RoadPeace panel discussion ' Murder most foul' 26 April 2007, 2:30pm

"We would like to invite you to a RoadPeace panel discussion to mark UN Road
Safety Week (23-29 April), on Thursday 26 April, 2:30 to 4:30 pm.
at The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund premises, County Hall,
Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7PB.

The theme of the discussion is : 'Murder Most Foul' revisited: Are we doing
enough for our young people, or are we still blaming the most vulnerable?

Background

Sixty years ago, the President of the Pedestrians Association, JS Dean,
produced a pamphlet entitled 'A study of the road deaths problem: Murder
Most Foul'. This was a comprehensive attack on the expectation that
vulnerable road users - pedestrians and cyclists - should assume more
responsibility for their safety than those who actually posed the harm in
motor vehicles.

Much of what he highlighted in 1947 is still relevant today, six decades and
a quarter of a million road deaths later. The debate still continues over
who should have priority on our roads. Britain's child pedestrian death
record is one of the worst in Europe. Our most vulnerable - children,
pedestrians, cyclists, elderly and disabled people are disproportionately
likely to be killed on the roads, compared to those in motor vehicles.

To mark the first UN Global Road Safety Week, RoadPeace’s 2007 lecture will
take the form of a ‘Question Time’ programme on road danger reduction,
focusing on young people.

RoadPeace invites a discussion on the issue, and invites all those
interested in child health and well-being, in addition to those involved in
road safety to participate.

Each speaker on the panel will give a five to ten minute presentation on the
subject. Questions will then be taken from the audience in a chaired
discussion.

It will be chaired by John Stewart, Chair, Transport 2000

The Panel will consist of:

· Andrew Colski, Head of Vulnerable Road Users Branch, Road User
Safety Division, DfT
· Chris Lines, Head of London Road Safety Unit, Transport for
London,
· Jenny Jones, Mayor of London's Road Safety Ambassador, GLA Green
Party Member
· Ian Roberts, Professor of Public Health, London School of Hygiene
and Tropical Medicine
· Howard Peel, road danger reduction campaigner

Attendance is free, but we would be grateful if you could please register
for the event, as places are limited.

Please email info@roadpeace.org to let us know that you are coming. Please
also let us have any questions that you would like to ask the panel."