The Royal Automobile Club of Spain, (Spanish:Real Automóvil Club de España (RACE)) is a
motor club/
car club in Spain.
It is the Spanish equivalent of the
American Automobile Association
American Automobile Association (AAA – commonly pronounced as "Triple A") is a federation of motor clubs throughout North America. AAA is a privately held not-for-profit national member association and service organization with over 60 m ...
(AAA) in the
United States of America
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, or the
Automobile Association (AA) in the United Kingdom or the ''
ANWB
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'' in the Netherlands.
The club was formed in 1903 to provide roadside service to drivers in Spain. Along with other European automobile clubs RACE formed
ARC Europe {{refimprove, date=December 2010
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8 shareholders leading their local market
ARC Transistance - the initial name for ARC ...
to provide reciprocal and cross border business services.
RACE is a member of the ''
Alliance Internationale de Tourisme
Alliance Internationale de Tourisme (AIT) is an international federation of motoring organisations created to "represent the interests of national automobile associations and touring clubs". It was founded at the Casino Bourgeois in Luxembourg C ...
' v'.
Research
As well as being an active automobile club, RACE also undertakes road safety research acting as a trusted advisor to the motorist in Spain.
EuroRAP in Spain
RACE is one of the active members for the European Road Assessment Programme (
EuroRAP
European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) is an international nonprofit (vzw) organisation registered in Belgium. It operates from Worting House, Basingstoke, Hampshire.
In partnership with national motoring organisations and local author ...
)in Spain.
RACE along with RACC regularly publish maps showing safety characteristics of Spains's roads
as well as the risk of being involved in an accident.
The safety rating maps are based on EuroRAP's Road Protection Score Protocol (or Star Rating Protocol) is a measure of how well a road protects road users in the event of an accident. Data on road characteristics is gathered by driving through road inspections using a specially equipped RPS inspection vehicle (Strassentest vehicle in German). Trained assessors then rate the safety features and hazards on the inspected road and use standardised formula to produce a safety rating—star rating—which is comparable across Europe.
Campaigning for safe road design
The
European Campaign for Safe Road Design The European Campaign for Safe Road Design aims to influence the European Union to make safe road design a European transport priority and save unnecessary deaths on Europe's roads. The campaign is a partnership between 28 road safety stakeholders ...
is a partnership between 28 major European road safety stakeholders, calling for the
European Economic Community to invest in safe road infrastructure initiatives which could cut deaths on European roads by 33% in less than a decade.
RACE is one of the campaign's partners in Spain, along with the ''Reial Automòbil Club de Catalunya'' (RACC).
References
External links
RACE Website
Financial services companies established in 1903
Automobile associations
Clubs and societies in Spain
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