On Tuesday 10 April, European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc presented some encouraging results on the reduction in the number of fatalities on European roads in 2017. The Commissioner was, however, sceptical about the possibility of reaching the objective of halving the number of deaths on the roads over the 2010-2020 period.
Around 25,300 people lost their lives on EU roads in 2017, which corresponds to a 2% fall compared to 2016, while a similar percentage reduction was...