ANIECA held the traditional event commemorating driving school day on 29.06.2024, which this year had the theme “Does it make sense to drive a motorcycle without receiving training?”.

This event had the following main objectives:

• Highlight that the self-reporting system in force is contributing to an increase in motorcyclist accidents and that, therefore, it should be reviewed;
• Defend the importance of mandatory training in driving schools to reduce accident rates involving motorcycles;
• Remember that driving schools made a large investment in replacing instruction motorcycles and have instructors specialized in training motorcyclists;
• Demonstrate that it does not make sense for candidates to continue learning alone on public roads, putting their lives and those around them at risk;
• Present suggestions for new topics to be covered in motorcyclist training.

The event also included a practical component, where participants were invited to try a set of exercises with motorcycles, which we believe could contribute to improving the level of preparation of new motorcyclists.

This also turned out to be the largest concentration of driving school motorcycles ever!

Mr. Antonio Reis, the ANIECA’s President, said: “This was an event very different from any other that ANIECA has developed to date. We combined moments of work and socializing. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this unforgettable day”.

The “XVI Encuentro Iberoamericano de seguridad vial AICEFOV” (Ibero-American road safety meeting AICEFOV) was held on 18 and 19 July in San Andrés Island in Colombia.

Also this year the President of the Spanish Confederation of Driving Schools (CNAE) and at the same time President of EFA, Mr. Enrique Lorca, who is Vice-president of AICEFOV, participated in the international event.

Very satisfied with the congress, President Lorca comments: “There is a lot to do in the field of road safety in Latin American countries, we are glad with the Ibero-American driving school associations as they are very active, trying to improve road safety in their countries, but it is crucial to have their governments involved in order to achieve the objective. They look enthusiastically at what we do in Europe. We believe that there are the terms to enter into collaboration agreements also with the European federation of driving schools, to defend the values ​​of quality training carried out by professionals. The exchange of best practices, information and knowledge will mutually increase the quality level of the training offered by Ibero-American and European driving schools both. Training of trainers should be one of the first topics to be addressed.” Lorca continues: “Special thanks go to the President of AICEFOV, Mr. Arturo Borges, with whom we have strengthened relationships to develop a profitable ongoing collaboration in the coming years”.

ETSC and the Slovenian Traffic Safety Agency are pleased to invite you to this next PIN Talk which will focus on improving the safety of vulnerable road users.

During the event there will be presentations from Slovenian colleagues on the situation in Slovenia and action that is being taken there. Additionally, there will be invited guests from the Netherlands, Germany and Czechia explaining how they are improving road safety for vulnerable road users in their country.

We are very excited to announce that registration to attend our annual Excellence in Road Safety Awards is now open. Our ceremony will take place on Thursday 14 November 2024 from 14:00 – 17:00 CET in Brussels and online. The ceremony will provide an opportunity to support and celebrate the leading road safety initiatives from across Europe.

The General Assembly today urged accelerated action to reduce deaths and injuries from traffic accidents worldwide by implementing the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021–2030.

Acting without a vote, the 193-member organ adopted the resolution “Improving global road safety” (document A/78/L.78), by which it urged Member States and relevant actors to accelerate and scale up efforts to implement the Global Plan, making road safety a political priority and ensuring its relevance in the broader sustainable development agenda.

The United Nations’ Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (GRVA) has adopted the new regulation for Acceleration Control for Pedal Error (ACPE), and regulatory provisions for the introduction of a new generation of braking systems for electric vehicles. The new UN regulation is expected to significantly improve road safety, while the regulatory provisions for the new braking systems in electric vehicles aim at improving energy efficiency.

RoadPeace, the UK’s national charity for road crash victims, has issued an open letter to the UK’s new Labour government, led by new Prime Minster Sir Keir Starmer, urging it to introduce a Graduated Driving Licensing (GDL) system in the country, claiming it would drastically reduce road crashes involving young and inexperienced drivers.

The letter, which has been signed by more than 1,900 people in just two weeks, was sent to all political parties ahead of the General Election, which the center-left Labour party won in a landslide, calling for the new law to be introduced within the first 100 days of the next Parliament.

The Austrian government has presented an amendment to road traffic regulations intended to make it easier for municipalities and cities to implement 30 km/h speed limits.  The amendments also enable municipalities and cities to carry out traffic controls, but only if the respective federal state explicitly transfers this right to the municipality or city.