Syria Shell for oil development organized Road Safety Campaign and the importance of adhere it to cut down accidents Presented by Basil Shaaban – Formula 3 Euro Series driver & UN World Youth Ambassador for Road Safety At the Arabic Culture Center – Kafar Souseh.

Shaaban give a presentation about Road Safety and the importance of stick to it to have safe driving free of accidents and damages.. and about the most famous accidents in Arab states reviewing UN and WHO statistics about accidents and numbers of deaths and causalities in the whole world.

General Mohammed Yuness Ammar Traffic Administration Director said that the traffic accidents’ causalities and deaths were decreased by 10 % after the new traffic Law compared with the same period of 2008.
He added that violation of the law was highly decreased indicating to the importance of spreading awareness about the road safety by investing the media to change the social behavior.;

representatives from Interior and transportations ministries and managers of oil companies and NGOs and students participated in symposium as well as the Syrian Cars Club and local press.

The Middle East has the world’s highest per-capita road fatality rate between 15-29 years of age, and it is this age group that a professional Arab formula driver like Basil can influence the most. In conjunction with his on-circuit professionalism and sense of responsibility, where safety standards, procedures and technologies play a critical role, Basil aims to promote a more sophisticated level of safety awareness and implementation on the Middle East’s public roads.

“Shell have a commitment of ‘no harm to people’ and if we are to make this a reality in our operations, we must manage safety as a critical business activity and not compromise it under any circumstances. Safety is not just a priority.”

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