03/03/2010 United Nations passed a new resolution calling for a “Decade of Action for Road Safety” In its resolution passed on 2nd March, the United Nations notes, that this major public health problem and has a broad range of social and economic consequences which, if unaddressed, may affect the sustainable development of countries and hinder the progress towards the Millennium Development Goals,   Underlining the importance for Member States to continue using the World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention as a framework for road safety efforts and implementing, as appropriate, its recommendations by paying particular attention to the main risk factors identified, namely, the non-use of safety belts and child restraints, the non-use of helmets, driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, inappropriate and excessive speed and the lack of appropriate infrastructure, and by strengthening road safety management and paying particular attention also to the needs of vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, and users of unsafe public transport, and improving post-crash care for victims of road crashes,