{"id":9802,"date":"2020-06-11T19:05:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T19:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=9802"},"modified":"2020-06-11T19:05:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T19:05:06","slug":"grsp-calls-for-ongoing-road-safety-investment-in-post-covid-19-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/grsp-calls-for-ongoing-road-safety-investment-in-post-covid-19-world\/","title":{"rendered":"GRSP calls for ongoing road safety investment in post COVID-19 world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Cliff, CEO of the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) has issued a statement outlining the critical case for ongoing road safety investment following the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>In the statement Cliff highlights the potential new threats that may emerge in the post COVID-19 world, including greater pressure and risk on the world\u2019s roads. The threats highlighted include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Driver distraction may increase as populations suffer from the potential mental health consequences of job losses, bereavement etc. \u2013 adding to risk, particularly for cyclists, pedestrians and motorcyclists.<\/li>\n<li>Driver stress, higher fatigue levels and work-related pressure is likely to increase.<\/li>\n<li>It is likely that drug and alcohol misuse will increase.<\/li>\n<li>Transport operators may be pressured to attempt to reduce costs by extending vehicle maintenance periods, compromising vehicle safety standards and neglecting driver training.<\/li>\n<li>There may be pressure for drivers to exceed speed limits and increase driving hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grsproadsafety.org\/dont-take-your-eyes-off-the-road\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View the full statement on the GRSP website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Cliff, CEO of the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) has issued a statement outlining the critical case for ongoing road safety investment following the COVID-19 pandemic. In the statement Cliff highlights the potential new threats that may emerge in the post COVID-19 world, including greater pressure and risk on the world\u2019s roads. The threats [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":9803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}