The provision of first aid will make part of the content taught in the lessons to take the driving licence. This is one of the 106 measures included in the new National Strategic Plan for Road Safety (PENSE2020), which is in public consultation until the 8th January. In the analysis of the document, several industry associations criticise the fact that the plan did not determine any date for completion of the initiatives, not to mention that financial resources will be allocated to its completion.
Another measure is the incentive for placement in the cars that are already part of the car park of the new system eCall, a device that automatically issues an alert to the emergency services in the event of a road accident, with the information of the coordinates of the location where the car. From April 2018 all new cars sold in the European Union will be required to have the appropriate, which will work through the 112. The aim is to enable a quicker service to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries.
THE PENSE2020 also proposes the study of the introduction of devices inhibitors of driving, also known as alcohol locks, which require the driver to measure the rate of alcohol in the blood before the start of the march. If the result is higher than admitted by law (in Portugal, a rate equal to or higher than 0,5 gr/l), the mechanism will lock the car, preventing the driver from starting the trip. This type of instrument is already applied in some countries, such as Sweden, in rehabilitation programs for drivers caught driving with alcohol and certain types of transport.
The introduction of training mandatory for those who revalidate the letter to 65 years is another of the initiatives of the plan, an integrated action Programme Follow-up of Aging of the Conductors. Another, the responsibility of the Directorate-General of Health, is to raise awareness of drivers of elderly people by health professionals, to the problems related to age, diseases, medicines and their potential effects on driving.
A measure that will be studied is the requirement for those taking the bicycle be required to wear a helmet. Admits to still analyse the possibility to regulate the detection of mobile phone use by drivers involved in accidents, which is possible to do through a device that analyzes the mobile equipment, indicating when it was used. The Ministry of Internal affairs also intends to move forward with audits of the projects related to new roads and inspections to the state of the existing roads. The PENSE2020 it is the responsibility of the National Authority for Road Safety (ANSR), which had the scientific collaboration of the ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon.
the president of The Association of Citizens, Self-Mobilized (ACA-M), Manuel João Ramos, considers this plan a "letter of intent" and criticizing the fact that not even provides funds for its implementation. About the content of the document praises the fact that tie in with the Decade of Action for Road Safety, developed by the World Health Organization, but regrets that leave many key issues out of it. Highlights the lack of measures in the area of Education that promote safe behaviour on the roads. "It was approved in 2012, a reference to citizenship Education road in basic education, but the Ministry of Education ended with the chair of Education for Citizenship and no longer be the place to address this matter.”
the president of The Association for the Promotion of a Culture of Road Safety–GARE, Adérito Araújo, agrees. "Education can’t think that you have some teachers who, by their initiative, they speak of these aspects. We need to make these subjects compulsory subject," he argues. On the basis of this failure, Adérito Araújo considers that it is a structural problem: the fact that the ANSR to be in the tutelage of the MAI and not to have intervention capacity in ministries such as Education, Health or Justice.
The director-general of Road safety the Portuguese, Alain, Sandy, considers that the plan has important initiatives, but have questions, like the other leaders, they reach the ground. Stands out as one of the gaps most relevant to the fact of not moving, in the teaching of driving, either in the form as gives the training, either in the way they are thought of the exams.
do you Agree with the introduction of first aid in the plan of training of candidates for drivers and with the introduction of alcohol locks for repeat offenders driving under the influence of alcohol, but doubts that the Government can encourage the placement of the appropriate in used vehicles. He criticizes, however, the introduction of training mandatory for those who revalidate the licence to the age of 65 years. "I see no justification, statistical or scientific for this measure. This age group is not involved in more accidents than the other and has a higher mortality rate, but due to health problems that presents," argues Alain Sand.
Manuel João Ramos regrets that Portugal continue without carrying out audits of the projects related to new roads and inspections to the state of the existing paths, and hopes that these measures will be realised in the future. "A road may not open to the public without having the guarantee that will not contribute to deaths or potentiate accidents," says the president of ACA-M, who suspects that if there were inspections serious the many roads they would be forced to close. In this aspect, Alain, Sandy highlights a novelty of the PENSE2020 brings. "Currently there are standards for projects of urban roads/municipal, but are not mandatory. The idea is to compel the authorities to comply with these technical requirements", concludes.
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