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Sep 5, 2013

TRUCKERS' SAFETY * Sweden

* Sweden - Only half of truck drivers use safety belt

Stockholm,Sweden -HGV UK -August 29, 2013: -- Wearing a safety belt doubles the chances of survival in a serious road accident. Nonetheless, half of all truck drivers choose not to use their safety belts, according to truck-maker, Volvo... “If more road users wore their safety belts, more than 7,000 lives would be saved every year in the EU alone. Professional drivers should serve here as an example,” says Carl Johan Almqvist, Traffic and Product Safety Director Volvo Trucks... The chances of surviving a serious road accident are doubled if the driver or passenger uses a safety belt. This can be seen, for instance, in the most recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report entitled ‘Global Status Report on Road Safety 2013’...

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