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Article: SA: Treat road toll as seriously as terrorism, conference told
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- September 30, 2005
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AAP General News (Australia)
09-30-2005
SA: Treat road toll as seriously as terrorism, conference told
ADELAIDE, Sept 30 AAP - The road toll should be treated as seriously as terrorism,
an international conference on automotive technology has been told.
About 2,000 people worldwide were killed every year through terrorism but 3,300 people
were killed every day on the world's roads, Intelligent Transport Systems Australia executive
director Brent Stafford told the Adelaide conference, Smart Demo 2005.
On average, five people were killed every day on Australian roads, he said.
"Significant improvements have been made on a global scale in national and international
security measures, and ...