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7. Encourage government officials to set an example by driving vehicles complying with the
highest safety standards.
Pillar 4: Safer road users is aimed at developing and launching programmes for improving road
user behaviour and lists the following eight core activities:
1. Increasing the awareness of road safety risk factors and preventative measures and
implementing social marketing campaigns to change attitudes and opinions.
2. Set speed limits based on evidence based standards and rules and increase compliance with
speed limits to reduce speed related crashes and injuries.
3. Set and seek compliance with drink-driving laws and standards and rules to reduce alcohol
related crashes and injuries.
4. As in 2 and 3 but aimed at the wearing of motorcycle helmets.
5. As in 2, 3 and 4 but aimed at the wearing of seat belts and use of child restraints.
6. As in 2, 3, 4 and 5 but aimed at improving operations of commercial and passenger road
transport operators and vehicle fleet operators (concept of safety culture).
7. Research and development of policies to reduce work related traffic injuries in the public,
private and informal sectors.
8. Promoting the establishment of graduated driver licensing systems.
The final pillar, Pillar 5: Post-crash response deals with improving post-crash emergency
response and treatment and has seven core activities, namely:
1. Developing pre-hospital care systems incorporating post-crash extraction care, emergency
call numbers and good practice guidelines.
2. Develop hospital trauma crash care systems and evaluate care quality.
3. Develop and provide early post-crash rehabilitation care and support to traffic crash victims.
4. Encouraging the establishment of appropriate road user insurance schemes to finance post-
crash and rehabilitation costs of crash victims.
5. Encourage crash investigation to support the legal settlement process following crashes and
to ensure equitable distribution of costs.
6. Provide incentives and stimulants to help disabled traffic victims gain appropriate
employment.
7. Encourage research and development into the improvement of post-crash response and care.