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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Forwarded
message from "John Whitelegg" <John.Whitelegg@phonecoop.coop </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Have
a look at:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/presspr/pressreleases/zerotolerance.htm">http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/presspr/pressreleases/zerotolerance.htm</a>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font>University
of York researchers call for 'Zero Tolerance' on road deaths</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Academics
at the </span></font>University of York are calling on the Government to adopt</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>a
bold new strategy to reduce deaths and serious injuries on British roads</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>to
zero.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> This
is the conclusion of a detailed investigation of the Swedish "Vision</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Zero"
road safety policy, carried out on behalf of the UK Department of</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Transport,
by the Stockholm Environment Institute, based at the University.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> The
researchers suggest a range of measures to cut road deaths and</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>injuries
including a 20mph urban speed limit, tougher sentencing of</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>dangerous
drivers and a new accident investigation unit independent of the</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>police.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Vision
Zero was adopted by the Swedish Parliament in 1997 and has taken</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>road
safety in a new direction by emphasising that: there is much more</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> John</span></font></p>
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