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Black Saturday clogs European motorways
files_0.jpg As holidaymakers begin their August vacation, motorways ... on their journeys. Photo Paddy75/Flickr (Black Saturday, Black Saturday, European motorways, European motorways, Lyon, Lyon, Perpignan and Bordeaux, Perpignan and Bordeaux, tailbacks, tailbacks ...
Flexible speed limit tests to unclog motorway
motorway-wet--flickr-kemas-junius-antonius.jpg - by Jennifer Evans for Expatica A variable speed limit test on the A12 motorway between The Hague and Arnhem will begin ... later in 2009. Yet another test will begin on the A20 near Rotterdam in 2010. On a Dutch motorway ...
Haulier groups call for A4 motorway extension
10,000 signatures under a petition to complete the A4 motorway between Delft and Schiedam, road shipping association EVO told the ANP agency. For many years the motorway has been prone to traffic ... to motorway level. The measure is expected to improve traffic flow in the southwestern province of Zuid ...
People power at Dutch local election meeting
motorway--rnw.jpg A local election meeting in Utrecht, the Netherlands ... a covenant with the citizens of Lunetten neighbourhood, promising not to agree to any widening of motorways if this would compromise living conditions. The city of Utrecht is surrounded by motorways, and fine particulate ...
More Dutch motorists fined for traffic offences
motorway-speed-flkr-yozza.jpg The number of fines imposed on Dutch drivers ... motorway (Photo: FlickR/yozza) (Dutch society, news, the Netherlands, traffic safety) ...
Police shoot reindeer dead
feared the animals could cause an accident on the nearby A7 motorway. Attempts to drug the animals ... the animals "Police feared the animals could cause an accident on the nearby A7 motorway."......If the police killed the reindeer because they could cause an accident on the motorway, why don't they kill the drivers ...
Belgium warns of fake police officers
to be on the lookout for fake police officers on the E411, the motorway from Brussels to Luxembourg. Three ... . The victims were led away from the motorway and then forced to hand over their money. So far, three couples ... , Luxembourg to Brussels motorway, the Netherlands) ...
Holiday travellers clog French roads
motorway between Lyon and Orange, the A9 motorway from Montpellier to the Spanish border and the A10 motorway linking Paris and Bordeaux. The ANWB Dutch automobile association says it is being flooded ...
Three British robbery suspects die in crash
800px-Geldautomaat.jpg Three British men were killed in a motorway car ... the police after a brief car chase. However, half an hour later their car crashed on the motorway and rolled ...
Dutch schoolgirl killed in coach accident in Spain
motorway near the city of Gerona in north-east Spain. There were 60 passengers on board ... was startled by something that crossed the motorway and he swerved to avoid a collision. The injured have ... Dutch tourists were killed and another 40 injured in a coach accident on the same motorway, 80 ...
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Moroccan beekeepers: a joint loan reduces risk
Beekeepers in Morocco don't like working on their own. If they join forces...
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