The Malta Independent 5 May 2024, Sunday
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Second Respect Motorsport event set for Sunday 14th April

Associated Press Tuesday, 9 April 2019, 11:11 Last update: about 6 years ago

After the 1st Event of Respect Motorsport on the 18th of November where more than 500 cars met at Ta Qali to raise awareness about the need for a Road Safety and Motorsport Facility RESPECT Motorsport felt the need to organise a second event on Sunday 14th of April.

The group felt the need to organize another event after for another five months it seems that nothing was done, except that another report was issued and published by the European Union, which says that in the last eight years Malta registered the largest increase in rate of people who lost their lives in traffic accidents. The 31 deaths per million in 2010 increased to 38, an increase of 38%. It even appears that the agenda of both the government and the opposition is to ignore such reports even when these are published during the election campaign for the election of representatives to the European Parliament as none of them bothered to speak about it. As for motorsport, more and more children and young trainees had to go abroad to train and practice their sport abroad.

The group said that besides the government did not kept with both his election promises, that of 2013 and that of 2017 it is not true that the safety on our roads is on his agenda as a purposely built Road Safety facility is the only thing that can improve the quality of driving in Malta. As in many other European Countries such facility can be easily incorporated in the motorsport facility.

The appeal of the group for all who have the safety of our roads at hearth, for all those who want to see the sport of go-karts, cars and motorcycles to develop as all other sport disciplines, or those who wish to practice their sport in Malta is to join Respect Motorsport on Sunday 14th of April at Pembroke Park and Ride or at Ta' Xbiex near the Black Pearl Restaurant at 8:00am.


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