Artificial intelligence is transforming the way European countries approach road safety. France has presented an ambitious plan for 2025 that seeks to implement smart radars on a large scale, while other European countries already have similar technologies. As smart radars prepare to monitor French roads, the rest of Europe is observing, adapting and debating how […]
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Spain has some of the best beaches in the world. Its almost 8000 kilometres of coastline are home to some of the most visited cities in Europe: Barcelona, Malaga, Valencia or Bilbao are well known, but today we are going to take the car to discover the interior of Spain through its less travelled roads.
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One of the EU’s road safety targets is to reduce the number of serious injuries and road accident victims to zero by 2050. To achieve this, member countries are sharing best practices in road safety, including harmonisation of rules and penalties. Traffic laws are very similar in all European countries, and so are traffic fines.
In recent weeks, Spain has suffered the worst floods in more than 50 years. The most affected provinces have been Albacete, Gerona and especially Valencia. The flash floods have caused extensive material damage and more than 200 victims. In the Valencia area, two of the most important roads in Spain have been affected, as well
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Valencia is the third most populated city in Spain. The metropolitan area of Valencia has suffered severe flooding after a cold spell on Tuesday 29 October. Some towns have been cut off for three days and emergency services are finding it very difficult to access some of the affected areas. The official figures speak of
The electric car is gradually gaining popularity in Europe, and more and more drivers are also using their electric vehicles on holiday. A study by the Dutch automobile association ANWB using data from 230,000 of its members analyses the cost of charging an electric car in various European countries. Between June and September 2024, ANWB
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Multi-infringement radars are capable of detecting different offences simultaneously. In Luxembourg, radars capable of detecting speeding and red light running offences have been successfully tested. Such fixed radars operate completely autonomously, allowing special surveillance of dangerous intersections in urban environments 24 hours a day. In recent years, increasingly sophisticated radars have come into operation. These
The Italian Supreme Court of Cassation has annulled a speeding fine because the speed camera was approved but not homologated. Italian law states that speed cameras need two authorisations: approval and homologation. The Supreme Court of Cassation’s order shows that some Italian speed cameras are only operating with the former, which would invalidate their fines.
In recent months European drivers have been receiving notifications by post to pay a Spanish fine via the website sct.myfines.eu. Is it a real fine or is it a fraud? The notification shows data from the Catalan Traffic Service (SCT), so if you have recently been in Catalonia you might think it is a genuine
12 Barcelona municipal police officers imposed fines worth more than one million euros each in 2022. The champion of this particular competition was officer 541, who imposed 69,840 fines amounting to 7.5 million euros. The data was made public by the Municipal Institute of Finance of Barcelona, and according to press reports Agent 541 was
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