Report on a road safety awareness campaign for young schoolchildren in Châtillon-Coligny. Comment on images of children making workshops to put into practice the traffic code and a policeman warning them about possible dangers for pedestrians.
Interview excerpt of the President of the Republic Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING on road prevention. He says the latter has done considerable work for road safety and adds that it wants to introduce mandatory speed limits on roads in France.
In order for motorists to become more aware of French mortality, "24 hours on the front page" asked the sixteen thousand inhabitants of the city of Mazamet to include all the deaths on the roads.
Excerpt from the report devoted to the challenge of road safety. Commentary on images of the review of the traffic code and the recognition of an offence by a child in a pieced car of the national police.
Démonstration d'un cinémomètre par un capitaine de gendarmerie : il s'agit d'un instrument servant à mesurer la vitesse des automobiles. Interview de l'automobiliste en excès de vitesse.
Traffic Prevention is launching a new safety campaign in the form of clips ridiculing the show-goers. Among the campaign slogans is: "auto-macho auto-bobo". Interview with François GENTILE, of the general road safety delegation about this anti-macho slogan and the note of humor and lightness present in these prevention videos.
Subject devoted to the application of the measures on the wearing of the belt at the rear and the speed limit at 50 kilometres an hour in town. Commentary on images of traffic in town alternating with extracts of road safety clips and interviews. Interview with Jean-Michel BERARD, Interdepartmental Delegate for Road Safety: on the reduction in the number of victims that this measure can lead to. Interview with Dr FERON says that victims of accidents will have less severe injuries if the speed of driving is reduced. Interview with Jean FOURNIER PERILHOU, member of the French association of automobile clubs on the importance of speed limits by motorists.
Launch of a 14-25 year old road safety awareness campaign entitled Label Life. Interview with Bernard BOSSON on the improvement of the point permit that he believes saves lives. Excerpt of the video clip of the campaign "Label Vie" realized by high school students.
Report on black silhouettes on the roadside depicting people who died in accidents and their creator: Jean-Pierre Giraud. Comment on images of these silhouettes alternating with interviews of motorists. Interview with Jean-Pierre GIRAUD, artist, at the origin of the black silhouettes found on the roadsides of the Hérault, telling that this idea came to him to pay tribute to his son killed in a road accident. Interview with Daniel VILLESSOT, of the general council of the Hérault explaining that the black silhouettes are regularly changed of place to avoid that the habit settles down and that the motorists pay attention to it.
Report on the road safety awareness policy for motorists. Example of an experiment carried out in Haute Garonne where verbalized drivers visit a clinic treating road accidents. Comments on factual images of information sessions at the Verdaich clinic and interview of an offender. Interview with Sébastien LOUBES about the awareness of the dangers of the road.
In order to encourage drivers to stop at rest areas, the motorway society has organised facilities and offers services to motorists. Commentary on images of a rest area, motorists as well as masseurs and workers involved in prevention and also of an ophthalmology stand.
A report devoted to a prevention operation, called the 1000 operation carried out in the North for young people with theoretical and practical training courses. Comment on images of the various workshops, alternating with interviews. Interview Elisabeth BONVARLET, driving instructor in training, explaining the principle of slippery track exercise. Interviews with trainees on the importance of checking their vehicles and the attention paid to other users as well as Jean Claude POTTIER, head of the Centre for Active Training in Road Safety.
Images of a road prevention operation in Normandy: children take part in a workshop to put the road code into practice in pedal cars, a helicopter is exposed as well as radars.
1 euro ethylotests are marketed in 26,000 stores or supermarkets to encourage drivers to self control before driving. Comment on images of alcohol shelves in supermarkets with alcohol booths, an extract of a campaign to prevent drinking and driving alternately with interviews. An interview with Richard EDERY, Carrefour’s food manager, on the previous campaign, which did not work very well. Interview Michel FEDIDA, pharmacist, guaranteeing the reliability of ethylotests.
Road prevention has launched an operation for young people who go out on Saturday nights. It is a question of designating an evening captain who will remain totally sober, the only one authorized to take the road. Commentary on images of the volunteers of road prevention and Michel SANNIER, Director of Road Prevention Northern Department: he evokes the increase in the mortality of young people on the road.
Report on the consequences of drinking and driving and the measures to control blood alcohol levels to limit their excesses. Comment on images of accidents and blood samples of a motorist.