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Temporary exemptions to Regulation (EU) No 561/2006 due to the effects of the corona virus: EU Member States

23/03/2020/in News & Info/by News Editor

The IRU and ATA are closely monitoring the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation.

This includes national and international updates on the transport of passengers and goods in affected regions of the world.

The latest transport news, guidance and FAQs on the coronavirus pandemic.

Please find in the document attached the updated situation on national/international transport of passengers and goods in affected regions of the world. Download the PDF on the Country Information.

COVID-19: European Commission presents practical advice to ensure continuous flow of goods across EU

23/03/2020/in /by uicr.org

In a bid to keep freight moving across the EU during the current COVID-19 pandemic, the European Commission today issued new practical guidance on how to implement its Guidelines for border management. The Commission stresses that all EU internal borders should stay open to freight.

Trixi-Spiegel: Simple idea that saves lives

28/02/2020/in News & Info/by News Editor

Inventor of the Trixi mirror: simple idea that saves lives

In Munich, 6,000 Trixi mirrors could soon be installed at over 1,100 intersections. Truck accidents at the intersections are said to be reduced. Spiegel invented Ulrich Willburger. His daughter was the victim of a turning accident.

It’s been 25 years since Ulrich Willburger from Seehausen invented the Trixi mirror. Trixi, named after his daughter Beatrix, who had recently had a serious accident. The 13-year-old was on her bike when she was hit and overrun by a concrete mixer turning right.

She survived seriously injured, but has been paralyzed on one side since then. A typical blind spot accident, it was said at the time by an official body, explains Willburger: “Both the experts and the police explained to us: This is repeated stereotypically, there is nothing you can do about it. I didn’t want to leave it like that. ”

https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/erfinder-der-trixi-spiegel-simple-idee-die-leben-rettet,RiZIZ2G

Ein Trixi-Spiegel an einer Münchner Straßenkreuzung

Germany updates road traffic law with new rules on lorry turning speed, legal passing distance for bicycles and new cycling zones

28/02/2020/in News & Info/by News Editor

A wide range of new traffic safety measures has been agreed by the German parliament as part of an update to the country’s traffic law.

Drivers who park in cycle lanes or follow emergency vehicles through an emergency corridor will now face higher fines, and, for the latter, the possibility of a driving ban. Read more

VOLVO -Tower

27/02/2020/in News & Info/by News Editor

Oh, those crazy men and women in Gothenburg, Sweden is at it again. The folks at Volvo Trucks have a new promotional video to rival the ones they have made in the past … and that takes some doing.

Keep in mind, this is the same company that gave the world action star Jean-Claude Van Damme doing the splits with one foot each on two moving trucks.

The company explains the video this way: Read more

Nine EU countries voice opposition to EU ‘Mobility Package’

25/02/2020/in News & Info/by News Editor

The number of countries opposing the EU mobility package grew from six to nine on Tuesday (18 February) when the transport ministers of Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Cyprus, Malta and Estonia made their positions clear in Brussels.

European Commission welcomes Stockholm Declaration on Road Safety

18/02/2020/in News & Info/by uicr.org

This week government delegates from more than 80 countries are discussing how to step up ambition and improve global road safety in the next decade.

During the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Stockholm, Swedish Minister for Infrastructure Tomas Eneroth presented the Stockholm Declaration, stressing the need for continued, ambition in particular by working towards a new global fatality reduction target, as the current target expires this year.

European Commission welcomes Stockholm Declaration on Road Safety

18/02/2020/in News & Info/by uicr.org

This week government delegates from more than 80 countries are discussing how to step up ambition and improve global road safety in the next decade.

During the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Stockholm, Swedish Minister for Infrastructure Tomas Eneroth presented the Stockholm Declaration, stressing the need for continued, ambition in particular by working towards a new global fatality reduction target, as the current target expires this year.