For more than eight years, Road Safety Russia has been developing and implementing federal projects on road safety improvement and raising awareness on road safety topics. With 15 All-Russian communication campaigns already realized, it is safe to say that Russian mentality is one of the most influential factors of road safety education.

Road Safety Russia shows that road safety education can only be possible with a continuous approach, with educational programs accompanying road...

Ford Defensive Driving Academy by Ford Sollers and Road Safety Russia came to Russia within a global social project Ford Driving Skills for Life. Young drivers in Voronezh, Krasnodar, Volgograd, and Astrakhan will have the opportunity to participate in free trainings on defensive driving in April-May of 2016. The program specifically targets most common mistakes made by young drivers, which is why such trainings aim to engage drivers with less than three years of driving...

In Yaroslavl, President Vladimir Putin presided over a State Council meeting on road safety in the Russian Federation. Federal authorities’ representatives, high-level regional officials participated in the event.

Opening the meeting, Vladimir Putin noted that the topic of road safety was discussed in detail during a State Council meeting yet in 2005 - about eleven years ago. This discussion resulted in important legislative amendments, as well as changes in traffic rules and,...

Jawsy video is a centerpiece of a new large-scale social campaign by the State Road Traffic Inspectorate at the Russian Ministry of Interior, the Russian Association of Motor Insurers (RAMI), and Road Safety Russia. The campaign aims to attract the attention of drivers to the topic of keeping a safe following distance, and to improve road safety culture among all road users.

For more than eight years, the State Road Traffic Inspectorate at the Russian Ministry...

Any vehicle is potentially dangerous for drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. Twenty percent of Russian citizens have relatives or friends that received injuries in road accidents, eight percent have lost their relatives to road accidents. However, cars are not responsible for that statistics; it is people that operate them, that have the biggest influence, as human error is the main cause of most road accidents.

Over the last eight years, Road Safety Russian and The All-Russian...

Getting in the car when you're angry, or suffering from road rage could be putting your life at risk, according to new research.   

The biggest study of its kind found that 'emotional drivers' - those who were clearly angry, sad or agitated - were around five times as likely to crash as those who were chatting on their mobile.

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On the Arrive Alive website we share advice on safe driving techniques for a variety of different driving conditions 24/7. Even though many of these suggestions may be applicable irrespective of the road surface or time of day, we would like to discuss why special caution is required when driving long distances.

Most international road safety authorities advise that drivers take a break from driving after 2 hours / 200km. It would be fair to...

Senior officers of the Russian State Road Traffic Inspectorate, representatives of public authorities, journalists and public activists have discussed topical questions of road safety informational support and the formation of responsible road behavior.

The discussion was held in the Administration Hall of the Vladimir region, with participation of the Head of the Russian State Road Traffic Inspectorate Victor Nilov, the Governor of the Vladimir region Svetlana Orlova, Road...