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AA Singapore launches \u2018Safe Speed, Save Lives\u2019 road safety campaign to promote low-speed streets in Singapore.<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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On 30 May 2022, school bus drivers of Yeap Transport gathered at the bus bay at the United World College West (Dover campus) for the launch of the \u2018Safe Speed, Save Lives\u2019 decal by the Automobile Association of Singapore (AA Singapore). This was in support of UN Global Safety Week.<\/p>\n

\u2018Safe Speed, Save Lives\u2019 is part of the Federation Internationale de l\u2019Automobile (FIA) Road Safety Grant Programme \u2014 Streets for Life #Love30 global campaign. This year\u2019s campaign was launched in partnership with local school bus management company, Yeap Transport Pte Ltd, and officiated by the President of AA Singapore, Mr Bernard Tay, and the CEO of Yeap Transport, Mr Adrian Yeap. The campaign aims to instil and inculcate a sense of ownership in school bus drivers to reduce the number of injuries and fatalities through advocating safe-driving behaviours among them.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThrough this road safety campaign, AA Singapore hopes to raise awareness among drivers of the importance of driving at low speeds in key zone areas where traffic and pedestrians are known to interact, so as to make Singapore streets a safer place for the young and the elderly to safely walk, live and play in,\u201d said Mr Tay.<\/p>\n

AA Singapore aims to instil and inculcate a sense of ownership in bus drivers and reduce the number of injuries and fatalities, by advocating safe driving behaviours amongst bus drivers to ensure the safety and well-being of their passengers and potentially save more lives.<\/p>\n

Mr Tay urged all bus drivers to always remember to keep at a safe speed limit of 30km\/h in areas such as our residential, elderly and school zones as we continue to work together to make our streets safer for all.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Safe Speed, Save Lives\u2019 bus decals were displayed on Yeap Transport\u2019s fleet of more than 400 school buses. \u201cWe are a leading bus transport company, providing safe, trusted and reliable service to premier schools since 1979,\u201d shared Mr Yeap. \u201cWe are glad to partner AA-FIA on this campaign to advocate road safety to all our drivers by reminding them to keep to a safe speed limit of 30km\/h in key zones. This will ensure the safety and well-being of our young passengers, and reduce speed-related accidents to save more lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mr Yeap added that school bus drivers bear a heavy responsibility, as each bus can carry up to two classrooms of students. \u201cThe school bus drivers may not command respect, but I tell my drivers, \u2018Our future is in your bus,\u2019\u201d he said. As such, the campaign hopes to inculcate in the drivers a sense of pride in their work, and reinforce in them the weight of responsibility that their job carries.<\/p>\n

To enable them to perform their duties well, the drivers receive continuous training, shared Mr Yeap. They are required to go through the International Road Transport Union (IRU) course, an internationally accredited qualification. There is also the Crash Prevention Course, run by AAS Academy, a wholly owned subsidiary of AA Singapore. Held on a quarterly basis, the training encourages road safety best practices among commercial drivers, and instils confidence in them.<\/p>\n

Yeap Transport also implements other measures to ensure its drivers practice safety while on the roads. For example, telematics is used to monitor their driving habits. An app is also available for parents to provide feedback on their children\u2019s drivers. This keeps the drivers on high alert and ensures adherence to safe driving.<\/p>\n

As part of the Safe Speed, Save Lives #LOVE30 campaign, AA Singapore have also organised a road safety webinar with school bus drivers and operators, where the drivers are educated on the consequences of speeding and how the speed limit of 30km\/h can potentially prevent fatal accidents from happening. On top of that, AA Singapore will also be running online campaigns to leverage and maximise the exposure of the \u2018Safe Speed, Save Lives\u2019 message through sharing of informative road safety messages and posters, as well as conducting quiz giveaways on AA Singapore\u2019s social media platforms \u2014 such as Facebook and Instagram\u00a0\u2014 to further engage and interact with the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AA Singapore launches \u2018Safe Speed, Save Lives\u2019 road safety campaign to promote low-speed streets in Singapore. On 30 May 2022, school bus drivers of Yeap Transport gathered at the bus bay at the United World College West (Dover campus) for the launch of the \u2018Safe Speed, Save Lives\u2019 decal by the Automobile Association of Singapore […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":9856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6947,7129,156,139,7989,7990],"class_list":{"0":"post-9855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pressroom","8":"tag-love30","9":"tag-love30-campaign","10":"tag-aa-singapore","11":"tag-pressroom","12":"tag-safe-speed","13":"tag-save-lives"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/aa-highway.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/aa-highway.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/aa-highway.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/aa-highway.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/aa-highway.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/aa-highway.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9860,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/aa-highway.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9855\/revisions\/9860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/aa-highway.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/aa-highway.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/aa-highway.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/aa-highway.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}