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In late October 2011, within the Bloomberg Philanthropies Road Safety in 10 Countries project, the Global Road Safety Partnership organized two workshops on Seat-belts and Child Restraints Management for 70 management level road safety stakeholders in Turkey. Representatives of the traffic police, health departments, and transport and highway authorities joined the Chamber of Drivers, Turkish Red Crescent Society, universities, and non-governmental organizations to enhance their knowledge of seat-belts and child restraints use and prepare draft strategies for increasing their use.

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In observance of World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on November 21, the citizens of Lipetsk fixed 232 white balloons in the city square, also marking the beginning of a mass public campaign promoting the use of seatbelts.

The campaign was a culmination of efforts undertaken by a consortium of international partners from the global project, Road Safety in Ten Countries (RS-10) which Russia began participating in July 2010. Using the slogan, "Do not break the life line!" the seat belt campaign aims to reduce risks leading to unjustified losses of lives and health on the roads.