Michelle Yeoh has not lost anyone close to her in a road accident, but she has taken it to her heart to raise awareness on road safety. The cause is so dear to her that the Hollywood actress now champions it out of her own free will and without any money involved.

The Safe Steps Road Safety campaign ambassador said she was in Vietnam with her fiancé Datuk Seri Jean Todt to make a public safety announcement on wearing helmets when she saw motorcycles used as “little cars”. “I think the highest number of people I saw was two parents and four kids on a motorcycle,” said Yeoh at the launch of the road safety campaign here yesterday.

While preparing for the Vietnam event, Yeoh said she was horrified to find out that 1.3 million people died yearly in road accidents worldwide. Statistics also show that 50 million people were injured on the roads every year and 500 children died every day globally just trying to get to school.

Source: The Star Online