Safety: Bringing Policy and Praceice Together”, will be held in Bangalore on May 9. The convention is organised every year with the objective of disseminating information on the best practices adopted at the national and international levels for improvement of road safety and cleaner environment.
Every six seconds someone is killed or seriously injured on the world’s roads, resulting in 1.3 million road deaths each year. Whilst there is growing awareness of the important role developing nations have in reducing road accident rates, developed nations cannot remain complacent. In India almost 1.5 lakh lives are lost every year in road accidents.
The UN Decade of Action for Road Safety was launched in 2011 to urge governments, business leaders and the public to support the programme of making roads safer.
The SAFE annual convention will continue to emphasise the importance of the road surface as well as other road safety initiatives in reducing accident rates. The conference will explore how the experience and knowledge of stake-holders from across the globe in the road maintenance and safety sectors can influence informed decision making and policy formulation that improves road safety and efficiency.
Delegates will consist of automobile engineers, practitioners, policy makers and other professionals from central and local governments, academics from universities and research organisations, consultants and contractors.
Experts from different countries and cities and States in India will showcase their achievements in the area of improvement in enforcement agencies and also in road safety.
Along with the Convention, a visit to the Automotive Driving Testing Track developed by the Karnataka Transport Department and a roundtable discussion on Future Safety Technologies have been arranged on May 8.