{"id":9291,"date":"2016-09-16T14:21:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T14:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=9291"},"modified":"2016-09-16T14:23:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T14:23:59","slug":"can-we-do-it-a-european-day-without-a-road-death-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/9291","title":{"rendered":"Can we do it? A European Day Without A Road Death in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tispol-edward-2016.jpg\" alt=\"TISPOL Project EDWARD\" width=\"286\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tispol-edward-2016.jpg 286w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tispol-edward-2016-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tispol-edward-2016-36x50.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/>Virtually all of us have pushed our luck behind the wheel at some point. Driving when tired, distracted, on the phone or even after a few drinks.\u00a0Risky overtaking manoeuvres.<\/p>\n<p>But the reality of this kind of behaviour is that it can\u00a0lead to\u00a0tragic and avoidable road deaths &#8212; and\u00a0shattered lives\u00a0for those who are left behind.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why we are supporting the Europe-wide initiative by TISPOL, the European Traffic Police Network, to\u00a0work towards <strong>a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">E<\/span>uropean\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">D<\/span>ay <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">W<\/span>ithout <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R<\/span>oad <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">D<\/span>eath (Project Edward) on 21 September 2016<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone wanting to support Project Edward is simply asked to take\u00a0and keep the pledge below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Remind my family, friends and colleagues to take extra care on the roads.<\/li>\n<li>Put my lights on for safety.<\/li>\n<li>Drive as safely as I can and follow the rules when behind the wheel or riding a motorbike or bicycle.<\/li>\n<li>Be extra vigilant and attentive to the needs of pedestrians, cyclists, children, older people and horse riders.<\/li>\n<li>Drive at speeds that are both legal and safe.<\/li>\n<li>Pay particular attention when driving near schools, and where there are lots of children.<\/li>\n<li>Never drive after drinking alcohol or taking drugs\/medicines that could impair safety.<\/li>\n<li>Look as far ahead as possible and not tailgate other drivers<\/li>\n<li>Always wear my seat belt and ensure that everyone with me wears theirs.<\/li>\n<li>Not use my mobile phone while driving.<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring I am not distracted by anything inside or outside the car, or inside my head.<\/li>\n<li>Set a good example to my passengers by driving calmly and safely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To take the pledge yourself, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tispol.org\/edward\/pledge\">visit the Project Edward website &#8212;\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>vanrental.co.uk is supporting TISPOL&#8217;s Project Edward &#8212; a European Day Without A Road Death. Take the pledge and join us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37],"tags":[2032],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9291"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9301,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9291\/revisions\/9301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}