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The degree in Civil Engineering has performed the III Conference on Road Safety
The Catholic University of Murcia UCAM celebrates the Third Road Safety Week, organized by the Civil Engineering degree, which have been outstanding speakers as Attorney General of Traffic Safety, Bartolomé Vargas or chief commander of Murcia Traffic Sector Rafael Alvarez.
The presidential advisor, Manuel Campos by the Dean of the Civil Engineering Degree, Pedro de los Santos, have been responsible for opening the event.
The latter indicated that the main goal is to "raise awareness of the importance of road safety. Died this year on roads around the world a whopping 1,300,000 people. Now traffic accidents are one of the top concerns of the World Health Organization (WHO). "
The keynote address was given by the Attorney General of Traffic Safety, Bartolomé Vargas who has tried, in his position, being "legal voice of the victims", as he said, since he began his career as a prosecutor in 2006 has taken to avoid tragedies.
This morning at the UCAM has made reflect those present that "we can all be victims."
Cabrera Vargas wanted to mention the importance of the real cause of "saving lives" because on the road, he says, "we are interdependent" because it depends not only on us but also road safety "of the oncoming".
The Attorney General has also noted that the statistics of deaths in traffic accidents improved in the last year there were 2040 deaths in Spain which means about 400 fewer than in previous years, and has emphasized that "it is all a matter of saving lives compliance with traffic laws. "
After this paper was made a mock traffic accident in which firefighters intervened Consortium for Fire Fighting and Rescue at John Paul II Square Campus Jeronimos.
The event will be closed from 19:30 by the delegate of the Government of the Region of Murcia, Joaquin Bascuñana, and the rector of the University, Josefina García Lozano.
Source: UCAM
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