Sunday, 15 November, Chandigarh – The Sukhna Lake, all day

ArriveSAFE, the British Council, the British Library in Chandigarh and CITCO have collaborated to mark the United Nations World Day of Remembrance.

“Road Safety: Our message to World Leaders”; is a competition targeted at students across the schools and colleges in the city and adjoining areas. Participants will develop illustrations with captions that advocate the message of road safety.

These illustrations will go into a competition with the winning submissions judged by London based writer, artist and designer, Woodrow Phoenix and President of ArriveSAFE, Harman S. Sidhu.

This event seeks to involve the broader public in United Nations World Day of Remembrance with a procession of volunteers from ArriveSAFE and international student organization AIESEC to walk around the lake with 15 wheelchairs. The 15 wheelchairs represent the 15 life altering injuries that occur for every one road related fatality that occurs on the road. The procession will be held during the busiest times at the lake to ensure a maximum amount of people are involved with the event. A crushed car will also be displayed to show the impact of speed. Through this action the serious nature of the life changing impact of road traffic injuries will be communicated.

The “Road Safety - Our message to World Leaders” competition seeks to educate and empower youth to take action to increase awareness of road safety related incidents and also involve the parents of the participants and advocate the message of road safety and the importance of changing road habits to a heavily impacted group of the road using community.

The entirety of this event seeks to develop stronger awareness within the community about road safety and the aftermath of events that change the lives of so many road users around the world everyday.

COMPETITION - "Road Safety - Our Message to World Leaders”
Participants are required to develop an illustration on A3 chart paper (16.5 inches X 11.7 inches) with a caption relating to their illustration (optional) not exceeding 10 words.

Promoters of this competition
The British Council
The British Library
ArriveSAFE

Site: http://arrivesafe.org/Road_Safety_Competition_Award.php