The authorities in Taiwan are giving approval for amendments to the road traffic violation regulations in a bid to crack down on the use of mobile devices by drivers. The new amendment to the law will impose a US$34.00 fine for any car driver or motorcycle rider using a cell phone, mobile device or other electronic device while driving. Motorcyclists and drivers were banned from using mobile handsets when they were driving, under the previous rules. But the amended rules now prohibit the use of handheld PCs
The European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) has voted in Brussels on its report on the proposal for a regulation on the approval and market surveillance of two- and three wheelers and quadricycles.
The Instarmac Group claims to have grown its emerging markets network of licensees and distributors after successfully exhibiting at the seventh edition of Intertraffic Istanbul earlier this year.
During the international exhibition for infrastructure, traffic management, safety and parking for Eurasia and the Middle East, Instarmac met with representatives from municipalities and local authorities, from a variety of countries, to hear about the firm’s pothole repair solution.
The Czech Republic has seen an increase in the road casualty rate during 2018. In all 571 people were killed on the country’s roads in 2018, an increase of 69 from 2017. This was the highest level of road fatalities in the countries for the last three years.
August and September had the highest level of fatal road crashes. Of note too is that the Czech Republic has a particularly poor record for motorcycle crashes, with the highest percentage/head of population of any EU nation.
