[sustran] Children and traffic safety

[Faizan Jawed]

http://www.bbcworldnews.com/Pages/ProgrammeFeature.aspx?id=43&FeatureId=1110

*Dying to go to School**
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       [image: Dying to Go to School, Costa Rica]
Dying to go to School
Film star Michelle Yeoh travels the world to meet young victims, bereaved
mothers and surgeons, to ask why there must be increasing young deaths from
traffic.
    Michelle Yeoh...“I think if you look around, this is a community where
their homes and their schools are over the other side.

A high speed road, cars not stopping, not slowing down. Nothing to tell them
and to stop them. And these kids, if you look at them they are going to
cross this heavy junction, looking from right, left, behind, with nothing to
help them.

And they do this every morning. Somewhere around the world at this moment
sadly there is a child hurt or killed – just because they are going to
school. For God’s sake, we have to stop this.”

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Dying to go to School
In recent years Michelle Yeoh has emerged as one of the most highly regarded
film actresses in the world. Her international recognition has come from
films like, ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’, the multi award winning ‘Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon’ and the James Bond film ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’.
[image: Michelle Yeoh with Ban Ki Moon]
Better known for her action roles, motorcycle stunts and speeding car
chases, it's a dramatic turn around to accept the role of road safety global
ambassador.

Featuring Michael Palin and Michael Schumacher, 'Dying to go to School'
travels from Cape Town to Costa Rica, via India, in an effort to understand
how more than 11 million lives have been lost on the roads since the year
2000, and why numbers are dramatically climbing.



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