OBIETTIVO 2010, UN TRAGUARDO PER LA VITA

“Road safety is a world-wide emergency, confirms Franco Lucchesi, ACI President. Every year, on the roads, there are more than 1,2 million victims of roads accidents and more that 50 million people are injured. An unacceptable amount, morally and economically speaking. Everyone is aware that it’s not a question of fate because the major of these accidents could and should be avoided.
It is necessary to act as soon as possible, organizing a global world wide policy and to investing in teaching road safety. Otherwise the problem will grow out of control, and will reach unbearable level in cost, both economically but also socially.
Lucchesi goes on to say that ACI wants to put all its energy and its resources into a really new initiative, making aware all the local and provincial ACI Clubs and their associates and get the help of all the political parties, government institutions, non-profit organization, the media, opinion makers and the general public, in a beg to stop road accidents.
For this reason ACI has made a petition on his web site in order to pressurize the Italian government and the G8 in adopting concrete policies, in order to rise investment for road safety all over the world.
The petition is part of a four years project called “Obiettivo 2010, un traguardo per la vita” (Target 2010: a life goal) supported by ACI and by other enterprises, associations and voluntary organizations. This project focuses on a policy to invest in road safety in order to lessen the number of victims before 2010, following the instruction of the European Union.

Franco Lucchesi
Automobile Club Italia President