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AIRSO was formed in 1965 to provide support for individuals working in the area of road safety; particularly within industry and as a means by which the views among professional colleagues could be exchanged. Membership of AIRSO has since developed and is open to any person whose work is in any way connected with the promotion of road safety. As such the breadth of the Membership provides a high level of professionalism and expertise.
AIRSO became a registered charity in 1996 and is an independent Membership organisation working in the interests of road safety, highly respected in the field within the public, private and voluntary sectors. AIRSO is consulted by statutory and non-statutory organisations on road safety issues. Members represent a wide cross-section, including commercial transport, fleet management, driver training, independent and local government road safety organisations, the armed services, the emergency services and enforcement agencies.
The Functioning of AIRSO
AIRSO conducts its high profile road safety work via a Road Safety Group which comprises a number of Portfolio Holders who have been appointed to head up the work of the Association in the areas of Law, Motorcycling, Education, Training & Publicity, Public Service Vehicles and Training, Large Goods Vehicles and Training, Car and Light Goods Vehicles and Training, Managing Occupational Road Risk, Emergency Services, Safety, Traffic and Highway Engineering, Infrastructure and Sustainable Transport and Vehicle Safety. In addition, the Road Safety Group is supported by eight members elected annually by the Membership.
AIRSO has excellent working relationships with the Department for Transport, Driving Standards Agency (DSA), Vehicle and Operators Services Agency (VOSA), and the Highways Agency who regularly consult the Association on issues of national importance. It also has strong links with many other Road Safety Organisations such as the Institute of Advanced Motorists, the Driving Instructors Association, the Motors Schools Association, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, the RAC, the AA, the Guild of Experience Motorists, the Road Haulage Association and the Freight Transport Association.
AIRSO is a Member of the Parliamentary Council for Transport Safety, The National Road Safety Committee, The London Accident Prevention Council, the Occupational Road Risk Alliance and Roadsafe. In addition it is frequently invited to serve on Working Groups to consider road safety issues which impact both on a national and international basis.
AIRSO is a signatory to the European Road Safety Charter.
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