(ANSA) – ROME, NOV 17 – As Roma renews its commitment with Automobile Club Roma and Toyota, for the promotion of a safe and responsible driving style among young people in the capital. After the success of the first edition of the “Keep life at stake” campaign, which took place in March 2024 involving over one hundred final year students from three Roman schools and the entire Roma Primavera team as testimonials of the project, The second theoretical and practical course aimed at three other institutes in the city kicked off last November 12th. Thus continues the initiative that As Roma created together with the Automobile Club Roma with the support of Toyota to try to combat the dramatic death toll from road accidents that occur every year on the streets of the capital.
Distracted driving and failure to comply with signs account for more than half of the cases, with speeding taking first place. For this reason, the students of the IIS Giorgi-Woolf, ITIS Galileo Galilei and ITC Vincenzo Arangio Ruiz schools, together with the boys and girls of the two Giallorossi Primavera teams as credible testimonials and amplifiers of the safety message, attended lessons interactive theories for a correct driving style in the Council Room kindly made available by the IX Municipality. Valerio Vella, ACI Ready2Go Manager, in the two-hour theory lesson addressed the fundamental concepts of safe driving useful for preventing road accidents: speed limits, active and passive safety, ADAS devices and advice for always maintaining maximum concentration behind the wheel.
Subsequently, thanks to the coordination of the Aci Ready2Go trainers and the availability of the parking areas granted by the Euroma 2 Shopping Centre, the kids competed in a series of safe driving tests, putting into practice an engaging, widely tested and particularly effective methodology. for learning the correct driving rules. Also on this occasion, Toyota and KINTO – as Mobility Service Provider of AS Roma – have made 4 iconic cars from the Toyota range available to the project and suitable for driving young new drivers: 2 Aygo X and 2 Yaris Cross, the latter equipped with Full Hybrid technology. Participants in possession of a driving license or pink slip were able to face a series of simulated dangerous situations in which to apply the lessons learned in the classroom. The President of the Town Hall Titti Di Salvo, the School Councilor Paola Angelucci, the Director of the Automobile Club of Rome Riccardo Alemanno and the Business Developer and Communication Specialist of Toyota Massimiliano Rossi. SCCI Marketing Director Lorenzo Maria Zanchi was also present for the Shopping Center. With them, the journalist Luca Valdiserri, father of eighteen-year-old Francesco who was hit and killed by an out-of-control car in an accident that occurred in October 2022 while he was walking with friends on the sidewalk of Via Cristoforo Colombo. In addition to bearing his testimony as a reporter and father of a victim, Valdiserri participated in the delivery of the check deriving from the fund set up by the Giallorossi Club and named in memory of his son Francesco to support the carrying out of the courses in the three institutes involved. In this way, As Roma reiterates its commitment to contributing to the well-being of the community in synergy with local institutions, identifying from time to time the areas most deserving of proactive and supportive intervention by the Club and its fans, acting as a real social platform. (HANDLE).