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The EU’s plan to allow teenagers to drive SUVs unaccompanied at 16 is a fatal mistake

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Road safety disparities linked to socioeconomic factors

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🚗 Don’t miss the PACTS Spring Conference on 11 March 2025! Session 1: Safe Vehicles (Chair: Nick Reed) 🔹 Key safety tech & impact – Richard Cuerden, TRL 🔹 Future of vehicle safety – Matthew Avery, Euro NCAP 🔹 Bus safety & Vision Zero Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/pacts-conf... #roadsafety

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Belgium to introduce a penalty-points system…well almost

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German police union calls for 30 km/h urban speed limits

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New 60 km/h speed limit on Irish rural roads implemented

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Dutch public and parliament back reintroduction of alcohol interlocks for drink-driving offenders

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From Brussels to Bologna…some good news for road safety ETSC’s Executive Director Antonio Avenoso looks at how city-wide 30 km/h speed limits are bringing big benefits to cities across Europe.

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30km/h as default speed limit in cities works. It saves lives. It cuts noise. It even leads to overall faster travel times. Great op-ed by Antonio Avenoso, Executive Director of @etsc.eu etsc.eu/opinion-from...

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A big thank you to 🇧🇬 Vice-Premier Grozdan Karadzhov and Dep. Minister Toni Todorov for their support for the EU #RoadSafetyExchange project. Our workshop in Sofia brought together experts from 🇧🇬 🇫🇮 🇪🇸 to discuss best practices and experience on driver training and collision investigation.

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Today sees the release of the Children’s Walking and Cycling Index report - the first of it’s kind - sponsored by Halfords Children are often overlooked by decision-makers and officers in transport, or if they are considered, it's on the school journey.

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The Trump admin is causing chaos in transport research. Studies have been canceled, datasets have vanished, and experts have been fired. The Nat'l Academies’ Transportation Research Board has caved to Trump’s demands for censorship, triggering upheaval. Its future is in doubt. From me (w/scoops) 🧵

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Good to hear Kai Tegethoff MEP reporting back on @juttapaulus.bsky.social's negotiations on the new driving license directive yesterday evening at the European Parliament's Tran committee. MEPs are standing up for a union-wide alcohol ban for new drivers. https://buff.ly/4i7sSli (from 18:15)

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Great to see Austria standing up for road safety, opposing plans to allow 17-year-olds to drive lorries. https://buff.ly/4i01iGv (€) via @politico.eu

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“A network is only as strong as its weakest link”, is the best way to explain the importance of intersections in cycle planning. Dutch engineers have spent years establishing best practices for safe intersection design as part of a coherent cycle network.

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Every year, 112 Day is held on 11 February to remind people that they can call this emergency number anywhere in the EU for free. Emergency services includes police, fire brigade, and ambulance services in any EU country, as well as in some non-EU countries like Switzerland and Turkey.

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Sweden lets 15-year-olds drive SUVs unaccompanied, and the EU wants this allowed across all 27 Member States (for 16-year-olds). Here comes a thread on why this is a terrible idea. youtu.be/3HvPAoDnHmA?...

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Ireland: Speed limits on some rural roads reduce to 60km/h

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The German Police Union is calling for 30 km/h speed limits to be the default in urban areas.

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Portugal cancels roadworthiness tests for motorcycles

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Half of killed young car passengers in the UK were unbelted

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30 km/h update: Bologna’s new speed limits bring positive changes; lower insurance costs in the UK; Greece consulting on national rollout

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New EU rules on driving licences could make road safety worse

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UN working party cautious on driving features that blur the lines between human and automated driving

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As part of its comprehensive road safety strategy, and following a speed limit review, Ireland is changing the default speed limits for rural local roads, from 80km/h to 60km/h, starting on 7 February. https://buff.ly/3PXo6uM Image credit: https://buff.ly/42Bh1HD

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Great to be back on the road again this week in Croatia with the EU #roadsafetyexchange project. The focus was on good enforcement practices and how to make safer road infrastructure.

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"The most successful road safety intervention in modern times" BBC News - Welsh 20mph limit: 100 fewer killed or seriously hurt in first year

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USA: Ford's BlueCruise hands-free technology faces closer investigation after fatal crashes

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𝗜𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮 𝟯𝟬𝗺𝗽𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗵𝗼𝘁𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁 due to a speed limit set nearly 100 years ago? See how communities across UK are getting friendlier, quieter, safer 20mph streets and drivers are getting a £50 bonus through lower insurance premiums. bit.ly/4hbOrkm

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In Bordeaux, car parking will get 30% more expensive for ICE cars in excess of 1.6 tons; 1.9 tons for hybrid/electric cars. Environmental and road safety reasons are among the reasons stated to introduce the surcharge. If you ask me, other cities should follow suit! www.bordeaux.fr/p158358/stat...

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