Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety
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The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) is a United Kingdom Parliament Associate Parliamentary Group which exists "to promote human life through the promotion of transport safety for the public benefit".
According to PACTS, the organisation's principal activities are:
PACTS has an orthodox view of traffic safety, supporting measures to reduce speeding, mobile phone use, drug and drink impairment; it supports measures to target inexperienced drivers via training and enforcement.
which is calling on the UK government to make safe road design a national transport priority.
According to PACTS, the organisation's principal activities are:
- providing an independent technical advisory service for Parliamentarians on a wide range of transport safety matters.
- lobbying and persuading, identifying and promoting research-based solutions to transport safety issues through Parliamentary access and contacts.
- promoting wider publicity and information on safety through conferences, seminars etc.
- responding to Government, Parliamentary and public proposals for safety improvements.
PACTS has an orthodox view of traffic safety, supporting measures to reduce speeding, mobile phone use, drug and drink impairment; it supports measures to target inexperienced drivers via training and enforcement.
Campaign for Safe Road Design
In July 2008 PACTS became a partner in the Campaign for Safe Road DesignCampaign for Safe Road Design
The Campaign for Safe Road Design is a partnership between 13 UK major road safety stakeholders that is calling for the UK Government to invest in a safe road infrastructure which in their view could cut deaths on British roads by 33%.-Aims:...
which is calling on the UK government to make safe road design a national transport priority.
See also
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- Road safety
- Campaign for Safe Road DesignCampaign for Safe Road DesignThe Campaign for Safe Road Design is a partnership between 13 UK major road safety stakeholders that is calling for the UK Government to invest in a safe road infrastructure which in their view could cut deaths on British roads by 33%.-Aims:...
- Embrace LifeEmbrace LifeEmbrace Life is an award winning short British public information film made for the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership about the importance of wearing seat belts...