A quick update for 2710/06

Thanks to Ocean Energy on Ocean FM for giving the campaign a plug on air last night, in particular the BeBo page at roadsafety.bebo.com

Thanks to everyone who has linked to, emailed about, signed up for and contributed to the project in other ways.

Here’s some more contributions:
ArseEndOfIreland
Counago-And-Spaves
Thomas Byrne
Blogged Thoughts
Raimeis
Blogging Me Irish Culture
Jonathan Brazil
All Smoke and Mirrors
Irish Election

If anybody has any ideas on ways to spread this campaign, please drop a comment here.

Thanks again to everyone who has helped out.

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This site is co-ordinating a campaign to get people from across Ireland discussing ways that the current situation on our roads can be improved.

We’ve started by asking Irish bloggers to put posts on their own blogs, giving their ideas on their own blogs and getting their readers to comment.

Now we’re asking BeBo users to get involved too. Here’s what we want you to do:

• Write a post on your BeBo blog about road safety in Ireland
• Give your ideas on how you think things can be improved. All ideas are welcome, but the more original, the better
• Come back to this page, and put a link to your BeBo blog in the comments box
• We’ll add your suggestions to those we received, and use them to make part of our submission
• To stay in touch, add roadsafety as a friend in BeBo The email address is roadsafety [a-t] roadsafetyblog.com

This project is about giving ordinary people, across Ireland, a voice. In particular, we want Young People to get involved, and to spread the word. We’ll be sending your views to the Road Safety Authority, The Minister for Transport, The Taoiseach, the Motor Industry and Insurance Bodies, and every single member of the Oireachtas.

If you take part, let us know, and tell your friends about this site - http://www.roadsafetyblog.com/

We’ve had a great reaction from the bloggers (here’s a list of some of the early participants), but we need more and more submissions.

On our roads, Young People are Killing Young People. This is our chance to try to make a difference.

Thanks,
Damien

PS- Here’s where it started - Stop The Carnage Week

We’ve started by asking Irish bloggers to put posts on their own blogs, giving their ideas on their own blogs and getting their readers to comment.

Now we’re asking BeBo users to get involved too. Here’s what we want you to do:

• Write a post on your BeBo blog about road safety in Ireland
• Give your ideas on how you think things can be improved. All ideas are welcome, but the more original, the better
• Come back to this page, and put a link to your BeBo blog in the comments box
• We’ll add your suggestions to those we received, and use them to make part of our submission
• To stay in touch, add roadsafety as a friend in BeBo. The bebo address is roadsafety.bebo.com and the email address is roadsafety [a-t] roadsafetyblog.com

This project is about giving ordinary people, across Ireland, a voice. In particular, we want Young People to get involved, and to spread the word. We’ll be sending your views to the Road Safety Authority, The Minister for Transport, The Taoiseach, the Motor Industry and Insurance Bodies, and every single member of the Oireachtas.

If you take part, let us know, and tell your friends about this site - http://www.roadsafetyblog.com/

We’ve had a great reaction from the bloggers (here’s a list of some of the early participants), but we need more and more submissions.

On our roads, Young People are Killing Young People. This is our chance to try to make a difference.

Thanks,
Damien

PS- Here’s where it started - Stop The Carnage Week

Here’s how I’d like to progress this campaign:

• We continue seeking suggestions from blogs, forums and comments, until 9am on Monday 30th October
• I’ll collate all the posts and submissions
• Similar suggestions will be grouped together here, for discussion until Monday, November 13th
• I’ll post the draft submission online on Monday, November 20th
• Submission must be finalised by 9am, Thursday November 23rd

I’ll then make the submission to the Road Safety Authority on Thursday, to arrive in time for the closing date. I’ll send it to the others involved over the weekend.

Does anybody have any suggestions for handling this differently?

Comments are open

* Please forgive the political link, this is the first source I’ve found with the date.

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And, from the comments on Twenty Major’s post, here’s a site with information on road safety statistics and policies in the 25 European Union countries. I have yet to get a chance to read through them, but at first glance they seem very interesting (and relevant to our current national discussion): European Road Safety Profiles

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Twenty Major (NSFW)
Comments on Mulley.net
EastMeath.org
IrishElection.com
Gerry O’Sullivan
Branedy
Stall The Ball
Winds and Breezes
RedMum
The Community At Large
Eirepreneur
Dan Sullivan
Michele Neylon

I’m sure I’ve missed some. If I have, either drop a comment here or get in touch with me directly.

For more info on this, please see my original post.

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I would urge you to read the original discussion to see what we hope to achieve with this campaign.

If you don’t yet have a blog of your own, you can either sign up for a free one, or leave your thoughts in this post or on the original discussion.

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Details are available at: DamienBlake.com - where you can also leave a comment, if you have anything to say.

If you would like to volunteer to help with this site, please contact me directly.

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Details are available at: DamienBlake.com

If you would like to volunteer to help with this site, please contact me directly.