Car accidents

Car accident prevention begins with helping teens gain the experience and skills necessary to
stay safe on the road. Statistics show that motor vehicle crashes remain the number one cause
of death for adolescents. Teen drivers (ages 16 to 19) are involved in fatal crashes at four times
the rate of adult drivers (ages 25 to 69).

Car accident prevention statistics show that there are three common critical errors newly
licensed teen drivers make that lead to serious crashes: lack of scanning to detect and respond
to hazards, driving too fast for road conditions, and being distracted by something inside or
outside of the vehicle. Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have developed and
tested the TeenDrivingPlan Practice Guide to help parents provide their teen drivers with the
quality, quantity, and diversity of driving practice to develop these critical skills.

The risk of motor vehicle crashes is higher among 16-to 19-year-olds than among any other age
group.

The overwhelming majority (75 percent) of serious teen driver crashes are due to "critical
errors," with the three common errors accounting for nearly half of these crashes: lack of
scanning that is needed to detect and respond to hazards, going too fast for road conditions, and
being distracted by something inside or outside of the vehicle.

Naturals Fenomens

Protect the Environment and Prevent Natural Disasters

The principal international objectives in this area are:

Improve the capacity of each country to lessen the effects of natural disasters by applying early
warning systems.

Promote scientific and technical knowledge to reduce human and material losses.

Offer countries technical assistance that works based on prevention, evaluation and diagnostic
protocols to lessen natural disasters.
Provide technology to affected regions and encourage educational and training projects.

Environmental conservation has special relevance in avoiding natural disasters. It has been
proven that climate change and global warming contribute to the increase in meteorological
imbalances and, along with this, natural disasters. Regarding this point, the involvement of
businesses in environmental conservation is one of the keys to prevention.

The latest international agreement on the road to natural disaster reduction is the Hyogo
Framework for Action. Signed in Japan in 2005, in this agreement 168 countries commit to
introducing risk prevention and evaluation measures into public policies, as well as protocols for
action before, during and after natural disasters. Finally, there is a series of principals aligned
with the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction that the international community commits
to respecting to promote the safety of all people.