21/10/2019
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.
15/10/2019
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.
14/10/2019
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.
11/10/2019
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.
11/10/2019
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.
23/09/2019
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.
30/07/2019
Traffic Safety Expert Fred Wegman visits Uruguay
World renowned traffic safety expert Fred Wegman visited Uruguay upon invitation from the Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation in an initiative supported by the Inter-American Development Bank.
17/07/2019
Inspectors from Montevideo received training on child restraint systems
IMM together with the Gonchi Rodriguez Foundation provided a new instance, totaling about 100 properly prepared inspectors.