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Slow Down and Live: How Europe's 30 km/h Revolution Is Saving Lives From Graz to Amsterdam, a quiet transformation is reshaping urban streets — and the data proves it's working. There is a moment, familiar to anyone who has watched a child dart across a cobblestone street or a cyclist squeeze...

Road fatalities considerably higher into United States than in Europe. There are many reasons for that: younger minimum driving age, more lenient attitude to wearing seat belts (not even compulsory in New Hampshire), more dangerous road design, and so on. But another reason I have not been...

I found these two maps, which I found interesting enough to share. The highest fixed speeding tickets are in Austria, Italy and Belgium. Oddly enough the amounts on the map are in Australian dollar. I like the system of speeding tickets based on the driver's income like in the UK...

When driving abroad you may not be aware that the limits have permissible alcohol in the blood may be different from in your country. The UK, Canada and the US are the most lenient in that regard allowing 0.8 g per litre (i e. 0.08%), while most other Western countries have a limit of 0.5 g/L...

I have created maps of traffic-related deaths per 100,000 inhabitants for the Unites States and Europe. When looking at the statistics per country from Wikipedia, I noticed that the US states with the worst road fatality rates were way above anything observed in other developed countries and...

German and Japanese car makers are quickly losing market share in China. This appears inevitable Chinese car makers can produce cheaper electric cars that are as good or better than any others. German car makers have also been too slow to adapt to the EV market, trying to prolong the life of the...

I am getting seriously fed up by people who believe that electric cars are better for the planet than petrol cars. It may seem like a logical idea, especially when one believes Elon Musk's deceitful propaganda, but in reality electric cars have a bigger carbon footprint than petrol car. I...

The French Vinci Motorways Foundation for responsible driving ("Fondation VINCI Autoroutes pour une conduite responsable") published its annual study (for the 12th year) on the most and least stressed drivers in Europe (based on of survey of 11 countries). Belgians came on top as the most...

For most people having a car represents the biggest share of one's personal carbon footprint. Unless one travels a lot by plane, few other consumables generate nearly as much CO2. Driving 15,000 km per year (a bit less than 10,000 miles) with a petrol car generates as much CO2 as home heating...

Belgium legalised the use of customisable licence plates a few years ago, and since then they have become quite popular despite the rather steep price tag (1000€ per plate). Brussels being the EU capital, with one third of its population made of foreigners, we see foreign car plates from all...

I have added new vehicle maps of Europe. I wanted to see if there was a correlation between road fatalities and the quality of roads or number of speeding fines per capita. There doesn't seem to be much correlation. Road fatalities correlate best with the Human Development Index. I suppose that...

It may come as a shock to many of you, but one European country has already banned the sales of new petrol/diesel cars this year: Austria. Wikipedia keeps a list of countries that plan to phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles. After Austria, it is Norway who is going to follow suit in 2025. The...

Following the ranking for the most eco-friendly fashion brands and electronics companies, I am now tackling the automobile industry. Car manufacturing has a considerable environmental impact, especially on deforestation and resource depletion. Discover which car makers are doing the most effort...

It's hard to describe what eBussy is in one word. It's a minibus, but also mini motorhome, a pickup truck and a van, all rolled into one. The eBussy is an astonishing electric vehicle based on a modular concept that the manufacturer promises to be as easy to handle as Lego bricks. Its launch is...

Travelling in different countries I couldn't help but notice that the brands of cars on the road can vary quite a bit. Obviously people tend to buy more cars from their own country, either for patriotic reasons or because the marketing is better, the cars are designed in accordance with the...