Driving slower to save lives

On a road in the Tyrol region of Austria. AFP / Christian Bruna

By: Frédérique Lebel

Austria is preparing for carbon neutrality for 2050. The new ruling coalition between the Conservatives and the Greens is taking the lead. Including limiting speed on the road, a source of pollution.

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The previous government authorized motorists to drive at 140 km / h on certain portions of highways. It is now over. Céline Béal found drivers perplexed by these contradictory messages.

And speed limit is good for the environment, it is also one of the keys to better road safety. Driving slower saves lives. Bulgaria knows something about it. We die twice as much on Bulgarian roads as on French roads. It must be said that there is very little control and verbalization of speeding in the country. Report in Sofia by Damian Vodenitcharov.

And at the other end of the European list is the United Kingdom. The safest country in Europe with the fewest road deaths. Still for comparison, twice less than in France. It is not a miracle, it is a real strategy built over the years. In London, Marie Billon.

And on a European scale, how do we legislate with our neighbors in terms of speed limits? Between Germany, where there is no speed limit on most motorways, and the United Kingdom, where one must not exceed 112 km / h, the range is wide.

In France, the government wanted to increase the maximum speed on secondary roads from 90 to 80 km / h. With the discontent that we then saw in public opinion. To talk about it, we find Daniel Vigneron from the site myeurop.info

And we will finish this great road panorama with Poland. Country very badly placed in the European ranking. The dramatic death, in October 2019, of a young father, hit on a pedestrian crossing, by a sedan launched at 100 km / h in the city center has revived the debate. The Prime Minister presented new road safety rules to better protect pedestrians, Thomas Giraudeau.

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The portrait of Igor Matovic, the next Slovak Prime Minister by Alexis Rosenzweig. 

(Replay of March 4, 2020).

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