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The project partners also discussed the digitisation of driver education, approaches to obtaining a driving licence and the importance of lifelong education and training.
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The topics covered advances in crash investigation, including laser scanning and photogrammetry for more accurate post-crash analysis and the use of data for road safety research.
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If the EU plan goes ahead, there will be pressure across the EU for governments to introduce the B1 licence, allowing 16-year-olds to drive speed-limited SUVs. This would have negative effects for safety, health and the environment that will be felt for decades.
Briefing: etsc.eu/the-eus-plan...
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We risk increasing car dependency as young children move from being transported in their parents’ vehicles, to driving low-speed cars as teenagers rather than building up healthy habits such as walking and cycling and using public transport for their day-to-day activities.
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Young people should be encouraged to walk and cycle, activities that bring life-long health benefits as well as environmental benefits for society as a whole.
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While vehicles limited to 45 km/h will not be allowed on motorways, there are many high-speed roads in the EU with speed limits vastly higher than 45 km/h. This speed difference can create additional safety risks, as well as congestion on single-carriageway roads where overtaking is difficult.
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Youngsters are safest when taking public transport
An increase in individual motorised mobility among young teenagers will bring increased road safety risks if it causes a shift away from the safety of being a bus or train passenger.
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Between 2020 and 2022 there were 931 A-traktor crashes in Sweden, almost 2.5 times the number recorded in the previous 3 years. The risk of dying or getting injured in a collision with an A-traktor is more than four times higher than with a regular car.
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/n...
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The European Commission’s impact assessment on the new driving licence proposals said, in reference to the B1 licence changes: “the measure may pose an additional road safety risk, notably for vulnerable road users”
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In Sweden, the only market that allows the very young to drive speed-limited full-size cars, tampering to avoid speed limitation has become the norm.
www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...
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Are teenagers safer driving low-speed cars, than on mopeds or on quad bikes and mini-cars ?
A youngster may theoretically be safer behind the wheel of a 30 km/h speed-limited, full-size car, than riding a motorcycle or driving a quadricycle. But this obscures several critically important factors:
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Rather than outlawing these anomalies permanently, the European Commission decided to potentially expand the concept to youngsters across the EU.
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In Finland, in 2020, the government launched a plan to allow 15-year-olds to drive smaller cars (up to 1500 kg) fitted with a speed limiter set at 60 km/h – but the proposal for so-called ‘light cars’ was blocked by the European Commission.
etsc.eu/finland-drop...
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What's the Swedish connection?
For years, Sweden has had an obscure category of vehicle known as an A-traktor which enables 15-year-olds to drive cars and pickups modified, if necessary, to have no more than two seats, and with top speed limited to 30 km/h.
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The @ec.europa.eu has plans to update rules on driving licences which include a proposal to allow 16-year-olds to obtain a 'B1' licence, enabling them to drive a car weighing up to 2.5t as long as a speed limiter is fitted that prevents the vehicle from accelerating above 45 km/h.
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Great insights from our hosts at the General Police Directorate (Ministry of Interior) and the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences at the University of Zagreb, and a wonderful opportunity to hear about the Dutch and Swedish experience.
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Congratulations to Valentina Orioli, deputy mayor for new mobility. A true life-saver.
#IWillBeALifesaver
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The figures contrast with Italy's national performance last year, where crashes, injuries and deaths all increased.
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Zero pedestrian deaths, for the first time since 1991
- Road deaths down by 50%
- Crashes down 13%
- Injuries down 11%
- Urban traffic pollution down 30%
- Bike sharing up 69%
- Car sharing up 44%
- Cycling up 10%