McKenzie Insurance – Insurance In Spain In English!
Your right it isn’t, but neither are the tactics of some Spanish funeral directors, as uncovered by the Sur In English earlier this year. In an interview with an employee of a funeral director in Southern Spain they uncovered the underhanded tactics been used to procure business and take advantage of grieving relatives.
Take a look at the article below to see just how this could affect anyone resident in Spain…
DGT safety campaignA week-long campaign initiated by the General Traffic Department (DGT) has been recently conducted to raise awareness of the importance of wearing a seat-belt.
During the national campaign officers of the DGT took to the streets to patrol the use of seat-belts and children’s car seats and recorder some alarming results with 2,879 incidences of not using restraints been recorded. A total of 276,481 vehicles were stopped, 2010 drivers had failed to belt up, while 678 adult passengers were also found not to be wearing a seat belt. That’s 5 % of drivers not using proper restraints. On top of that, 191 children under 12 years of age were also found not to be strapped in.
The DGT continues to stress the importance of belting up properly, as the been correctly restrained reduces the risk of death by 50% and also decreases the severity of injury. According to statistics, nine out of ten serious or fatal injuries to children could have been avoided if the child was restrained securely in the vehicle!
The message is simple to everyone BELT UP!
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