Second Training for Motorcycle Instructors Took Place in Argentina On November 12th and 13th, the Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation held a second training in Argentina aimed at employees from motorcycle licensing centers.
FISEVI Save the Date – Colombia 2020 The 4th International Forum on Child Transit Safety (FISEVI, according to its initials in Spanish) will take place on June 9th and 10th, 2020 in Colombia. Developed by the Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation in partnership with the Colombian National Transit Safety Agency, FISEVI is an initiative supporting dialogue between key stakeholders in issues of traffic safety including governments, international organizations, civil and transit engineers, health workers, bus and truck drivers, and private institutions, among others.
Chile: a success story In accordance with its mission to eliminate traffic collision casualties in Latin America, and with special attention to child traffic safety, the Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation started to prepare a plan of action in Chile in 2012. In conjunction with the National Commission on Transit Safety (CONASET according to its initials in Spanish), they held meetings to outline a strategy focused on child traffic safety in Chile that included a training of traffic police about the importance of the use of Child Restraint Systems ((CRS) more commonly known as car seats). They also planned three Car Seat Checkpoints in different shopping centers in Santiago where Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation technicians and traffic police offered practical advice about safe child transport to those who visited the Checkpoints.
Safe School Environments Program The program Latin American Safe Children in Transit is an important part of the Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation’s work that concentrates on protecting children en route to school. The program addresses the issue of traffic safety for youth in many different ways including legislation and enforcement, education in schools, prevention, policies emphasizing safe vehicles and safe vehicle usage, and safe infrastructure. A key part of this larger program is the Safe School Environment program.
Developing road safety knowledge Over the past few months, the Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation has continued to work to improve road safety, bringing together global experts and Uruguayan professionals to share best practices and bring knowledge to the country.
Use of CRS in Montevideo At a conference organized by the Gonzalo Rodríguez Foundation and the Montevideo City Hall, the figures of the Second Observational Study on the Use of Child Restraint Systems (SRI) in private vehicles in Montevideo were presented.
Training for journalists Last Thursday, October 10th, the Gonzalo Rodríguez Foundation, with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank, held a training workshop for journalists on Road Safety.
Government of Montevideo intensifies the enforcement of car seat use Starting November 1st, the local government of Montevideo will begin the enforcement of the use of Child Restraint Systems (more commonly known as car seats), thereby bringing to fruition one of the Gonzalo Rodriguez’s primary policy recommendations.
Toyota pays homage to Gonzalo Rodriguez On October 6th, 2019, in the Autodrome in Pinar, Toyota hosted an event paying homage to Gonzalo ‘Gonchi’ Rodriguez for the 20th anniversary of his passing.
Training with international experts in traffic safety In an event organized by the Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation, policymakers received training from Director General Jacobo Díaz Pineda and Deputy Technical Director Elena de la Peña of the Spanish Highway Association.
Course for instructors works towards safe motorcycle use in Argentina On September 17 and 18, 2019, a course directed towards driving instructors in Northeast Argentina regarding motorcycle safety took place in San Salvador of Jujuy.
Peñarol pays homage to Gonzalo Rodriguez On the first day of the Uruguayan Soccer Federation’s ‘Clausura’ Championship, the Peñarol Athletic Club paid homage to Gonzalo “Gonchi†Rodriguez.
