Along with the key services provided to its members from the very beginning, the JAA quickly became a lobbying group for road safety and improvements to the road system.
The 2000 cars on the road in 1925 had to contend with buses and drays oblivious of road rules, so the Association reported cases of bad road usage. It also made suggestions for the regulation of head lights and for improving road conditions.
Concerns over traffic conditions led to the formation of the Safety First Board in 1927, and the subsequent production of the Safety First film in 1928.
That early start as an advocate for road safety has followed the JAA into the present.
As a member of the FIA Foundation, the JAA is a participant in the Make Roads Safe Campaign, launched in 2006, which is coordinated by the FIA Foundation. This campaign aims to raise public awareness of the scale of the road injury problem to secure political commitment for its prevention.
