The National Republican Guard (GNR) is carrying out an enforcement operation on mainland roads between today and March 17, targeting the use of seat belts, helmets and child restraint systems.
The “RoadPol – Safety Devices” operation, with enforcement actions focused on the most critical roads under its responsibility, is already a regular annual practice for the GNR and takes place within the framework of the European Network of Traffic Police (RoadPol), an organization created by European traffic police to improve road safety and compliance with traffic regulations, as the Guard explains in a statement.
The GNR stresses that this action “also aims to raise awareness in society of safer behavior on the part of drivers and passengers, with a view to promoting road safety and safeguarding human lives”.
“The seat belt and child restraint system (CRS) are [compulsory] passive safety devices for the occupants of a motor vehicle, the purpose of which, in the event of a traffic accident, is to prevent them from being thrown out of the vehicle or into interior parts of it, reducing the occurrence of injuries or their severity,” the GNR points out.
He also points out that, in the case of two-wheeled motor vehicles, the helmet absorbs part of the energy and disperses the force of the impact so that it is not concentrated on a single part of the head, reducing the risk of death in the event of an accident by 40%.
The GNR became a member of RoadPol at the end of 2021, integrating the operations planned by that organization into its operational planning.
