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The Automobile Association of Zimbabwe (AAZ), in partnership with the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ), has embarked on a Road Safety Education project at schools in a number different provinces of Zimbabwe to address the need for safer roads in the country

Germany’s biggest auto club, Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobile-Club (ADAC) and Romanian club Automobil Clubul Roman (ACR) were awarded a subsidy through the 2014 FIA Capacity Building Grant Programme, which they used to translate, promote and implement “Rescue Sheets” in Romania.

What about connected drivers? In 2015, a study focusing on the evaluation of how the use of smart glasses for navigation would affect driver behavior compared to the use of a satellite navigation device or high quality verbal instruction got funded through the FIA Road Safety Grant Programme. The project was developed by the RAC Foundation in cooperation with experts of the Human factors and Simulation Group at the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL).

Croatian auto club Hrvatski autoklub’s (HAK) “5 for kids”, which was awarded a subsidy through the FIA Road Safety Grant Programme for 2015, is a combination of HAK’s five projects for spring 2015: #SaveKidsLives, Think Bike, Sigurno u prometu (“Safe in traffic”) - FIA ETEC pre-contest, school traffic units contest and Zagreb Energy Week. The initiative took place in May 2015.

The first interactive session briefed ASNs on the benefits of making joint applications for grant aid.

Recent research from the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) – an FIA member and Grant Programme recipient – shows the dangers of texting while walking or cycling.

From 4–10 May 2015, the third UN Global Road Safety week is set to take place. This year’s focus will be on children and the daily road safety dangers they face in many parts of the world.

Through its Road Safety Grant Programme, the FIA has funded a number of road safety initiatives launched by the FIA's clubs around the world. Here, you will find some photos from club projects carried out in 2014.

American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association (ADTSEA) awarded grant for programme that reaches driver education instructors.

The Motor Sports Association (MSA) UK, a member of the FIA, has launched the 2015 MSA/FIA Action for Road Safety Film Studies Competition, supported by the FIA Road Safety Grant Programme. Young Britons aged 16 to 24 are invited to submit short films highlighting one of the FIA’s 10 Golden Rules for Safer Motoring.