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Transfering the moped from the bicycle path to the road has significantly improved traffic safety and traffic flow in Amsterdam. That is what the city concludes after the first evaluation of the new regulation that was introduced on April 8th […]
One of the 350 measures included in the Flemish Climate Plan is a reduction of the maximum allowed speed on the Brussels ring road to 100 kph. The Climate Plan argues that this is good for the environment, safety, and […]
Under the #UberCestOver hashtag, created in response to the testimony of a Strasbourg student, many women in France and Belgium report harassment, sexual assault, and even rape by Uber drivers. The platform just made its mea culpa, but inappropriate attitudes […]
Where safety was one of the top three buying reasons for a long time, actual car buyers are according more importance to other criteria, such as comfort, energy consumption, and connectivity. But the price remains criterium number one. Many dealers […]
The fast electric bicycle, the speed pedelec, is under fire. Some talk about ‘the new cycling terrorist’; others call them ‘the BMW of the bicycle path’. But why does this fast e-bike arouse so much irritation? Because the speed of […]
Half of all bicycle paths still don’t meet the standard the government imposes itself. According to regular countings, the number of cyclists is increasing exponentially. More than one out of ten employees already use the bike for commuting, which is […]
Today, slightly more than 80% of the almost 1.400 speed cameras along the Flemish regional roads are operational. In May 2018, it was still 84%. The original goal was to have 85% of them operational by the end of 2018 […]
Electric cars are usually safe, but there are circumstances in which they can ignite. Statistically, this is certainly not more common than with thermally powered vehicles, but the extinguishing process is much more complex. Emergency services are not (yet) equipped […]
Driving when sleepy is dangerous. That is why the police will check on sleepiness using a saliva test. Drivers are free to take the test. ‘Unexpected killer’ “Sleepiness is an unexpected killer,” says Werner De Dobbeleer of the Flemish Foundation […]
Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) are likely to make driving more dangerous than provide more safety. Drivers are increasingly handing over ‘control of the wheel’ to their car. But they have no idea what the ‘autopilot’ exactly does. This is […]
With electric cars putting up record performances in acceleration and overtaking and becoming ‘muscle cars’ by nature, insurers are placed in a dilemma. Should they raise the premium to cover the increased risk or are EVs just safer, on the […]
Children that are going to school on foot or by bicycle receive a virtual penny as a reward. The principle is already in use in Bonheiden, Peer, Schelle, and Koksijde, and Izegem will follow soon. Each trip to school brings […]
Flanders has found a solution for the many average speed checks that are not operational today. The cameras will be part of the ANPR camera shield. Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras are booming, mostly in Flanders, compared to Brussels […]
The Brussels and Walloon Ministers of Mobility put their heads together to get Walloon commuters into the saddle with five new bicycle highways to the Belgian capital. Under consideration are the trajectories Waterloo-Brussels along the railway line 124, and other […]
The Brussels Region has started to offer its municipalities a series of options and financial backups to start the pacification of their neighborhoods, as stated in the Good Move mobility plan. The aim is to redirect transit traffic to the […]
According to the statistics of car accidents, not all the elderly are still fit to drive. Some are afraid of the fast traffic, others are scared to change lanes, and most of them suffer from poor visibility. For a lot […]
Mobility Minister, Elke Van den Brandt (Groen), plans to buy 60 additional speed cameras for the Brussels Region. That should bring the total number to 149. The Minister has increased the regional mobility budget by 22 million to finance the […]
Minster for Mobility, François Bellot (MR), is in favor of a global review of driving speeds, “rather than punctual changes”. He says so in response to the bill to increase the minimum speed on highways from 70 to 80 km/hour. […]
Normally today, the French Parliament will deliver its final vote on the comprehensive project of Law for the Orientation of Mobility (LOM). We summarize its highlights. On the road – The contested general 80 kph rule will be relaxed. The […]
With 36% of Audi drivers fined last year, they are the group with the highest average number of traffic fines in Belgium. This is the conclusion of a study carried out by the VIAS safety institute and the Federal Public […]
Car manufacturers are asking Google to develop the navigation and infotainment system in their cars. Smartphones, being always connected and up-to-date, are often better at those things than in-car systems. So manufacturers are giving in, and Google seizes power in […]
The newly appointed Flemish Minister of Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), has immediately been confronted with the strikes at public transport company De Lijn. Still, she’s determined. “If De Lijn cannot prove itself, the company will be replaced by another […]
Reluctantly the Dutch government bites the bullet: the maximum speed on all highways in the country is to be reduced to 100 km/hour during the day, between 6 in the morning and 7 in the evening. At night, 130 km/hour […]
The Flemish motor vehicle inspection centers are going to act more severely in their judgment of some technical defects. That is what the Flemish authorities together with the federation of inspection centers (Goca) announced on Tuesday. There will be a […]
The Netherlands is considering limiting speed to 100 km/hour on highways to limit the country’s nitrogen emissions significantly. Road Safety Institute, Vias, is already in favor of reducing the maximum speed on Belgian highways from 120 to 100 km/hour. However, […]
The latest European study from the Vinci Foundation states that Belgian motorists are the third rudest drivers of the continent, behind Italians and Greeks. The research shows that one out of six insults other drivers. Worse, 15% of them admit […]
Brussels Mobility, Public Works and Road Safety Minister, Elke Van den Brandt (Groen), wishes to pacify the city with road safety as a priority. According to her, the new 30-zone will secure traffic and reduce noise and pollution. To implement […]
The software in Uber’s self-driving SUV that killed a 49-year-old woman in Tempe, Arizona, last year simply couldn’t ‘imagine’ that a pedestrian would walk outside the marked crosswalk to cross a dark street. It did spot the woman walking next […]
This winter, the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic (Agentschap Wegen en Verkeer, AWV) is planning close collaboration with the Royal Meteorological Institute (Koninklijk Meteorologisch Instituut, KMI). The new collaboration should help to better keep the roads ice-free. It was […]
The family of a man that died in a Tesla Autopilot accident in March of this year is suing the company for wrongful death. Jeremy Banner’s Tesla Model 3 didn’t notice a semi crossing the road and crashed into it […]
The fall is often considered one of the most dangerous periods in terms of road safety. Falling darkness and unfavorable weather conditions, such as wind and rain, can play very bad tricks on motorists. It is during this period that […]
One thing that became clear at the Embassy of Mobility Conference during the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven (The Netherlands) last week is that mobility is not a technical problem but a social one. And the future of our need […]
The Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic (Agentschap Wegen en Verkeer, AWV) is running pilot projects in which the pedestrian light on the other side of the street has disappeared. According to Flemish Mobility Minister, Lydia Peeters (Open VLD), this […]
One out of ten drivers (10%) has a problem with the lights of his car. That seems to be the conclusion of a new study by mobility organization Touring among 1.000 drivers. An alarming situation since 60% of traffic accidents […]
The union of cyclists (Fietsersbond) and Fietsberaad Vlaanderen plead for more clarity and uniformity in the traffic regulation for the fast speed-pedelecs. “Unambiguous rules would allow cities and municipalities to provide a more consistent road infrastructure,” says Wies Callens, spokesman […]
