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Kevin Krefting
Schumacher pledges his support to the FIA's "Make Roads Safe" campaign. (LAT Photo)
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The FIA is relying on Michael Schumacher's global appeal as it joins the United Nations in a push for road safety, a longtime cause of the governing body of international motorsport.
The seven-time Formula 1 world champion made an appearance at the launch of the "Make Roads Safe" campaign this Monday in London. It was a rare public appearance for Schumacher since retiring from F1 racing at the end of the 2006 season.
"Road crashes kill on the scale of Malaria or Tuberculosis, yet the international community has not woken up to this horrific waste of life," Schumacher stated. "That is why I strongly support the Make Roads Safe campaign and the proposal that the United Nations organize a first ever U.N. ministerial conference to tackle this preventable loss of life."
During the weekend, the German also made an appearance in Poland, to attend an event held by Ferrari sponsors Shell, and claimed not to be missing F1.
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"I'm not missing driving at the moment, and I'm a pretty happy man," he said in a press conference in the city of Poznan. "I live a good life; I'm very close to the racing, [and] I'm involved with almost everything that's happening," added Schuey, who remains employed by Ferrari.
"I spend more time at home now, I can draw my schedule in a way that at least in the holiday times I can be at home and spend the vacation with the kids. That is very nice for us."
