Property of the Walloon Region, the Lidar speed cameras have seen a significant increase in the number of loans to local police zones. The effective semi-mobile speed cameras have a ticketing rate of around 2%. With its grey armouring, the […]
Flemish public transport company De Lijn usually pays back (part of) its bus drivers’ fines and Flemish Mobility Minister Ben Weyts (N-VA) is furious about it. “These practices have to stop because they jeopardize De Lijn’s future.” 87.000 euro fines […]
Last year more cyclists and pedestrians died in Antwerp traffic. It enhances the discussion whether it is due to the increase in the number of cyclists or the inadequate infrastructure. Moreover, the new Flemish Mobility Decree threatens to undermine the […]
The Belgian government is thinking about making alcohol activated vehicle immobilizers, or the so-called alcolock, mandatory on drunk drivers’ cars. This measure could start on July 1st and will only concern drivers with more than 1,8 g/l of alcohol in […]
After months of opposition from bikers, car drivers and politicians, the new regional road speed limit has been made official. From July 1st on, 400.000 km of secondary roads will now be limited to 80 km/h. Announced on January 9th […]
The Montgomery and Marlow police zones are now equipped with a high-tech, infrared, six lanes scanning speed cam, a new anonymous police car and a special van equipped with a signalling trailer. This Wednesday Road Safety Secretary of State Bianca […]
The world’s first autonomous driving wedding chapel. Where else than in Las Vegas (Nevada), known for its quirky wedding stunts, to expect something like that? Only this stunt is an idea of the American Automobile Association (AAA) from Nevada to […]
Last weekend the federal police carried out alcohol and drug tests in Belgium, on highways, regional roads and municipal roads. A total of 32.299 car drivers were tested, 2,24% of them were intoxicated. A positive evolution, however, according to the […]
Belgian railway management company Infrabel has organized a stage-managed crash between a train and a car to learn from the experience. A world première. The crash not only provides spectacular images but also numerous interesting data for safety services. The […]
In ten years the Car-Pass system has managed to eradicate nearly all odometer fraud on secondhand cars. The government will add new data on emissions and Euro standards to make the system even more reliable. More data Ten years ago […]
Flemish Mobility Minister, Ben Weyts (N-VA), and Brussels Environment Minister, Céline Fremault (CDH), together with Marleen Evenepoel, administrator-general of the Agency for Nature and Woods (Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos) have fenced off the new Ecoduct Groenendaal for humans on […]
Flemish Minister of Mobility, Ben Weyts (N-VA), is providing 20 million euro extra for cities and municipalities to improve road safety near schools. “Parents often are afraid to send their children to school by bike, because of heavy traffic”, says […]
The American start-up Bird started to offer its shared electric scooters for rent not even a year ago and it is already valued at more than one billion dollars. Bird uses the pick-up/drop-off anywhere method, causing authorities to take action. […]
Traffic lights turn faster to red when drivers use their smartphone in front of them. The detection loops of the smart traffic lights get confused, says the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic (AWV). More traffic jams The consequence of […]
In spite of the number of casualties decreasing, on July 1st France will introduce the much contested speed limit of 80 kph instead of 90 kph on 400.000 km of secondary roads. ‘Punishment’ The timing for the measure might not […]
The closure of three out of six tunnels in the Reyers complex for entering or leaving Brussels, caused a major traffic infarct on Monday morning. The Schaerbeek municipality blames the Region for a lack of information for drivers. The tunnels […]
Although the Brussels Region, Charleroi and Mons have prohibited their use, quad bikes have been involved in 222 accidents in the last three years. According to the Vias Institute, “quad bikes are extremely dangerous”. 8 killed and 214 injured Since […]
If it depends on the Flemish catholic and family party CD&V, measures will be taken to make the environment of schools and childcare safer for cyclists and pedestrians. On Saturday, on the party’s annual family day in Bobbejaanland, chairman Wouter […]
As from this year, all the lighting poles on the motorways in Flanders will be converted into modern LED lighting. They provide better visibility and road safety. In addition, an annual saving of 4 million euro in energy costs and […]
People wanting to obtain their driver’s license in Brussels will have to take an obligatory first aid course as from November 2018. Red Cross will teach some basic first aid techniques for heart massage, will learn how to stem blood, […]
Out of thirteen cities tested for sustainable mobility, Brussels ends up at the 8th place. It’s let down by its lagging public transport, an excess of cars and a lack of bicycles. According to Greenpeace, Brussels should fall back at […]
In Flanders classic cars have to pass an obligatory vehicle test as from Monday 21 May. In the future 25 to 30-year-old cars need to be tested yearly, cars of 30 to 50 years old every two years, and cars […]
The important German automotive supplier Bosch is going to commercialize an ABS system for bicycles in the fall of this year. By doing so it wants to keep the lead in the industry of the electric bike. The system has […]
If it were up to Europe, bus drivers would soon be confronted with a harder and busier work schedule. The proposed change in the working conditions of professional bus drivers doesn’t make the unions happy. It’s one of the reasons […]
The Belgian government plans to change the road code in 2021. For the Belgian road safety institute Vias this update will be an evolution, not a revolution. Flemish Minister of Mobility, Ben Weyts (N-VA), thinks that it concerns issues that can […]
European Commissioner for Energy, Maros Sefcovic, has introduced an ambitious plan to make mobility in Europe cleaner, greener and safer by 2030, with stricter emission standards, gigantic battery plants and more safety technology on board of all vehicles. 54 million […]
Elon Musk, CEO of electric car maker Tesla, is irritated by the huge media attention a new accident with a Tesla S gets in America, where the car smashed into a fire department truck while driving on Autopilot. The car […]
In Wallonia a 21-year-old driver, filmed by the dash cam of a fellow driver while he was committing eight infringements, could go scot-free because the judge decided that the man’s privacy was invaded. A Flemish judge comments that “it was […]
The Belgian police trade union, SLFP/VSOA, is worried that the emergency call system ‘eCall’ – mandatory on all new cars since April – will saturate the emergency lines. After a terrible mishap leading to the death of a woman in […]
According to a study of the Walloon Agency for Road Safety (AWSR), the front passenger seat isn’t the most dangerous place to be seated in a car, contrary to popular belief. People sitting in the rear-centre seat risk more than […]
The city of Ghent (Belgium) wants to give schools extra money to convince parents and students to come to class by bicycle. They will receive 500 to 1.500 euro, in order to stimulate sustainable mobility. Schools that join forces and […]
ProRail, responsible for railway infrastructure in the Netherlands, wants to fight delays caused by stranded trains by every means, including ‘push-locs’ and Unimog pull-trains. ProRail has ordered 5 special Unimog vehicles, to be used from 2019 onward. They can circulate […]
Belgian federal Minister of Mobility, François Bellot (MR), is determined to put the question of an obligatory alcohol lock for every bus and coach in Belgium back on the table at the next meeting with his regional colleagues for mobility. […]
Wallonia will launch a new unique roadside assistance system to get any car or wreckage off the road as quickly as possible. The Siabis+ program aims at reducing traffic caused by accidents on the motorway or road. “There might be […]
The Luxembourg company, Société Européenne de Sécurité Routière (SESR), has patented the Triple A sign post, for Avertisseur Automatique Autonome, or autonomous automatic warning device, which will warn road users in time for possible dangers. Every road in every country […]
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