On 23 July 2018, the Automobile Association Vietnam (AAV), with support from the Hanoi Traffic Safety Committee and student road safety ambassadors, organized a training session for 200 students at Thuy Loi University as part of the #3500LIVES campaign. The training session covered topics such as safe motorcycle driving skills, the dangers of using a
AIP Foundation Thailand attended the second meeting of the Ministry of Transport’s task force on motorcycle-related crashes at the Ministry of Transport, Bangkok. At the meeting, Oratai Junsuwanaruk of AIP Foundation was asked to share the organization’s expectations and discuss relevant AIP Foundation programs on two- and three-wheeler safety, including Safety Delivered and the Legal Development
More than 250 students, parents, and teachers from 11 program schools in the Singhanakhon and Muang districts of Songkhla province gathered today to celebrate the launch of Phase III of the Street Wise road safety program, a collaboration between AIP Foundation and Chevron Thailand. The latest stage of Street Wise is expanding to Tesaban Muang Singhanakhon 1 Primary School, the
This past month we launched the Safety Delivered community outreach campaign in Cambodia in which 80 Tuk Tuks across Phnom Penh will display banners featuring anti-distracted driving imagery and messages for the next three months. This campaign is focused on promoting safer driving practices amongst young drivers. Safety Delivered is a two-year program being implemented in Cambodia, Myanmar,
After successfully reaching over half a million undergraduate students through our first distracted driving public awareness video ‘The Science of Crazy,’ the next phase of the project is delivering our message to a younger demographic (15 – 17 year-olds) in order to raise awareness and inspire them to action. Based on real-life stories, ‘Final Moments’ is a viral video
Every day, 3,500 people are killed on the world’s roads. Young people are particularly affected as road crashes are the number one cause of death of 15 to 29 year olds. To combat this alarming trend, we have partnered with the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) and the FIA Foundation to support their #3500LIVES campaign
Throughout May and June, 60 youth road safety ambassadors from our Safety Delivered program visited businesses, households, and schools across four districts of Phnom Penh to educate residents on the dangers of using a mobile phone while driving. The students distributed educational pamphlets to the community members, put up banners, and answered questions on distracted driving during the meetings. Other
The darker side of the popular emoji icon was revealed to audiences across Vietnam in a newly launched distracted driving campaign targeted at 15 to 29-year-olds. The campaign’s slogan is “Leave your phone alone or you could be next!” and features a sinister, evil emoji character as its key visual. The two associated TV commercials
Today, AIP Foundation convened a forum between youth road safety ambassadors from the Safety Delivered program, local youth groups, and government and non-government stakeholders to discuss the issue of distracted driving and mobile phone use while driving in Cambodia. The convening also served as an opportunity for the youth ambassadors to present a Distracted Driving
Our Safety Delivered program kicked off implementation in Myanmar with a range of activities, including helmet fittings, stakeholder trainings, and baseline knowledge tests with students from the four program schools. AIP Foundation staff conducted trainings for the two volunteers from the Myanmar Engineering Society of Mandalay, our partner organization in the area. We also visited the four program