MEL

Created in 2018, MEL (Movimiento contra el Exceso de velocidad Letal; Movement against lethal speeding in english) is a non-profit organization based in Chile, which aims to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries on the roads, especially those caused by speeding.

MEL advocates for legislation to improve road safety.  With volunteers and also other NGOs, Civil Society entities, the Chilean ministry of Transport and commission for road safety, we successfully campaigned to make law changes in Chile. These changes include reducing the speed limit in urban areas, implementing ‘reckless speed’ as an offence, and creating an automated speed control system.

MEL organizes of road safety awareness campaigns, promotes safer infrastructure and the safe system approach, and creates documentation, training and studies on the Chilean road safety.

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