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Europe's Deadliest Roads

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: transport-policy listserv
21 July 2003 - 9:00am

Although a high profile education campaign has decreased the number of road deaths by 18% since last year, France still has Europe's deadliest roads.

"Motorbikes zoom down Parisian pavements, cars ignore zebra crossings and the honking of horns during rush hour is constant -- welcome to France's roads, home of some of the world's most irate drivers... The main killers on French roads are alcohol and speed. In a country where a few glasses of wine with an evening meal are the norm... almost a third of fatal accidents involved drivers who are over the limit."

Full Story: Are French Roads Still the Deadliest in Europe?
Source: Reuters, July 20, 2003
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