Luchemos por la Vida's activities for the 2nd UN Global Road Safety Week
2nd UN Global Road Safety Week
May, 6-12, 2013
Luchemos por la Vida joined the campaign
"The Long Short Walk"
for pedestrians' safety
Luchemos por la Vida carried out different activities during the 2nd UN Global Road Safety Week, aimed at promoting pedestrians' safety. The Association invited the community to be part of a mobilization for this cause by creating a national network for pedestrians’ life. For this, we informed to different institutions (schools, NGOs), groups interested in the issue, etc. about the initiative in order to organize "The Long Short Walk" .
With great sadness we learn of the death of Rune Andréasson on January 4, 2013, in Halmstad, Sweden, just short of his 93rd birthday. Rune Andréasson made extraordinary contributions to traffic medicine. In addition to many important scientific papers in English and in Swedish, he authored two major books. First, Widmark's Micromethod and Swedish Legislation on Alcohol and Traffic (1986), which traces the development from 1922 of a chemical technique to measure the amount of alcohol in blood samples. This played a crucial role in the evolution of per se legislation in Sweden, inspiring comparable legislation in many other countries. Second, The Seat Belt:Swedish Research and Development for Global Automotive Safety (with C-G Bäckström, 2000). This book documents that the three point safety belt was first patented and developed in the USA, but first installed in vehicles in Sweden.