Multi-national awareness campaign for the safe use of level crossings.
Brussels, June 22 .- The European Commission, the European Council Transportation Safety European railway and several organizations have launched a campaign today to encourage the proper use of level crossings and avoid accidents.
This type of mishaps represents 2% of annual deaths in the community roads and one third of all deaths in train accidents, according to data from the, Star Wars: the old Republic Credits, EC.
The figures show that this is a question of awareness and education, and "human and economic cost is very high," said Enrico Grillo Pasquarelli, Head of Railway Transport of the EC, at a press conference.
"We can all contribute to level crossings safer. If everyone respected the traffic rules, it could avoid a high, darkfall gold, number of accidents" Herman de Croo feature, director of the European Council of Transport Security (ETSC) Grillo feature today, when it celebrates the International Day of Awareness of the level crossings, in the bell of the previous edition was attended by 27 countries and this year the figure rises to 45 states on five continents.
Despite, ffxiv gil, all measures taken to indicate the presence of level crossings and make them safe, every year accidents continue to occur, because the most commonly used or familiarity means that users are less careful and be reckless.
Last year, 16 people died in Spain in the 15 accidents occurred at railroad crossings, as contained in the report presented today at the European Commission for the International Day of Awareness of level crossings.
Although countries are investing heavily in removing level crossings, there are still hundreds of thousands across the world and has enormous costs to remove them.
"In the midst of crises have continued to reduce the level crossings," according to has told the Spanish Socialist MEP Ines Ayala, a member of the Transport Committee of Parliament.
Ayala has been argued that in the past year were removed at 93 steps, namely ADIF were 86 and 7 narrow gauge.
This has met and exceeded the target set in 2005 to eliminate by 2009 a total of 731 level crossings in this period and 867 missing, according to Ayala.
Education remains key to reducing accidents at level crossings, explains general manager of the railway infrastructure management-Belgium-Infrabel, Luc Vansteenkiste.
"Since the moment you hear the train and overwhelms you is not more than three seconds, crossing a level crossing when it is closed" is putting our lives on roads ", I emphasize Vansteenkiste.