Latvia donates drunk drivers’ cars to Ukraine’s war effort
Riga, LatviaReuters Latvia began seizing cars from heavily drunk drivers this year, and as hundreds of vehicles began overfilling impound lots, decided to send them to Ukrainian military and hospitals. Seven cars were driven in a snowstorm onto a trailer and out of a state impound lot on Wednesday, destined for Ukraine. Reinis Poznaks, founder […]
Postcards: Pakistan launches electric vehicle plan with cars in slow lane
RINA SAEED KHAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on Pakistan’s efforts to encourage electric vehicles…
Tackle global road deaths like preventable diseases, says report
Thomson Reuters Foundation Governments should treat road deaths as a public health issue and improve public transport, road planning and urban design to slash the injuries and fatalities that plague poorer countries, said the authors of a report. Shifting responsibility for accidents from drivers to city planners and transport authorities was key to reducing the 1.3 […]