Sweden

How Sweden became the EU's road safety champion

The Swedish approach to road safety, known as Vision Zero, has become one of the Scandinavian nation’s most successful international exports.

20/02/2018

France

France to lower speed limits on most roads

Current 90 kph limit on main and B roads to be cut to 80 kph.

09/01/2018

China

Watch: Elephant attacks vehicles in China

Footage shows an elephant ramming the windshield of a bus in the middle of a road in southwest China

10/12/2017

Business Planet

How can protecting intellectual property rights protect your brand?

Hello and welcome to Business Planet.

06/10/2017

USA

Onboard technologies distracting drivers

A study has revealed that onboard technologies are distracting drivers for up to 40 seconds at a time.

05/10/2017

USA

Honolulu bans pedestrians from using mobile phones while crossing street

31/07/2017

France

Frenchman creates fake speed trap to slow down motorists

17/07/2017

Russia

Deadly bus and truck crash kills 14 in Russia

At least 14 people have died in a collision between a bus and a truck in Tatarstan, Russia.

02/07/2017

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Windmill blade blocks German motorway

In a collision on a motorway (Autobahn 33) near Bielefeld in Germany, the wing of a huge wind turbine drilled through the driver’s cab of a truck.

17/05/2017

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Horses on the highway

Drivers near Budapest were faced with some strange oncoming traffic on May 15, as nearly a dozen horses galloped down the highway.

17/05/2017

Next Series

How technology is bringing us closer to driverless cars

Euronews reporter Denis Loctier visited Volvo and Volkswagen to look at the latest driverless prototypes being tested in real traffic.

03/04/2017

Next Series

Takeaway: Self-driving cars hit the road

Did you see this new hands-free Volvo?

03/04/2017

USA

Takata pleads guilty over faulty airbags

Japan’s Takata Corporation has pleaded guilty to criminal wrongdoing in a US federal court as part of a $1 billion (943 million euros) settlement concerning its faulty…

28/02/2017

World News

Need for speed? How European countries compare

There’s no doubt that driving too fast is dangerous.

02/02/2017

Business Series

Takata looks at bankruptcy protection for its US unit - report

Troubled airbag maker Takata is reportedly considering filing for bankruptcy protection for its US division.

04/11/2016

Business Series

Toyota: millions more airbag recalls

Toyota is having to recall 5.8 million cars around the world over potentially faulty air bag inflators made by Japanese company Takata.

26/10/2016

Next Series

Could optical fibre sensors save lives?

When driving on a road embankment, we hope that it won’t collapse under the wheels of our vehicle, but how certain can we really be?

12/09/2016

Next Series

Takeaway: groundbreaking sensors

Optical fibre can do more than high-speed internet: it can save lives on the road.

12/09/2016

Business Series

Tesla questioned further over Autopilot after fatal crash

US safety regulators want detailed information from electric car maker Tesla about the design, operation and testing of its Autopilot technology following a fatal crash in May.

13/07/2016

Business Series

Takata airbag recalls in US to expand by up to 40 million

Japan's Takata is going to recall and fix between 35 and 40 million additional airbag inflators in the United States.

04/05/2016