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Latvia donates drunk drivers’ cars to Ukraine’s war effort

Reinis Poznaks, founder of the NGO known as Twitter Convoy stands in front of a trailer loaded with vehicles, which were confiscated from drunk drivers, in Riga, Latvia, March 8, 2023. REUTERS/Janis Laizans

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 […]

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 […]