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The number of injury accidents involving cyclists has risen sharply in recent years. This can be explained by the increase in e-bikes and speed pedelecs, but also by the fact that Flemings cycle recklessly, says traffic safety institute, Vias. More […]
More than one Belgian in three admits to not respecting the speed limits. Traffic safety institute, Vias, hopes that the increase in speed cameras and the arrival of extra average speed checks will finally lead to a change in mentality. Speeding […]
Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation announced the development of a Connected Shift System based on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Both are the most important members of the South Korean-based Hyundai Motors group. The Connected Shift System can […]
Wallonia recently introduced a smart road lighting network to make traffic safer. The new lights are equipped with sensors and cameras. They can analyze traffic and adapt the intensity of the lights to make situations safer. The lights will burn […]
It is still not clear when and if autonomous cars will come on the market. Last year alone, thirty companies invested $16 billion in the technology, with no prospect of a launch date. Consumers are also critical. Executives at General […]
The Agency for Roads and Traffic (Agentschap Wegen en Verkeer, AWV) is planning 38 road construction works in Flanders in the coming year. A total of 81 kilometers of road surface needs to be restored, and a 20-km stretch will […]
The city of Antwerp introduces speed limits for speed pedelecs: the maximum speed goes down to 25 km/h, and cycle paths with a double direction will have a dotted line in the middle. Since 2016, the number of accidents involving […]
On January 1st, 2019, Flemish authorities introduced a mandatory ‘return moment’ for all young candidate-drivers, six to nine months after their application for their final driver’s license. The reason for the measure was to reduce the high number of accidents […]
The Flemish Minister for the Budget, Mathias Diependaele (N-VA), starts an investigation about the improper use of the tax advantages attributed to pick-up vehicles. The sales of pick-ups have tripled in the past ten years. This success is mostly due […]
Of the almost 30 000 speed pedelecs registered in Belgium, 40% are leased bicycles. This is apparent from figures collected by CD&V MP, Jef Van den Bergh. In Wallonia, the super-fast e-bikes with pedal assistance up to 45 km/hour have […]
The Belgian government is currently discussing the idea of analyzing motorists’ driving behavior to detect accident-prone zones or areas where the speed limit should be lowered. Victor Rouard, a lawyer specialized in privacy, believes such a project could only work […]
Both riders and passengers of light mopeds in The Netherlands will be forced to wear a helmet. The Dutch Minister of Infrastructure, Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (D66), states this in a draft bill. This means that only cyclists and drivers of […]
The latest study from the Bicycle Observatory notes that the share of cycling in Brussels has increased by 8,9% between 2018 and 2019. Electrically assisted bike usage is also growing, especially for the daily work-to-home commute where they accounted for […]
The Dutch authority for traffic, RDW (Rijksdienst voor Wegverkeer), is investigating a recent case of ‘unintended acceleration’ of a Tesla Model 3 in The Hague. The car breached through the barrier at a parking lot and crashed into a wall. […]
Every day, the Brussels Region attracts 356.000 Flemish and Walloon commuters, six out of ten from Flanders, and four out of ten from Wallonia. 36% of them use a car, compared to 12 years earlier. This is shown by new […]
Thirteen accidents occur every day in Belgium, in which people are injured because someone did not respect the priority rules. In 2018, 49 people lost their lives due to this. Although the number of accidents fell from 7.883 in 2009 […]
Flemish Minister of Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Open VLD), is allocating 10 million over the next five years to rebuild and better secure highway car parks. In the first phase, seven car parks will be constructed, but N-VA urges the minister […]
For one in three drivers who are on the road after 22 hours, the ‘biological night’ has already started, resulting in a higher risk of accidents. From 3 February to 1 March, the Flemish Foundation for Transport Studies (VSV), therefore, […]
A team of administrative staff has just been set up in Brussels to check whether the rules on free-floating devices such as e-steps, scooters, and bicycles are being properly complied with. With this measure, Brussels wants to reduce the nuisance […]
eCalls, the automatic emergency call generated by a car in case of a severe accident, are no longer relayed directly to the 112 emergency services but are filtered by (seven) private companies in Belgium starting this year. The reason: 90% […]
German insurers want new cars in the EU to be fitted with an alcolock as standard. In Germany, there were 13.500 accidents involving alcohol in 2018. Such a European directive is easier than legislation per country, according to the insurers. […]
The cycling brigade of the Brussels Capital Ixelles police zone carried out a total of 84.674 PVs for traffic offenses in 2019, double the number of the previous year. “We try to in the right place at the right time.” […]
Four out of ten Belgians see no benefit at all in fully autonomous cars, according to a survey conducted by Vias among 1.000 people. This is a slight increase compared to 2017, which, according to the traffic institute, is due […]
The speed reduction from 120 km/hour to 100 km/hour on the Brussels ring-road will be introduced before the end of 2020. That is what the Minister of Mobility and Public Works, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), announced in the Flemish Parliament […]
American electric carmaker Tesla says it suspects a short-seller being behind the ‘owners petition’ to ask the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) to investigate Model S, X and 3 cars to accelerate unintended suddenly. Tesla replied on Monday, that […]
On Thursday, municipalities, police zones, mobility operators, and citizens’ associations gathered for the Brussels Mobility’s Road Safety summit. The authority wishes to put road safety as a number one priority and reduce the death toll to zero by 2030. The […]
Relatives of the dramatic Stint accident in Oss, in September 2018, have asked whether the vehicle can be rebaptized when it will hit the road again. Edwin Renzen, the builder of the Stint, has complied with this request, and the […]
The number of speed pedelecs on the Belgian roads increased significantly in 2019. More and more people consider the fast-riding bikes an alternative for their second car. According to the service for vehicle registrations (Dienst voor Inschrijvingen Voertuigen, DIV), last […]
Speed controls with mobile speed cameras have become useless in The Netherlands due to the popular app, Flitsmeister, that allows drivers to warn each other for speed controls. Last year, there were more controls but 10% fewer fines, according to […]
Bicycle courier Baptistine has created several maps of Brussels that show the travel time between various key locations. Handy for those who want to estimate the time it takes to travel between two points by bike in Brussels. For the […]
From 2021, the entire Brussels region will become a 30 kph zone where the maximum speed of 30 km/hour will become the norm. However, there will also be exceptions to this rule, for example, on dedicated lanes on which buses […]
The Belgian brewer, AB Inbev, the producer of the famous Jupiler beer, launched a remarkable sensitizing campaign this week on radio and television. In the build-up to the Brussels Motor Show that is opening its door on Friday, the brewer […]
On January 1st, 2021, in one year, Brussels will have completed its speed limit reduction to 30 kph on most of the Region’s streets. Today, the government begins discussions with the 19 municipalities, police zones, and public transport operators, to […]
Belgium fails to reduce the number of road deaths on its roads. In 2018, 604 people were killed at a national level, in Flanders there were 310. This resulted in 52 road deaths for every million inhabitants in Belgium. As […]
For the Belgian company XenomatiX, participating in the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas will be a significant start of an extraordinary year. As a Louvain spin-off of Imec, the company produces the so-called lidar sensors. Multi-beam approach Thanks […]
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