Polish Automobile and Motorcycle Association

Polski Związek Motorowy

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Sport	Motorsport
Jurisdiction	Poland
Abbreviation	PZM
Founded	1950
Affiliation	FIA,
Headquarters	Warszawa
President	Andrzej Witkowski, Prezes
Replaced	Polish Car Club, Polish Motorcycle Association
Official website
www.pzm.pl

The Polski Związek Motorowy (PZM, PZMot) (English: Polish Automobile and Motorcycle Association) 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:

Polski Związek Motorowy organizes:

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

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. PZM regularly publishes maps showing the risk of being involved in an accident on Polands roads.

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. PZM is the campaign's partner in Poland.

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