Hi,

(The following is a response to a message sent to the New Mobility and Sustran lists... )

Saving one life is a good thing. Saving many is great.

But I am quite dismayed that the sponsors (Besides FIA, also Michelin, BP and the Danish govt. among others) seem to be primarily interested in creating and preserving current and future motorists and motorization, rather than creating mobility options.

Is Michael Schumacher going to promote BRT, cycling.... going slow? Of course not. He is going to say that if you were only like him, skilled and helmeted, the future is bright.

We shouldn't fall for it not should we accept the growing private motorisation of the developing world. Our friends in many fine organisations are promoting alternatives which save lives AND the environment and do lots of other positive things. I don't think that New Mobility or doing mobility differently is a luxury for anyone.

See related links:

<http://www.wear-a-helmet.com/?cat=45>
<http://www.wear-a-helmet.com/>
<http://www.asiainjury.org/index.php?m=pro>
<http://www.fiafoundation.org/news/archive/2008/Pages/PartnershipwithAIPFoundationcombatsSEAsiaroaddeaths.aspx>

- T

Faizan Jawed wrote:

http://www.bbcworldnews.com/Pages/ProgrammeFeature.aspx?id=43&FeatureId=1110

Dying to go to School

Dying to go to School Film star Michelle Yeoh travels the world to meet young victims, bereaved mothers and surgeons, to ask why there must be increasing young deaths from traffic. Michelle Yeoh... “I think if you look around, this is a community where their homes and their schools are over the other side. A high speed road, cars not stopping, not slowing down. Nothing to tell them and to stop them. And these kids, if you look at them they are going to cross this heavy junction, looking from right, left, behind, with nothing to help them. And they do this every morning. Somewhere around the world at this moment sadly there is a child hurt or killed – just because they are going to school. For God’s sake, we have to stop this.” Dying to go to School In recent years Michelle Yeoh has emerged as one of the most highly regarded film actresses in the world. Her international recognition has come from films like, ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’, the multi award winning ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ and the James Bond film ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’. Better known for her action roles, motorcycle stunts and speeding car chases, it's a dramatic turn around to accept the role of road safety global ambassador. Featuring Michael Palin and Michael Schumacher, 'Dying to go to School' travels from Cape Town to Costa Rica, via India, in an effort to understand how more than 11 million lives have been lost on the roads since the year 2000, and why numbers are dramatically climbing.

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