Passengers

Passengers are one of the most vulnerable road users. One third of road victims either killed or injured are passengers. They dont have a possibility to affect the situation and frequently become its goal of the campaign is to draw attention of the state officials and the society to the passengers rights. Public transport in our country is unsafe. Drivers skills and qualification are often far from being perfect. Road accidents involving public transport especially route taxies occur daily. But the majority of road crashes involving passengers happen with personal vehicles. Tacitly and submissively passengers watch as the drivers offend traffic rules putting at risk not only their own lives but health and lives of passengers as Right of a Passenger campaign is addressed both to passengers and drivers. A passenger should know his rights and take care of his own safety. A driver should remember that he provides the safety of his passengers and bears responsibility for their lives and healt