Hyundai commences third Phase of Safe Move-Traffic Safety Campaign

Hyundai Motor India Foundation (HMIF), the philanthropic arm of Hyundai Motor India Ltd, the country’s second largest car manufacturer and number one exporter since inception today announced the commencement of the third phase of ‘Safe Move - Traffic Safety Campaign'.

The Traffic Safety campaign is being conducted in association with Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) in 150 Schools and 14 prominent malls across India.

‘Safe Move’ is one of the key pillars of Hyundai Motor Group’s long-term road-safety CSR initiative across the globe. ‘Safe Move – Traffic safety Campaign in India focuses on spreading awareness about the importance of traffic safety to bring about a significant behavioural change among masses.

In the current phase, ‘Safe Move – Traffic Safety campaign’ will engage children and their families innovatively through contact programmes in Schools and Malls. The objective of the third phase is to build upon the success of phase one and two, and attempts to spread awareness amongst children between age group five to seven years and seven to 16 years.

The programme will be implemented in association with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) and Shah Rukh Khan will continue to support the campaign and Hyundai’s CSR initiatives as Hyundai’s Corporate Brand ambassador.

Commenting on the third phase, Y.K Koo, MD and CEO, HMIL said, “Safe Move – Traffic safety Campaign is an unique initiative in-line with our philosophy of being a caring brand. HMI is committed to safety both in cars and on-road through active endorsement of safe driving practices.

We are pleased with the tremendous success of the previous phases of the campaign and aim to make Safe Move a mass movement across the country. We are confident of a huge participation from schools and families in the current phase through innovative engaging games and mass media films with our corporate brand ambassador- Mr Shahrukh Khan to make Indian roads safer.”

The first two phases of the program successfully reached out to over 90,000 Students and 23,000 Residents across 142 schools and 146 RWA’s respectively.