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Every year more than 40,000 people die in the European Union as a result of road accidents and 1,700,000 are injured. One man who finds those statistics totally unacceptable is setting about his own campaign to raise the stakes in dealing with this by worldwide 'webcasting'
SAFE Highways of the Future 2005, a two day conference that will be openly accessible,
free of charge, around the globe, to all who are concerned about reducing death on the
roads.
Entrepreneur Tony Robinson, CEO of UKIP Media & Events, a £20 million turnover company in the international exhibitions and magazine publishing business says, "Every time I see flowers by the side of the road or a fatality board requesting witnesses, I'm appalled. My dismay is because there is so much that can be done with technology and common sense to reduce these fatalities but progress is for the most part hideously slow and the mass burial of people continues at a level that is a social disgrace. In no other environment in Europe is it acceptable for 40,000 people to be killed a year. Globally the numbers are too large to be believable."
Completely FREE of charge from their homes or offices, highway safety engineers and others who are concerned or responsible for fatality reduction on the world's roads from countries as diverse as Armenia to Australia can take part. They will be able to join top-level speakers and representatives from national and international governments and transportation authorities, who are coming together in Stuttgart on 30th and 31st May to present and discuss available and emerging relevant
technologies.
Top automotive companies such as DaimlerChrysler, BMW and Volvo, consultants, OEM's, inventors and highway safety experts will be actively contributing material relevant to the conference theme,
"Using and utilising new and existing technology to reduce highway
fatalities".
The first session on day one, will include presentations from Renier Dolger, Transport Ministry of Rhineland Pflaz, Jose Papi, Secretary General, European Union Road Federation (ERF), Stephan Bujnoch, BMW, Matthias Schulze, DaimlerChrysler and project co-ordinator of PReVENT, Jo Versavel, Traficon and Richard Weiland, VP Strategy, Ygomi LLC, USA.
Web visitors will be able to see full 'TV' quality images of the entire conference, access slides being presented and even send in questions by email for open panel discussion
-- live at the Stuttgart event.
One of the key highlights on the first day, co-chaired by Kevin Borras, Editor of Traffic Technology International magazine, is from the European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) that gives roads star ratings for safety. Amongst the simple
product solutions that will be suggested, Potters Europe will demonstrate the use of large glass beads in road markings to improve wet night visibility and Farseer Trading will reveal "The Farseer Safety Groove", a groove cut into the windscreen of a car that dramatically improves wiper efficiency and hence visibility.
For more highlights of SAFE Highways of the Future and to take part in the live webcast please go to
www.safehighwaysofthefuture.com/
We look forward to hearing from you at the show!
Source:
UKIP Media & Events
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Notes to
Editors
1) For more information or for
an
accredited press pass, please contact Julia Robinson at juliarobinson@ukintpress.com
or telephone + 44 (0)1306 743744.
2) SAFE Highways of the Future 2005 takes place on the 30th and 31st May 2005. Entry costs £189 for a one day pass or £265 for a two day pass. It will run alongside Automotive Testing Expo Europe 2005, Vehicle Dynamics Expo, Crash Test Expo, Engine Expo and European Automotive Components Expo which start on 31st May 2005 and continue until 2nd June 2005. The International Engine of the Year Awards takes place on 1st June 2005 at 14.00hrs.
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