In this section you will find opinion pieces on road safety issues and current issues. The association is composed of people affected by road crashes, as well as professionals from different areas related to road safety and assistance to victims, which allows us to combine an objective and subjective view, helping us to create debate in society so that the road safety issue is alive.


Reflect on the subject, create opinion, debate is the way to change, to broaden concepts, to become aware.


We have managed to change the concept of “accident” as a fortuitous and inevitable event, by the concept of “crash” implicit in the idea of causality. If we know what causes the so-called “traffic accidents”, we can influence and work on them to avoid the pain that entails for so many families

VI UN Week for Road Safety

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P(A)T joined the 6th UN Week for Road Safety from May 16 to 23, developing a manifesto jointly with a pedestrian organization (Catalunya Camina) and with an organization of road education professionals (ADEVIC ) in which we explain the benefits…

Deaths during the pandemic

It is strange - or normal - that there has been no continuing commentary on the number of deaths from the COVID-19 (or is it now COVID-21?) pandemic. It seems that our leaders are tired, once again, of talking about, consoling, giving hope and…

Second Decade of Action for Road Safety

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Resolution A/RES/74/299 on Improving Global Road Safety was based on the Stockholm Declaration agreed at the Third Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in February 2020. It sets a new goal for Road Safety for next 10 years and proclaims…

Improvements in Road Safety and sustainability in Barcelona

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During the month of August we have seen new performances in the streets of Barcelona. An extension of the space for pedestrians and cyclists – extension that also affects Personal Mobility vehicles. We are in a serious climate emergency situation…

What price do you put on life?

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It will not be compulsory to attend face-to-face classes before the theoretical exam to obtain a driving license. The General Director of Traffic Mr. Pere Navarro, in his appearance at the Road Safety Commission of Congress, explained that all…

More than ever we are aware of the fragility of life

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Prevention and precaution are our best allies. Also on the road?? The coronavirus crisis has given us back that powerful feeling of vulnerability and vulnerability that characterizes existence on this planet. Hopefully that has led us to…
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Phase X, now what?

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There is a rush to move towards normality as quickly as possible. We do not ask ourselves first: What normality do we want? It is not necessary, in our anxiety to normalize, it only fits in the brain to go back to what was before. There is no…

Alternatives to the private vehicle in the de-escalation

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We have heard a thousand recommendations regarding the coronavirus in recent months. Among them, sanitary distances, staying at home, not touching, washing hands with various products, etc. We have also heard that the products purchased by…
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The road accidents in the political debate

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The president of the community of Madrid has introduced mobility accidents in the political debate with the statement: "Every day there are outrages and that is not why you ban cars". The debate is always positive and we thus have the opportunity…

During the health emergency of #COVID19 there are still traffic accidents #StayHome

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We are experiencing a situation that we would never have imagined and that is causing hospitals and health services to be on the verge of collapse due to those affected by coronavirus. Most of the technical and human resources available are…

And after that?

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In these times of confinement we have had time to reflect on what we had, what we lost and what we will have when this is over and the conclusions lead us to suggest that it may be time to start changing our attitude towards life. We live…

THOUGHTS ON RETURNING TO ACTIVITY AFTER THE PANDEMIC

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As of yesterday, the DGT publishes that 240 people have died in mobility so far in 2020 compared to 303 last year. Statistically it is a significant change. It is clear that there has been a variation in the figures. There are fewer deaths in…