Who they are
RoadCross Schweiz is a Swiss road-safety foundation. Their credo: targeted prevention, without a moralising tone. Three fronts: prevention, support for road accident victims, and political work for more humane and safer traffic rules.
What they do
- Prevention: around 300 prevention events a year reach nearly 15,000 young people throughout Switzerland. Audience 16-24. They speak openly about distraction, alcohol and the consequences of crashes, with testimonies and cases from the region. Campaign “YourChoice - it's your decision”.
- Victim support: free advice, legal and psychological support after a crash. By phone, e-mail, form or WhatsApp chat.
- Political work: over 35 years for safer driving conditions, with concrete results (e.g. legislation against reckless driving, Rasergesetz).
- Research: publications on youth mobility, available to all.
Be My Story
A virtual reality workshop
Be My Story
Three school lessons for 16- to 24-year-olds: with headsets, students step into first-person accident stories, then talk them through with an expert. So that a crash stops being a statistic. It is the same choice as Drive Awake: to give a face and a voice, not a number. be-my-story.ch
The people
- Willi Wismer - President of the Foundation Board
- Stéphanie Anne Portmann - Managing Director
- Christine Vögele - Head of Prevention
- Helene Richner and Marie Gehrer Kontomisios - advice for road accident victims
How they connect to us
RoadCross leads on prevention and stands by those who have lived through a crash. Drive Awake adds one lens: sleepiness, often the invisible part of a crash. We look at the same road from two sides, to prevent and to understand, on the same line: prevention before blame.
Feedback and contributions
Resonance is Drive Awake's private working space for feedback on this profile and preparation of contributions. RoadCross participants can use their personal link provided by Drive Awake. Working documents are not publicly accessible, and comments are optional. Changes adopted by Drive Awake appear here with an updated revision date.
Credits and links
RoadCross Schweiz - roadcross.ch
YourChoice campaign - your-choice.ch
Free HelpLine - 044 310 13 13, helpline@roadcross.ch
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Your kit
Prepared for RoadCross Schweiz: Drive Awake material for your channels, with a video player to embed, files to download and ready-made post texts.The episodes of «The 24 Hours» and the Monte Verità interviews are open to everyone. The partner password only opens a few extra sections of the kit: it is shared, not a personal login.
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