In Europe, it is planned to set the permitted speed in cities at 30 km / h / Article

Every year, 22,700 people die and 120,000 are seriously injured on the roads of the European Union. Although the situation with fatalities has improved in recent years, more severe traffic restrictions are planned at European level to reduce the number of fatalities and injuries, including a speed limit of 30 km / h in cities.

The permitted speed of 50 km / h in Brussels is only on some, large streets. Everywhere else since the beginning of the year it is allowed to drive at a speed of 30 km / h. Such practices have also been introduced in Helsinki, Grenoble, Lille, Bilbao and Valencia.

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30 km / h should also be set as the maximum speed in other European cities, a resolution adopted this week calling for MEPs.

Luxembourg MEP Tillie Mesa explains: “Speeding is the cause of a third of all fatal road accidents. We therefore call for safe speed limits on all roads, and in particular 30 kilometers per hour, as the default speed in residential areas.”

The European Parliament also wants to introduce stricter restrictions on alcohol consumption – no promise for drivers and the creation of a European road transport agency to support sustainable, safe and intelligent road transport. The EC promises to take into account MEPs’ recommendations, recognizing that the situation on Europe’s roads is not good in many places.

EU Equality Commissioner Helena Dalli is convinced: “

As urban life develops in the European Union, road safety is becoming an urban issue and vulnerable road users – pedestrians and cyclists – now account for 70% of all road deaths. “

An average of 42 people per million die in car accidents in Europe each year. The safest roads are in Sweden – 18 deaths per 1 million. But list The “black end” next to Romania is Latvia – 74 deaths per million.

The European Commission is planning to achieve this goal – no fatalities on the roads, stressing that it requires the involvement of the Member States, car manufacturers, the police, ambulances and, of course, the drivers themselves. Ilze Nagla, ATV, from Brussels, Belgium.

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