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• Special classes will teach nursery and primary school children how to keep safe on the roads 02 April 2014 Staff from the General Department of Road Traffic Safety of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, together with experts from NGO Road Safety Russia, are to hold special road safety lessons for children in 250 nursery schools and 300 primary schools. These extracurricular lessons will be part of the “Brake in Advance!” public awareness campaign, which is being run by the General Department of Road Traffic Safety and the Russian Association of Motor Insurers (RAMI). The safety lessons will be held in the ten regions where the main campaign events are taking place: Perm Krai, the Chuvash Republic, St. Petersburg, and the... Read more

• Chuvash drivers first to be trained in the “Art of Braking” 27 March 2014 Training courses in the “Art of Braking” have begun in Russian regions. The training is the central event of the “Brake in Advance!” public awareness campaign. This is an initiative of the General Department of Road Traffic Safety of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Russian Association of Motor Insurers, with information support provided by NGO Road Safety Russia. The first training course was held in the Chuvash Republic. Under the guidance of professional instructors, more than 200 drivers from Cheboksary, the region’s capital, learnt how to brake correctly. At the end of the training, a press... Read more

• Training in the “Art of Braking” will show drivers that they must brake in advance of pedestrian crossings 21 March 2014 Driving school instructors and drivers are to be trained in the “Art of Braking”. These special lessons, designed to improve attitudes and behaviour on the roads, will be the central event of the “Brake in Advance!” campaign. The campaign is an initiative of the General Department of Road Traffic Safety of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Russian Association of Motor Insurers, with information support provided by NGO Road Safety Russia. The training will take place over three days. The courses are open to anyone with a driving licence, and applications may be submitted via the Road Safety Russia... Read more

• “Brake in Advance!” campaign to teach students road safety 19 March 2014 As part of the “Brake in Advance!” campaign, events are being held in universities in the capital of Chuvashia. The drivers among the students are being told how important it is to brake in advance of pedestrian crossings, while the message for pedestrians is that they should be visible and observe the rules when crossing roads. The “Brake in Advance!” campaign is an initiative of the General Department of Road Traffic Safety of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Russian Association of Motor Insurers, with information support provided by NGO Road Safety Russia. Foreign studies show that safe driving... Read more

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