#WDoR2020: World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

November 15 is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. From the official site:

The objectives of WDoR 2020 are to provide a platform for road traffic victims and their families to:

• remember all people killed and seriously injured on the roads;
• acknowledge the crucial work of the emergency services;
• draw attention to the generally trivial legal response to culpable road deaths and injuries
• advocate for better support for road traffic victims and victim families;
• promote evidence-based actions to prevent and eventually stop further road traffic deaths and injuries

I am not aware of any organizations observing it here in the southeast (I would love to be shown otherwise), but with our pandemic-laden virtual world, that may be mostly moot anyway. The official social media hashtag is #WDoR2020.

I certainly hope that observances like these continue to gain steam. It’s a great antidote to fiascos like NHTSA’s “pedestrian safety month.”