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Two Counters, One Cab

Most transport offices still keep two separate files. Border formalities belong to the driver and his passport; driving and rest times belong to the vehicle and its tachograph. That ...

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Make Way, But How? Europe’s Emergency Corridor Patchwork

A queue builds on a motorway. The driver in the left-hand lane edges left, everyone else edges right, and a gap opens down the middle. Forty kilometres further on, past a border post, ...

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Open border, split rulebook: the driving risk that outlasts the fine

The open border suggests one European road. The consequences of a traffic offence still split at every frontier, and for a fleet the split is measured in vehicles, not in euros. A private ...

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The cheap driving licence – and where Europe draws the line

Obtaining a category B driving licence can cost several times as much in one Member State as in another. The saving may be real. Whether the law allows you to keep it is another ...

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A clean engine is no longer enough: the diesel trap in Europe’s low-emission zones

Why the badge — not the emissions class — now decides at the city boundary, and why a foreign fine is neither as harmless nor as automatic as people think!

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Barrier-Free Europe? More Mobility with the New EU Parking Card – But Not Without Hurdles

EU free movement is meant for everyone. In practice, disabled travellers still meet paperwork, cameras that cannot read a card behind a windscreen, and fines they should never have ...

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Flashed, Parked, Paid: Austria’s Fines Go Nationwide – and Up – in 2027

From 1 January 2027 Austria replaces its patchwork of regional penalties with a single nationwide tariff – and lifts most fines by roughly half. For anyone who drives across the Austrian ...

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More safety, more control? Europe’s traffic law between assistance and intervention

A widely reported claim that Brussels is preparing a satellite-based speed cap for 2030 does not survive contact with the legislative record. What has actually changed in 2026 is more ...

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