Polish Automobile and Motorcycle Federation explained

Assocname:Polski Związek Motorowy
Abbrev:PZM
Logosize:180px
Size:100
Sport:Motorsport
Jurisdiction:Poland
Founded:1909/1950
Headquarters:Warszawa
President:Michał Sikora, Prezes
Replaced:Polish Car Club, Polish Motorcycle Association
Url:www.pzm.pl/
Countryflag:Poland

The Polski Związek Motorowy (PZM, PZMot) (English: Polish Automobile and Motorcycle Federation) is an automobile club and the governing body of motorsports in Poland. It is based in Warsaw.

Established in 1950 by merging the Polish Car Club and the Polish Motorcycle Association. According to its charter, the PZM deals with propagation of knowledge and motor cultures, it leads operations in favor of safety in road traffic, and it promotes motor tourism and camping, as well as supporting the antique vehicle hobby. It organizes driving schools, it provides assistance for motorists in cases of break-downs, it inspects repair garages and service stations, it is involved in sales of new and used cars, it acts as an agent for vehicle insurance policies, as well as issuing some travel documents, providing information for tourists, booking of hotels and ferry tickets.

Besides the automobile club functions, PZM is the Polish National Federation for Motor Sports and is a member of:

PZM's Commissions and Groups

Sports

Speedway

See main article: Speedway in Poland.

Polski Związek Motorowy organizes:

In the past, PZMot was organizes Individual Speedway Polish Cup and Team Speedway Polish Cup.

Research

As well as being an active automobile association PZM also undertakes road safety research. PZM is the active member for the European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) in Poland.[2] PZM regularly publishes maps showing the risk of being involved in an accident on Poland's roads.[3]

Campaigning for Safe Road Design

The European Campaign for Safe Road Design is a partnership between 28 major European road safety stakeholders that is calling for the EC to invest in safe road infrastructure initiatives which could cut deaths on European roads by 33% in less than a decade.[4] PZM is the campaign's partner in Poland.

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Only First and Second League; Speedway Ekstraliga is governed by Ekstraliga Żużlowa Sp. z o.o. (Speedway Ekstraliga LLC).
  2. Web site: EuroRAP Partners. 2009-06-04 . .
  3. Web site: Risk Rate Maps Poland. 2009-06-04. EuroRAP. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110929071122/http://www.eurorap.org/risk_maps?search=y&country=Poland&format=Thumbnail. 2011-09-29.
  4. Web site: About the campaign. 2009-06-04. European Campaign for Safe Road Design. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100122135635/http://www.saferoaddesign.eu/about.aspx. 2010-01-22.