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The Chinese Way FIA NEWSLETTER FOR CLUbs AND ASNs JUNE 2014 – ISSUE 8 MILEAGE FRAUD AWARENESS RACC urges vigilance on odometer tampering PG 4 COMPETING POWERS CAMS puts electric racers to the test against AUTO ICE machinery PG 17 BIHAMK HELPS FLOOD VICTIMS Club launches assistance schemes as floods cause havoc in Bosnia and Herzegovina PG 6 Please visit WWW.memberclubs.FIA.com to view the list of all our member clubs news THE CHINESE WAY Developing motor sport in China with FASC PG 11 AuTO+NewS AuTO+NewS CONTENTS Welcome to issue eight of AUTO+, featuring AUTO+ the latest news and views from FIA family members all across the world. AUTO+ MEET THE FAMILY AUTO+ NEWS SPORT MeeT THe FAMILY In this edition we report on two new road safety initiatives, the first from Switzerland’s ACU launches Formula E in America 16 The Chinese way 11 TCS in which the club aims to raise awareness THE CHINESE WAY FFSA reveals thrilling route for Alsace Rally 16 PG 11 of the dangers of distracted driving, and the AUTO+ NEWS MOBILITY CAMS electric cars racing 17 second from Germany’s ADAC on the dangers of convertible rollovers. RACC launches fraud awareness campaign 4 Sport Conference Week 17 In sport, we take a look at preparations Keep your eyes on the road 4 FDM warn about risks of used cars 18 underway for the new Formula E Grand Prix FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy 19 IAM takes workplace safety to the road 5 to be held later this year in Punta Del Este, RAC UK welcomes FIA Senate 5 Rally Sweden improves environmental performance 20 Uruguay and the FFSA’s new plans for the BIHAMK assisting flood victims 6 Motor sport medical journal launched 21 2014 Rally France-Alsace. Australia’s CAMS Australian Clubs stand up for a better deal 6 Excellence in Africa and the Middle East 21 also made a leap into the future by organising a race between an electric-powered car and First Paris-Persepolis Eco-Rally 7 gasoline-powered counterparts. ACM launches road safety spectacle for kids 8 Finally, in our Meet the Family series we take ADAC tests convertible safety 9 an in-depth look at how Chinese ASN FASC is growing motor sport in the country thanks to the Formula One Grand Prix, the recent successes of WTCC driver Ma Qing Hua and FASC’s plans for junior racing. We hope you enjoy this latest edition of AUTO+ and, as ever, we welcome your stories and your feedback. CONTACTS: If yOu hAve ANy comments AbOuT ThIS NewSleTTer Or storIeS fOr The NexT issue, we wOuld lOve to heAr frOm yOu. e-mAIl [email protected] Your AUTO+ team 2 3 AuTO+NewS mObIlITy Reial Automobil Club de Catalunya Touring Club Suisse Institute of Advanced Motorists RACC launches Thirty per cent of Swiss drivers text or email while driving. IAM takes first aid on the road mileage fraud The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has joined forces with Driver First Assist (DFA) to promote the benefits of early incident response. A person can die from a blocked airway within four awareness minutes, but in the UK the ambulance target response time is twice that. campaign The DFA course trains commercial drivers – those most likely to be first-on-scene at a crash – how to deal with the aftermath before the arrival of the emergency services. This includes guidance Every year mileage fraud costs €10 billion in Europe according on how to secure the scene, administer basic first aid and provide to a report recently issued by the Reial Automobil Club accurate information to the emergency services when needed. de Catalunya (RACC). On 7 May, the RACC held a press DFA members act in a voluntary capacity. Volunteers conference and a demonstration event to raise awareness of are regarded as Samaritans, meaning that there are no legal this common scam — also known as odometer manipulation. ramifications for their actions and they are under no obligation to Mileage fraud takes place when a vehicle’s odometer – assist if they aren’t comfortable with doing so. While the initial focus the instrument that indicates distance travelled - has been for the training is fleets, anyone can become a DFA member. Over tampered with to lower the number of kilometres a car has Keep your eyes the coming months the IAM and DFA will be working together been driven. to promote the scheme through the IAM’s group network, with The crime of mileage fraud affects the public at large, by reciprocal membership benefits for both organisations’ members. artificially elevating the cost of used vehicles, sometimes by on the road thousands of euros. Devices that can perform mileage fraud are available for purchase online for as little as €150 and do not In Switzerland, distractions at the wheel cause require special technical expertise. almost 13,000 accidents every year. To respond Unfortunately, fighting mileage fraud in one country often to the challenge, the Swiss Assurance Association Royal Automobile Club UK ends up shifting the problem to neighboring countries, meaning (ASA) and the Touring Club Switzerland (TCS) that an international solution must be found. have launched a campaign to reduce the use of You can learn more on the subject following these two links smartphones and GPS when driving. The initiative is Members of the FIA Senate gathered at the Royal Automobile’s Pall Mall clubhouse (in Spanish): funded by the Swiss Road Safety Fund (FSR). RAC UK on Thursday, 3 April, led by Senate President Nick Craw and FIA President Jean Read more about the campaign Thirty per cent of Swiss drivers text or read Todt. Royal Automobile Club President Tom Purves and His Royal Highness Prince emails while driving. Worse, half of them admit to Michael of Kent welcomed the Senate members who also took the opportunity The RACC blogspot on mileage fraud using GPS while at the wheel. According to different welcomes the to view the clubhouse and enjoy the cars on display in the rotunda: a 1962 Alvis studies, our reaction time is far slower – by 50 per TD21 and a 1981 Talbot Sunbeam Lotus – the car used by Henri Toivonen to win cent — when we are not focused on the road. To FIA Senate the 1980 RAC Rally and also the model in which Jean Todt was a co-driver in reduce the number of accidents due to inattentive 1981, helping Talbot to win the World Rally Championship that year. driving, your eyes should always be kept on the road. ‘Lefty and Righty’ – a comical set of eyes – are the ambassadors for the awareness-raising campaign. The happy couple call on distracted drivers to “keep your eyes on the road” with a set of creative billboards and a mobile app called Drive Mode. The app gives drivers the opportunity to disconnect their phone while driving: the driver won’t be able to receive any call or text - just like switching off a mobile phone. Except that by disconnecting the phone while driving drivers earn points for every kilometre driven safely and can receive gifts and rewards for attentive driving. For more information and to download the app visit www.garde-les-yeux-sur-la-route.ch You can also watch the TV spot following this link: (Left to Right): FIA Foundation Director General Saul Billingsley, FIA Foundation Chairman Tim Keown, Senate members www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjLS7SMtJn0 Jorge Rosales, Guojun Zhan, Stephen Miller, H H Tunku Mudzaffar, Deputy President for Sport Graham Stoker, FIA President Jean Todt, Prince Michael of Kent, RAC Chairman Tom Purves, FIA Senate President Nick Craw, Senate member HRH Prince Faisal Al Hussein, Deputy President for Mobility Brian Gibbons and FIA Chief Administrative Officer Damien Clermont, Secretary General for Automobile Mobility and Tourism Susan Pikrallidas, Secretary General for Sport Jean-Louis Valentin. Every year mileage fraud costs €10 billion in Europe. 4 5 AuTO+NewS mObIlITy AuTO+The CAr’S The STAr Bosnia and Herzegovina Automobile Club Australian Automobile Association Touring and Automobile Club of the Islamic Republic of Iran The cost of a tank of fuel could rise by AUD$1-2 in Australia. BIHAMK helps TACI and GTO to organise first Paris- as floods cause Persepolis Eco-Rally havoc in Bosnia From 7-18 October 2014 a new Paris-Persepolis Eco-Rally The diversity of the vehicles participating this year, and Herzegovina will run from Paris in France to Persepolis in Iran. The first underlines the breadth of the shift to more sustainable Paris-Persepolis Rally was held in 1971, yet the goals of forms of transport. The participants will experience the rally have moved on over the years. The focus is now great moments of driving through beautiful landscapes, on consuming the least amount of fuel and producing a roads and lands from Paris, Stuttgart, Vienna, Bucharest, Between 14-20 May this year, Bosnia and benchmark for the evaluation of fuel consumption and new Istanbul, Nevsehir, Arzrom, Tabriz, Tehran, Isfahan to Herzegovina was struck by the most severe natural energy-saving technologies. Persepolis – the beautiful city of Shiraz. disaster in its history. Devastating floods left a quarter This competition is totally innovative based exclusively This Eco-Rally will be held by Gran Tourism of the country without clean water and caused on energy and fuel savings, road safety and environment Organisation (GTO) accompanied by the Touring & physical destruction, which in some cases was as bad protection. The Rally will also highlight the slogan of the Automobile Club of the I.R. Iran (TACI). as the damage caused by the 1992-95 war.
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