What does the National Road Safety Plan provide for? All the info
The National Road Safety Plan (PNSS) is the main strategic tool through which Italy aims to reduce the number of road accidents and casualties. Looking ahead to 2030, the PNSS aligns with the European Vision Zero framework, aiming for a safer, more accessible, and more sustainable mobility system.
What is the National Road Safety Plan (PNSS)?
The PNSS is an initiative of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) with an ambitious goal: to halve the number of road fatalities by 2030.
The plan is based on an integrated approach that combines infrastructure interventions, safety education, technology, and coordination between institutions, targeting especially local territories and municipalities. These are called upon to design and implement targeted actions, making use of allocated funds and following the technical guidelines defined by the MIT.
The main areas of intervention of the PNSS
The PNSS is structured into several areas of action, each designed to reduce road risk in a structured and effective way, addressing the main issues related to infrastructure, behavior, and enforcement.
Infrastructure and signage
One of the plan’s top priorities is the upgrading of road infrastructure, starting with road signage.
Planned interventions include:
- renewal of vertical and horizontal signage, often degraded or poorly visible;
- making pedestrian crossings safer, especially in urban areas;
- introducing visibility devices at critical points (such as blind intersections, sharp bends, poorly lit junctions), including innovative solutions like Safe Join.
Behavior and education
Cultural change is another key element: for this reason, the plan includes road safety education campaigns and initiatives aimed particularly at young people, such as:
- school-based educational programs;
- multichannel awareness campaigns;
- collaborations with organizations and ministries, such as the Icaro Project, promoted by MIT and the Ministry of Education.
These tools aim to build a culture of rule compliance and prevention.
Enforcement and penalties
The PNSS also addresses law enforcement, strengthening checks and penalties to discourage dangerous behavior. Key priorities include:
- increased speed checks, monitoring mobile phone use, and driving under the influence;
- tougher penalties for serious violations;
- new technologies for road monitoring.
Ongoing road safety campaigns
Alongside infrastructural and regulatory measures, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) promotes nationwide information campaigns to directly influence road user behavior, which is often the main cause of accidents.
These campaigns aim to raise awareness and educate citizens through simple messages with strong emotional impact.
👉 “On the Right Track”: this is an institutional campaign aimed at all drivers to promote safer driving, tackling speed and distraction. Messages are broadcast on TV, radio, and online.
👉 “Just Drive” (promoted by ANAS): this initiative is against mobile phone use while driving, one of the main causes of accidents. It uses impactful videos and testimonies to raise public awareness.
👉 Summer 2024 Campaign – State Police: during the summer months, controls are intensified and preventive communication is increased on the busiest roads, focusing on fatigue, seat belts, and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
These campaigns, coordinated and complementary, reinforce the PNSS message: road safety is a shared responsibility that requires awareness, attention, and active participation from everyone.
Implications for citizens and local authorities
The effectiveness of the PNSS will depend on collaboration between institutions and citizens, as well as the ability to adopt concrete, locally appropriate solutions. In this context, smart technologies like Safe Join are a practical example of how the plan’s objectives can be translated into swift and effective action.
Safe Join is an innovative device for safety at critical points, designed to ensure optimal visibility in any weather conditions, with autonomous solar-powered operation and zero routine maintenance: an investment perfectly aligned with the principles of the PNSS: low environmental impact, easy installation, effectiveness.
For citizens
The PNSS measures have a direct impact on people’s daily lives, improving safety and urban mobility quality. The benefits for citizens are tangible:
- fewer accidents;
- greater safety in urban and school areas;
- opportunities for active participation through reporting and public initiatives.
For local authorities
Local authorities have access to public funds to implement local road safety projects, with priority given to urban areas with high accident rates.
Devices like Safe Join allow them to:
- address blind spots without invasive works;
- keep management and maintenance costs low;
- quickly integrate projects into the PNSS guidelines.
Why the PNSS is so important
The PNSS is a strategic turning point for road safety in Italy.
Its importance lies not only in the numbers, but in its ability to build an integrated system where every action – from citizen education to the adoption of smart technologies – helps save lives.
For public administrations and citizens, now is the time to act in a coordinated way: investing today means preventing tomorrow’s accidents.
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