The Lipetsk Zoo opened in the fall of 1973. More than three and a half thousand pets live here. For one of them, there is no need to hang up a sign "No feeding!" The most unusual inhabitant of the zoo in the whole history was … a passenger car.
On July 3, 2012, a passenger car was "put" into one of the cells of the Lipetsk zoo. What is the fault of the unusual pet in front of the city? Maybe he behaved too violently on the roads that he was considered an outlandish beast?
No, this car just behaves decently and decorously. But, unfortunately, not all "iron horses" can boast of the same. Some of them have an unpredictable disposition and therefore pose a threat to the life and health of citizens.
As Larisa Usacheva tells the Interfax news agency, “the car hit the cage of the zoo as part of an international project to improve road safety”. This employee of the Lipetsk administration is responsible for the implementation of the project. Funding comes from the regional budget.
Thus, the city, located at the latitude of Berlin and Amsterdam, wants to draw public attention to problems on the road. Every motorist should think about whether he is taking all the measures to ensure safety. Gorod48 quotes the statement of Andrey Panasovich, head of the UGIBDD of the Lipetsk region: "Indeed, a malicious violator of traffic rules is often much more dangerous than any animal."
The Road Safety in 10 Countries (RS-10) is a project supported by the World Health Organization. It started in 2010, and the number of accidents during this time has decreased by 20%, as reported by Interfax.
In addition, within the framework of the project, on July 4-5, 2012, a training seminar for journalists was held in Lipetsk. "Feather sharks" could exchange experience on coverage of road problems. A series of master classes was held to clarify the relevance of the road safety topic.
During the master classes, D. Surnin, a reporter for the Moscow newspaper "Moy District", shared with his colleagues the skill to correctly present information on the topic of road safety. Each of the seminar participants had the opportunity to work in a group and complete creative tasks.
The coordinator of the RS-10 Project in Russia Francesco Zambon informed the participants about the results of the project and thanked everyone for their common contribution. Thanks to the joint efforts of journalists, the problem of road traffic accidents should not be left indifferent.
