19 МAR - Stalling progress in reducing road fatalities in many member countries of the EU was revealed by recently published preliminary statistics for 2023. Around 20,400 people were killed in…
20 MAR – The first ROADPOL enforcement operation for 2024 detected a sharp rise in truck and bus violation rate with the one of buses almost doubling in a year.…
16 JAN - The number of drug driving offenses keeps its steady rise, results from ROADPOL's latest pre-Christmas Alcohol&Drug enforcement operation show. The operation was traditionally conducted in December, a…
16 JAN - Traffic safety has demonstrated positive progress in Finland in 2023, with road traffic fatalities dropping below 200 for a second consecutive year, preliminary statistics published by Finnish…
16 JAN - The German Road Safety Council (DVR) has urged the government not to cut spending on cycling infrastructure. During a recent amendment session for the Federal Budget Law…
17 JAN - Czech Republic's Road Traffic Act ran through a major overhaul to address emerging road safety challenges. Mandatory insurance for electric scooters, learner's permit from the age of…
18 JAN - France has lowered the minimum age for obtaining a driving license to 17 years instead of 18. The measure was announced in December 2023 by then Prime…
14 FEB - ROADPOL is to organize two master classes in 2024 aimed at teaching police and road inspection experts to spot truck and bus drive and rest times fraud.…
16 FEB - Finnish drivers drive faster than average, when tired and hold a mobile phone when driving, ROADPOL Council member Аssistant Police Commissioner Pasi Rissanen writes in a blog…
17 FEB - 3,170 people died on French roads last year, according to the French Road Safety Authority (Sécurité Routière). The fall in the number of deaths concerns all categories…