ROADPOL Newsletter July 2021

Welcome To            

The July 2021  

ROADPOL Newsletter

 

Dear all,

 

with global pandemic seemingly ready to give us a break and summer season on full throttle we at ROADPOL keep on addressing the risks and dangers of road traffic.

 

In this edition.... Find out more about two of ROADPOL's most hopeful partnerships with the private sector aimed at increasing road safety. One of them is dedicated to enhancing police forces capability of detecting intoxicated drivers and another is focused on eliminating the risk of tire punctures and blowouts on the road which bring considerable risk of fatal crashes.

 

Check out how another one of our partners from the NGO sector is helping out police with handling the challenges of the advanced digital speedometers in patrol vehicles.

 

Аlso read some insights on the current ROADPOL Safe Holiday Operation aimed at road travel during the high touristic season.

 

Stay alive and save lives!

 

Yours Sincerely,

Heinz Albert Stumpen

ROADPOL General Secretary

 

Drugged driving is proliferating fast and is quickly closing in on alcohol-related offences, latest ROADPOL pan-European Alcohol and Drugs Operation results show.

During the 24-hour Alcohol & Drugs Marathon carried out in June 3.304 drivers were found under the influence of alcohol and 2.107 under the influence of drugs. This way the drugged drivers account to more than 35% of the total number of drivers under the influence of dangerous substances. In the same time different surveys reveal that during the pandemic lockdowns, weed and alcohol consumption increased for most of the users around the world. “Because of the pandemic, more people are driving stoned and drunk, and the risk grows up, that their wrong behaviour ends up in a tragedy”, commented Wilfried Sooth, director of Securetec, a Bavarian-based company, producing the DrugWipe® rapid drug tests, which partners ROADPOL in its fight against intoxicated driving.

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ROADPOL And Michelin To Cooperate

On A Revolutionary Airless Tire

 

ROADPOL and its long-established partner Michelin will collaborate on the development and testing of a revolutionary airless tire.

The new technology is branded UPTIS for Unique Puncture-proof TIre System and is believed to be completely impervious to flats and blowouts. The concept is to be presented at the upcoming ROADPOL Seminar. ROAPDOL and Michelin are also exploring opportunities of ROADPOL member police forces fitting the UPTIS tire on patrol fleet for testing the new product in real-life conditions. Read more

 

300 Vacation Vehicles Checked During A

Safe Holiday Event

 

300 vacation vehicles were checked for a day of inspections by Brandenburg Police as part of ROADPOL's pan-European Safe Holiday operation.

It involved forces from the police departments in Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Prignitz and Oberhavel with 33 officers charged with the inspections. Read more

ROADPOL Partner RSS

Calibrating Police Speedometers

 

The Road Safety Support (RSS), staunch ROADPOL partner and supporter of ROADPOL Safety Days, has helped police with calibrating patrol cars digital speedometers.

This was achieved by the unique RSS International Speed Test Laboratory, which has so far calibrated no less than 30 digital speedometers for a number of police forces. Read more

 

 

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