The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that cycling in Lithuania is just as dangerous as riding a motorcycle or driving a car. However, the highest mortality rate is recorded in car-related accidents, according to […]
Though the last few years have seen a gradual drop in the frequency of traffic accidents, recent figures have shown a reversal in this trend, with accidents in some areas growing by as much as 60%.
To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here. […]
The Ministry of the Interior has a new legal proposal that would lead to a reduction of speeding tolerances to 5kmh over the speed limit and to an increase in fines for every kmh over the limit from €2 to €5 for certain speeds. […]
The Lithuanian parliament is considering a law that would punish passengers of intoxicated drivers. […]
Not a single child has been killed on the roads due to their own negligence last year, said Lithuanian police spokeswoman Marija Kazanovič on the LRT show Labas Rytas Lietuva. This is the first time […]
Traffic jams in Lithuania’s largest cities can’t hold a candle to those that torment the residents of the world’s largest metropolises, but Lithuanians who live farther away from their workplaces complain about having to spend an hour or more a day in traffic jams during their commutes. What sort of losses do traffic jams cause, and can this problem be solved easily? […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and Health Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė support the Interior Ministry’s initiative to reduce drunk driving. […]
The Lithuanian parliament unanimously accepted a proposal to ban young drivers from driving powerful cars. […]
Lithuania’s police have started installing speed cameras that record a vehicle’s medium speed in a certain section, rather than its instant speed. […]
Basketball star Jonas Valančiūnas had an encounter with the police of Vilnius, Lithuania, who pulled over the tall man to inspect window tinting on his car. […]
On Friday, Lithuanian Minister of Transport and Communications Rimantas Sinkevičius met with President of the World Road Association (PIARC), Oscar de Buen Richkarday, who commended Lithuania for improving road safety. […]
The existing ban on the use of right hand drive cars in Lithuania runs counter to the country’s Constitution, the Constitutional Court of Lithuania ruled on Friday. […]
A drunk police officer killed a man and a woman in a car crash in Panevėžys, northern Lithuania, on Tuesday evening, leaving one more man seriously injured. […]
In general, average income is the single most important factor that determines consumer preferences to spend on public transport or to buy private vehicles. However, lower income cities such as Kuala Lumpur, Vilnius and Athens are among the top ten cities with the highest ratio of passenger car ownership in the world. […]
Following the European Court of Justice‘s ruling, the Lithuanian Transport Ministry proposes to lift a ban on registering right-hand-drive vehicles in the country. […]
In cities across the world there has long been conflict between cyclists and pedestrians. As the temperatures soared in the Lithuanian capital a visitor discovers that Vilnius is no different. […]
Every second driver in Lithuania disregards the prohibition to use the phone while driving without handsfree equipment, shows a survey carried out by Lithuanian non-life insurance company Lietuvos Draudimas. […]
Copyright © 2024 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes