UNECE Seminar on Aggressive
Driving, 5 April 2004
An international Seminar on Aggressive
Driving will be held in the Palais des
Nations in Geneva on 5 April 2004 to launch
the Fourth Road Safety Week in the UNECE
Region (Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia,
and North America).
The aim of the Seminar,
organized by the UNECE Transport Division,
is to explore the phenomenon of aggressive
driving and to discuss ways of curbing
it.
“Road accidents
still cause over 120,000 fatalities and
2.4 million injuries every year in the
UNECE region. It is not known how many
of them are due to aggressive driving,
but it is probably a significant proportion”,
says José Capel Ferrer, Director,
UNECE Transport Division.
Nowadays, aggressive
driving is all too common on our roads.
We may all have been victims of it and
most of us may also drive aggressively
from time to time although we may not
even realize it. Aggressive driving includes
such behaviour as speeding and non-respect
for traffic lights and other traffic rules,
but also includes driving too close to
the preceding vehicle intimidating its
driver and forcing him or her to go faster
or to get out of the way, aggressive flashing
of headlights and even double parking.
It is not the same as road rage although
it may lead to road rage.
The Seminar will consist
of two parts. Part 1 will examine the
causes, effects and consequences of aggressive
driving and will feature presentations
by psychology professors specializing
in this field as well as by representatives
of road accident victims organizations.
Part 2 of the Seminar will look at various
ways of combating aggressive driving with
presentations on communicating with the
public, education, punishments and reducing
aggressive driving by improving traffic
management. The Seminar will also feature
a round-table discussion among the numerous
non-governmental organizations involved
in road safety.
Admission to the Seminar
is free of charge and there is no limit
on participation. However, participants
are required to register preferably before
31 March 2004. Information on the Seminar
can be found at the following Internet
site:
For further information, please contact:
José Capel Ferrer, Director,
Marie-Noelle Poirier or Christopher
Smith
Transport Division
United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe (UNECE)
Palais des Nations
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0) 22 917 24 00, 917
32 59 or 917 32 98
Fax: +41 (0) 22 917 00 39
E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected] - [email protected]
Ref. ECE/TRANS/04/P02