{"id":332,"date":"2025-02-04T14:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drkarlgeorge.com\/?p=332"},"modified":"2025-05-08T15:35:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:35:05","slug":"executive-exchange-importing-european-safety-to-u-s-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.drkarlgeorge.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/executive-exchange-importing-european-safety-to-u-s-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Exchange: Importing European Safety to U.S. Roads"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insuranceindustryblog.iii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-184940623.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19553 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.drkarlgeorge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-184940623-1024x681-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Road safety efforts in Europe offer numerous examples and success stories from which U.S. jurisdictions are learning. In the latest Triple-I Executive Exchange, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapfreinsurance.com\/\">MAPFRE USA<\/a> President and CEO Jaime Tamayo sat down with Triple-I CEO Sean Kevelighan to discuss these learnings from an insurance perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Europe, road-related fatalities are significantly lower than in the U.S., and we wanted to get a better understanding as to why,\u201d Tamayo said. \u201cWe brought together leading experts and policymakers from Europe and the U.S. in transportation, urban planning, public health, and technology to discuss ways in which we can improve policies, innovation, enforcement, and education around safe driving.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Executive Exchange with MAPFRE USA\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y8p2lzcfrLM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Through its charitable foundation, Fundaci\u00f3n MAPFRE, the Spain-based reinsurer is dedicated to \u201cVision Zero\u201d \u2013 a movement begun in Sweden in 1997 with a goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and injury-sustaining crashes. In connection with exporting this effort to the United States, Mapfre for more than 20 years has sponsored a program for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation that consists of a fleet of vehicles that patrol main highways and thoroughfares in the state, helping stranded motorists get back on the road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe program has been a great success,\u201d Tamayo said, \u201ccovering over 30 million miles of road since its inception.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;In addition to Massachusetts, <a href=\"https:\/\/insuranceindustryblog.iii.org\/reducing-traffic-fatalities-and-injuries-through-vision-zero\/\">Vision Zero has been taking hold<\/a> in communities across the United States, including metropolitan areas such as New York City, Los Angeles, and Portland, Ore.<\/p>\n<p>In Portland, several data points are helping government officials better understand how to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries, including a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.portland.gov\/transportation\/vision-zero\/making-streets-safe\">high percentage of pedestrian crashes<\/a>&nbsp;occurring because of long distances between marked crossings.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.portland.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-05\/portland-vision-zero-2-year-update.pdf\">Portland has taken the initiative<\/a>, building \u201ca system to protect pedestrians includes frequent safe crossings, street lighting, a cultural acceptance of slower speeds and people educated about how to interact safely on the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Vision Zero city Hoboken, N.J., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governing.com\/transportation\/how-hoboken-has-gone-years-without-a-traffic-death#:~:text=Hoboken%20has%20seen%20no%20traffic,under%20the%20Vision%20Zero%20framework.\">seven years have passed<\/a> without a traffic fatality, even as traffic deaths have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/27\/upshot\/road-deaths-pedestrians-cyclists.html\">reached a 40-year high<\/a> across the nation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Learn More:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iii.org\/article\/trends-and-insights-personal-auto-insurance-rates\">Triple-I \u201cTrends and Insights\u201d: Personal Auto Insurance Rates<\/a> (Members only)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iii.org\/article\/trends-and-insights-commercial-auto\">Triple-I \u201cTrends and Insights\u201d Commercial Auto<\/a> (Members only)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insuranceindustryblog.iii.org\/new-irc-reportpersonal-auto-insurancestate-regulation-systems\/\">IRC Report: Personal Auto Insurance State Regulation Systems<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insuranceindustryblog.iii.org\/despite-improvements-louisiana-is-still-least-affordable-state-for-auto-insurance\/\">Despite Improvements, Louisiana Is Still Least Affordable State for Auto Insurance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insuranceindustryblog.iii.org\/georgia-is-among-the-least-affordable-states-for-auto-insurance\/\">Georgia Is Among the Least Affordable States for Auto Insurance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insuranceindustryblog.iii.org\/report-no-fault-reforms-improved-michigans-personal-auto-insurance-affordability\/\">Report: No-Fault Reforms Improved Michigan\u2019s Personal Auto Insurance Affordability<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Road safety efforts in Europe offer numerous examples and success stories from which U.S. jurisdictions are learning. In the latest Triple-I Executive Exchange, MAPFRE USA President and CEO Jaime Tamayo sat down with Triple-I CEO Sean Kevelighan to discuss these learnings from an insurance perspective. \u201cIn Europe, road-related fatalities are significantly lower than in the U.S., and we wanted to get a better understanding as to why,\u201d Tamayo said. \u201cWe brought together leading experts and policymakers from Europe and the U.S. in transportation, urban planning, public health, and technology to discuss ways in which we can improve policies, innovation, enforcement, and education around safe driving.\u201d Through its charitable foundation, Fundaci\u00f3n MAPFRE, the Spain-based reinsurer is dedicated to \u201cVision Zero\u201d \u2013 a movement begun in Sweden in 1997 with a goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and injury-sustaining crashes. In connection with exporting this effort to the United States, Mapfre for more than 20 years has sponsored a program for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation that consists of a fleet of vehicles that patrol main highways and thoroughfares in the state, helping stranded motorists get back on the road. \u201cThe program has been a great success,\u201d Tamayo said, \u201ccovering over 30 million miles of road since its inception.\u201d &nbsp;In addition to Massachusetts, Vision Zero has been taking hold in communities across the United States, including metropolitan areas such as New York City, Los Angeles, and Portland, Ore. In Portland, several data points are helping government officials better understand how to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries, including a&nbsp;high percentage of pedestrian crashes&nbsp;occurring because of long distances between marked crossings.&nbsp;Portland has taken the initiative, building \u201ca system to protect pedestrians includes frequent safe crossings, street lighting, a cultural acceptance of slower speeds and people educated about how to interact safely on the streets.\u201d In Vision Zero city Hoboken, N.J., seven years have passed without a traffic fatality, even as traffic deaths have reached a 40-year high across the nation. Learn More: Triple-I \u201cTrends and Insights\u201d: Personal Auto Insurance Rates (Members only) Triple-I \u201cTrends and Insights\u201d Commercial Auto (Members only) IRC Report: Personal Auto Insurance State Regulation Systems Despite Improvements, Louisiana Is Still Least Affordable State for Auto Insurance Georgia Is Among the Least Affordable States for Auto Insurance Report: No-Fault Reforms Improved Michigan\u2019s Personal Auto Insurance Affordability<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.drkarlgeorge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.drkarlgeorge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.drkarlgeorge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.drkarlgeorge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.drkarlgeorge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.drkarlgeorge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335,"href":"http:\/\/www.drkarlgeorge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions\/335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.drkarlgeorge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.drkarlgeorge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.drkarlgeorge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.drkarlgeorge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}