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China is filling up with “quadricycles” that do not require a driving license. And they are a problem for road safety

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The two times I have been to China, two things about its automobile fleet have caught my attention: the furor for electric cars in terms of brands, models and dealerships, because you can almost find one on every corner of any central street in the big cities. And on the other side of the coin, I was also struck by the enormous amount of motorbikes (scooter is saying a lot) and cars without licenses parked in any side and circulating any manner. Don’t call it a light quadricycle, rather say laotoule. There they are known as “laotoule”, something like that like the joy of the old man. Because if in Spain the light quadricycles you see are usually driven by older people, in China too. They began to be seen back in the 90s from tuk-tuk modifications three wheels in rural areas, although today they have capacity for up to five people and a very diverse aesthetic. From occasional mobility to a vehicle for everything. Although the older ones are the star group, they are not the only ones: they are vehicles with very clear profiles of occasional use and short and (relatively) simple trajectories. As collects China Dailythese vehicles are the main means of transportation for running errands or picking up elderly grandchildren, but in recent years they have expanded their range to younger people: they offer a closed space and solve the problem of having to travel at a low cost. According to the China Electric Vehicle Associationannual sales of these lightweight non-highway quadricycles increased from 1.1 million in 2017 to 2.1 million in 2023, of which 1.4 million went to seniors. According to an investigation According to Banyuetan, the magazine linked to the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, these cars are flooding rural roads and urban peripheries. And its proliferation has aroused the suspicion of the authorities. The legal vacuum of laotoule. Because unlike Spain, where any motor vehicle requires a technical sheet and a license plate, in China they have been marketed as if they were devices for personal mobility, something like a scooter or an electric wheelchair. Thus, the bulk of laotoule are sold without registration or approval or the need to pass your MOT. In fact, they are increasingly sold online. like low cost imitations of luxury cars. There is even a Porsche Cayenne without a license. Because there are brands and models of Chinese electric cars to bore, in a light quadricycle version, too. In fact, There are even Maseratis and Porsche Cayenne modelsor rather, Maserati style and Porsche style, because they are not official from the respective houses. And because the Maserati costs about 3,200 euros in exchange. Is take a look at the Alibaba website and find models for all tastes, such as this Mini. Also There is a version without a license of Xiaomi’s second electric car, the ambitious Xiaomi YU7as you can see below these lines. From afar they hit the mark, up close already such. Under that attractive bodywork they hide electric motors of low or medium power and a top speed of up to 70 km/h. Tap to go to the post. The card-free version of the Xiaomi YU7 The real problem is road safety. Leaving aside industrial property issues, laotoules look like miniature cars but they are not: they lack basic elements that are found in passenger cars, such as steel frames or airbags. The Banyuetan report echoes of a fatal hit by a 59-year-old driver in a laotule in Hebei, northern China. From prohibition to regulation. Some local administrations have already made a move: since January 1, 2024, cities such as Luoyang or Beijing banned circulation on public roads to low-speed three- and four-wheel electric vehicles. However, there is a middle way: China issued a regulation of technical specifications and safety requirements for electric vehicles, finally classifying laoutoule as motor vehicles. From here and as explained by Lu Yong, researcher in the low-speed electric vehicle sector for Sixth Tone: “We must recognize the real demand for low-speed vehicles and strengthen the design at national level, both for industry development and traffic management. Clear and enforceable rules must be quickly introduced for both product and driving standards, as well as for road access.” In Xataka | China has so many electric cars running on its streets that it is going to use them to generate energy for homes In Xataka | China is the only country in the world where car prices are falling. So much so that the Government is taking measures

A Chinese program has tested the safety levels of Chinese cars. He has evidenced Chinese cars

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China has received a blow of reality. This is Kyle Chan’s opinionexpert in Chinese industry, who summarizes the position of Tesla on the rest of the Chinese companies in terms of safety of their ADAS systems. The Tweet is motivated by a Chinese program that has faced 36 cars to the same exam to check how 15 obstacles were solved. The result: 216 accidents and a much higher position of Tesla. So superior that Elon Musk’s cars have not only obtained the highest score, they are also the only ones who have successfully solved five of the six major scenarios under which the tests were encompassed. But, in addition to all this, there are many other interesting diatribes. All tests were published on television since they were carried out by the media DonGchedi. It is not just a sample of the lack of Chinese cars is also a touch of attention to their own manufacturers. Frightful results China is living a revolution in the car market. There is no doubt about that. They have electric cars with the highest technological load in the world and live in a competitive bubble so strong that it threatensLeave multiple brands aheadwith the most settled by launching a Aggressive Price War. But in addition to having the car equipped with the fastest electric charge or the best incorporated drone, Chinese manufacturers They have been presuming exceptional autonomous driving capabilities. In fact, ourselves in Xataka We have been able to check firsthand how a car of less than 10,000 euros to direct change, such as Byd Seagullcan move with total ease with the famous Eye of God less advanced. Despite this, the Chinese government has been launching messages to manufacturers warning them that they cannot sell promises that they cannot meet later. That is why he has imposed fines to those who offer their products showing videos or presuming an advanced autonomous driving that then has many asterisks. It is one of the reasons why Autonomous driving was the great absent In the last presentation of Xiaomi Yu7. And the ears pull has finished exemplifying the tests performed by the Chinese media DonGchediwhose video and a half video It can also be seen on YouTube. It shows the examination that 36 cars have passed, the vast majority of them Chinese cars, who have faced 15 risk situations encompassed in six large groups. The result has been fateful. The Chinese car with the best score has been the GWM Wey Lanshan, obtaining the third best score and saving furniture in three of the six large groups. Specifically, he acted correctly avoiding an accident when he found an unexpected obstacle on the road, with the appearance of trucks in works areas or when a second vehicle appeared completely detained by surprise. He suspended with the appearance of other obstacles in works areas, when a second vehicle cut his trajectory aggressively or with the appearance of a wild animal. Similar results (exceeding three of the six scenarios) have also been obtained by the XPEng G6, Aito M9, Luxeed R7 and De denza Z9 GT EV, from better to worse score. Below, all the remaining cars (29 of 36) have not solved more than two risk situations. And of those 29 suspended cars, another 15 have failed to overcome even one of the proposed scenarios. Some, in fact, have only faced four risk situations because they lacked the necessary equipment to face these tests. The Mercedes Class C and the Volkswagen Passat are among these 15 cars that have failed to overcome a single test. But there are surprises among the suspended. The eighth classified is the Aion RT, a Chinese car that has not managed to overcome more than two tests. Just ahead of TOYOTA BZ3Xthe next non -Chinese car (With its nuances) that is in the test and that next to Tesla is the only one that sneaks among the 10 best. If we can talk about “the best” for cars that have not exceeded four of the six proposed tests. They are cars that, despite everything, have been better classified than the Xiaomi Su7 (and also that its ultra version, which has obtained worse results yet), six byd cars (both under the firm byd and some of its luxury brands) or those expected in Europe, the leapmotor C10 and the XPEng P7 (which are sold in Europe) or the expected Zeekr 001O EV. You can see all the list in Carnewschina. A good ear pull The publication of the evidence is not accidental and is especially relevant. In the post with which we opened this article, Kyle Chan highlighted that Tesla is living her own “Chatgpt moment”. The company It has been criticized by Do not include lidar radars in their cars that should improve their performance. However, it has proven to be ahead of all its competitors. The Tesla Model 3 and Model and They are the only ones who have achieved Save successfully almost all tests. The electric Berlina only suspended when faced with the appearance of a wild animal while model and did overcome this problem but acted in an inconvenient way in the scenarios in works. In spite of everything, Chan defends on his tweet that the results highlight the true situation of Chinese technology, although manufacturers try to demonstrate that they are much more advanced. For Chan, that the tests were broadcast on television are a clear government call to the manufacturers, something that begins to be common after an accident of an Xiaomi SU7 that had activated the ADAS systems for semi -automatic driving was recorded. Hu Xijin, former newspaper editor Global Timeswhich is dependent on the Chinese Communist Party and, therefore, it is understood that it is an extension of the government’s communications, pointed out That the results of the tests were good for local manufacturers because they position them where they really are. Understand that it is a good time for Chinese brands to learn what Elon … Read more

Now reinforces your safety while GPT -5 appears on the horizon, according to ft

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The irruption of Deepseek In the market it did not go unnoticed. On January 20, 2025 he put his Free chatbotand in a matter of days climbed up to the top of the ranking in the American App Store, surpassing Chatgpt. The impact was such that it even affected directly to the stock market value of NVIDIA. This success soon generated friction. Towards the end of that same month, Openai launched a serious accusation: the Chinese startup would have used its closed models to train its open source alternative. In statements to Financial Timesthe company directed by Sam Altman He claimed to have evidence of a distillation process that pointed to his Chinese rival. OpenAI reinforces your security measures Since then almost six months have passed. And if something has become clear, it was not allowed to pass the episode overlooking. According to the aforementioned British newspaperthe company initiated a thorough review of its internal practices and reinforced their security measures to reduce the risk of leaks or what internally they already refer as “corporate espionage.” “The episode motivated Openai to be much more rigorous,” said someone close to the security team. The American company has intensified its efforts to shield inside: it has not only expanded its cybersecurity workforce, it has also reviewed its protocols and hardened its internal policies. Among the most relevant measures is the isolation of much of its patented technology, which is now managed in out -of -line environments or separated from the rest of its networks. It has also implemented biometric controls of access to your offices, reinforced the physical security of your data centers and applies a policy of “Denegated output by default“To protect the weights of their models. If you wonder what this last measure consists of, the answer is quite simple: it implies that any critical data transfer is blocked by general norm, and it is only allowed if it has been expressly authorized. Thus, any attempt to extract the models – or sensitive parts of them – is automatically denied unless it is manually enabled, minimizing the risk of escape. This armor comes at a key moment for the company. The career for leadership in artificial intelligence has accelerated, and Openai is no longer seen as an unattainable force. The competition narrowstalent is expensive –Goal has begun paying exorbitant figures by their engineers– And all eyes are put on the arrival of GPT –5. Although OpenAi has not confirmed the exact date, Sam Altman has said that The new model is on its way and that will be “a great evolution” with respect to what we know. Everything indicates that GPT -5 will unify the best of the previous versionswith greater reasoning capacity, better customization, and, presumably, a broader context window. The pressure to launch it without errors, in an increasingly competitive environment, is maximum. Images | Solen Feyissa | Xataka with Grok In Xataka | Huawei and Alibaba’s grudge threatens to transform into a real war: that of AI between Chinese companies

Traveling by plane with a monstrous battery sounds great. Until airport safety thinks

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Travel salts and do fast checkeo: molts, clothing, pajamas, jacket in case it refreshes (which you will end up not using), loaders and loaders The Power Bank of 30,000 mAh with which you can load your mobile and that of all your friends a couple of times. You keep everything, you arrive at the airport and surprise: You can’t pass with such a large external batteryso they requisition and lose it. Indeed, in the same way that we can only carry liquid boats up to 100 milliliters In a transparent plastic bag up to a liter of capacityexternal batteries also have limits. Knowing them will help us not to take an unpleasant surprise as soon as you start the holidays Let’s talk about airplanes. IATA (International Air Transport Association) is the global commercial organization that groups the majority of the world’s airlines. It represents more than 350 airlines in 120 countries (that is, 80% of world air traffic) and among its many tasks is the promotion of safety standards. It is in the 66th edition of the IATA DANGEROUS GOODS REGULATIONS where the limits of lithium and ion-lithium batteries are collected (PDF). Image | Xataka The limits. According to the IATA, we can carry in the hand luggage, and always in the hand luggage, not in the winery, a maximum two external batteries of up to 100 Whing each. The same is secreted by EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) (PDF). IATA terminology, however, is something confusing because it considers the Power Banks as spare/loose batteries, and of those we can take up to 20. However, if they are non -spillable batteries, they must be 12V or less, 100 whi or less and the limit is two units per person. If it is a replacement battery of between 100 and 160 WH, we can take up to two that the operator approves it and if it is greater than 160 WH, we most likely cannot transport it, as the EASA exposes. So, and to go on insurance: Maximum capacity: 100 Wh Maximum units per person: two Power Banks. Image | Gomi Forgive, Wh? In the Tech world we are accustomed to talking about the ability of a battery in terms of MAH (milliamp tell us about (watts time). If the brand of our Power Bank gives us the data, better than better. If not, we can do the MAH> WH conversion with this formula: (mAh) x (v) / 1000 = Wh Power Bank usually have a 3.7 volt voltage, so in the case of an external 20,000 mAh battery we would be talking about 74 Wh. That leads us to the following conclusion: if we want to carry the Power Bank on an airplane, the maximum theoretical capacity must be, at most, 27,000 mAh, although it may be tightening the rope too much. With a battery of 20-25,000 mAh we should go more than served, so, again, to go on insurance on an plane: Maximum capacity: 20,000-25,000 mAh. Maximum units per person: two Power Banks. Image | Gomi But one thing. This is a general rule and airlines usually accept it or adapt it, but we have doubts the ideal is to speak with the operator and comment our particular case. It is also possible that There are concrete standards depending on the country or the airline. For example, Hong Kong’s laws They prohibit loading the Power Banks using the USB take of the seats or loading devices with the external battery during the flight. South Korean operators force To take the battery at all times with us (not in a backpack, not in the upper trunk, with us) and companies like China Airlines and Singapore Airlines They prohibit The use of them during the flight. China’s case is particular. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) issued an urgent notice whereby, as of June 28, 2025, passengers are prohibited from climbing the plane With batteries without the 3C certification (CCC). This is a mandatory security brand, similar to the European EC, which guarantees the quality and safety of Chinese products and that applies to both those imported and those manufactured in China. The thing is that, for the moment, it only applies to domestic flights. And in the trains? Nor in the Renfe conditions nor on the Adif website any mention is made to external batteries. Renfe, in fact, considers dangerous objects to firearms, white weapons, sports and sharp work instruments. Weapons could behave if we carry the relevant license or accreditations, as well as ammunition. What we cannot carry are sharp objects such as knives or stabs, paint ball guns and explosive, flammable, chemical or toxic substances. They do not specify anything about external batteries. They do not do it either Iro and Ouigowhich have similar restrictions and in no case refer to external batteries. Anyway, from Xataka we have contacted the three operators to get out of doubt and update in the case of receiving an answer. Image | Tonny Zhong

Manufacturers have drunk attendee cars for our safety. We do not use them and (worse) we don’t understand them either

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“We know that many people deactivate the lane maintenance assistant. Why should we sell it?” With these words, Denis Le Vot, CEO of Dacia, attacked the European Union and his commitment to adas systems for driving in 2022. What defended the head of the company is that most users They deactivate these aid Security and that, therefore, I did not understand why manufacturers were forced to include them in their cars. Years later, it seems that time is giving the reason to vote. They are neither appreciated nor used Since 2022, All cars approved in Europe They are obliged to set up a series of ADAS aids to driving, including emergency braking, lane output alert or controversial speeding warning that works hand in hand with signal recognition. These aid are, since 2024, mandatory series in every new car sold in Europe. That is, regardless of when any new car that has been bought or is about to be bought has been approved for a year. This, without a doubt, is one of the reasons that cars have increased. Therefore, we must understand that the CEO of Dacia had reasons to attack the European Union. For a brand that has always fought for price, including more starting equipment makes it difficult to. It is, of course, part interested in the debate. However, the data seems to give the vote right. At least that is what those who take the temperature of the conductors say. In JD Power they assured A few months ago that one in four buyers From a car in the United States he had reported a problem with ADAS systems in the first 90 days after buying the car. These problems do not refer exclusively to faults or system failures, they also refer to the inconveniences that users have found because they do not understand the systems or are not very clear how they can deactivate or configure them. Frictions have also increased, according to the study. In the last five years, the technology of the manufacturers in this area has been fired (much guilt has the security regulations), which has made more and more people who choose to deactivate these alerts. “They are too annoying and intrusive,” They point out from JDPOWER. The solution, they say, should go through more detailed explanations by the dealers to explain how these systems work and how they can take advantage of. In part, what happens in Europe is moving to other regions of the world. In the United Kingdom, the ADAS systems that are in the European Union are not mandatory but companies include them by cost savings. However, the data says that Most of them deactivate aid and that the ISA speeding system is the most affected. In a 2020 survey conducted by Erie Insuranceit was stressed that the second help system that was most deactivated after the alert for speed was the maintenance of lane. However, The European Commission points that between the lane output notice can reduce accidents between 10 and 21% and that lane maintenance can reduce the severity of the wounds suffered in an accident by up to 30% of the cases. There is, therefore, a disconnection between regulators and users. Keep in mind that not only the European Union demands these security measures. Euro NCAP, in their studies, punishes the companies that do not offer passive security systems that expand mandatory serial coverage. Euro NCAP is an independent study and cars that are homologated and sold in Europe They are not obliged to undergo their evidence. However, they have achieved quality status for the public that is rare who does not appear to them. This costs Dacia to receive a score of only three stars even though they are regular. It is not the shock tests that they have their safety levels in case of accidentthey penalize very basic adas systems equipment that is barely Leave Dacia Duster in an approved justito. And what happens in Spain? That we feel the same as Americans and British, according to A study of Fesvial entitled “Knowledge of the ADAS systems by the Spanish population” that was published in 2022. It indicated that “70% are not clear that the ADAS are intelligent enough to guarantee the safety of the person who conducts” and “30% are not convinced that the ADAS contribute to reduce collisions or their severity.” Data that exemplify the aforementioned gap between regulators and users. Photo | In Xataka | We are forgetting to drive. It has no importance and DGT exams know

Old, without maintaining and without ITV. One in four motorcycles in Spain is a disaster for road safety

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Near one in four motorcycles of less than 25 years circulate without the Technical Inspection of Vehicles (ITV) in force, according to figures published by the DGT and collected by Motorpasionmoto. Being more precise, 23.3% of registered motorcycles circulate on the roads without having passed through the ITV. The worst news? The data falls short: not even all motorcycles are represented in that percentage. ITV are the parents. According to Spanish ITV data about 25% of motorcycles circulate without ITV in our country. This fact only refers to those with an age of less than 25 years. All those that have a higher age are not reflected within statistics. These are precisely the ones that represent the greatest risk, due to possible wear of their consumables and lack of maintenance. According to Guillermo Magaz, director of AECA-ITV, the old vehicles are the ones that most breached the corresponding reviews. An aged park. 16.9 years. This is the Middle Ages of the Motorcycle Park in Spain. It is a figure even higher than that of The age of cars in our countryalthough with a certain sense given the two NATURALS OF THE MOTORCYCLE: A vehicle to move from A a B as economical as possible or a simple vehicle bought by pure leisure. The consequences. In 2024 the number of deaths in Moto amounted to 289, higher figure from 2015 records. Beyond the relationship between a well maintained vehicle and their safety, there is a key fact to take into account: insurers do not have to cover a single expense if the vehicle has not passed the ITV. In case of an accident, without the inspection in force, the insurer has no legal obligation to cover the expense. The fines. The DGT fight with vehicles without ITV does not cease. It is a practice that can lead up to 500 euros of a fine, depending on the case. Circular without ITV: 200 euros, 100 euros with soon payment. Circular with unfavorable ITV: 200 euros, 100 euros with soon payment. Circular with negative ITV: 500 euros and vehicle immobilization, 250 euros soon payment. It is a problem of approach: it is cheaper circular without ITV than to circulate with a negative ITV vehicle (to which they have thrown back in the ITFV). The DGT He has been asking for years That insurers check if the ITV is in force when securing and renewing, although they have not been too successful. Meanwhile. In the absence of ITV, good security measures are good. The airbag It will become mandatory in driving examsonly the use of Integral Helmet on the roadand the validations of the card B to drive 125cc motorcycles They have ended. In Xataka | The day the motorcycles inherited aerospace technology: IMUs have arrived to change everything

Now they have a serious safety problem and data leakage

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During pandemic and Forced adoption of teleworkingsome bosses forced their employees to Install monitoring system in the teams of their employees to control that they really work during their day. As published Tom’s Guidea cybersecurity team has notified that millions of screenshots of one of these monitoring systems are accessible to anyone, compromising the safety of the companies that hired this service. The distrust of the bosses. The specialized media in Cybernews cybersecurity It echoed what they describe as one of the greatest security leaks of the Workcomposer companywhich offered a monitoring service in more than 200,000 corporate computers in companies around the world. The monitoring service offered attend to your personal affairs. These monitoring systems were the focus of An ethical and legal debatebut if the computer was from the company, it had the right to install the software that would believe timely. The day captures. All these monitored equipment generated dozens of millions of periodic screenshots throughout the day. These captures recorded all kinds of confidential information of companies, which employees used daily: emails, internal documents, accounting data, etc. The employee was not aware of what time the monitoring application He was taking a capture of his screen, so he could not have avoided the capture of this compromised data. In addition to all this data, the screenshots would have captured credentials of access to other companies of the companies if the screenshot occurred just at the time when the employee was accessing the service, which would mean a serious risk to their safety. A millionaire gap. According to Cybernews, the security gap could affect about 21 million captures stored on a Amazon S3 server that did not have adequate access security measures. That allows anyone to make the appropriate search to access the entire catalog of captures that is stored there. This has left all the companies that have used the workcomposer remote monitoring service in a vulnerability situation before attacks of impersonation of identity due to the theft of credentials and internal data escape. In addition, since it is not an attack on a certain service, the affected companies do not know the scope of the filtration, which will force them to review all the credentials and sensitive information that has captured the monitoring system. The RGPD knocks on your door. On the other hand, the massive filtration of these catches will put both affected companies and Workcomposer in a complicated situation. From Xataka we have tried to obtain statements from the company that manages this application, but we have not obtained an answer. He General Data Protection Regulation (RGPD) in force in Europe, and some US laws such as California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)they establish that the company that captures this data is the responsible for its custody and protection. The negligence to house millions of images with confidential information on a server without minimal security can cost you millionaire sanctions. In Xataka | Companies that have eliminated teleworking are facing a big problem: they take longer to cover their vacancies Image | Unspash (Boitumelo)

In 1995, a Peugeot 205 GTI crashed in Sweden. Then began a world revolution in road safety

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It is estimated that 9,344 people died in traffic accidents in Spain in 1989. It was a real barbarity and a historical peak that, luckily, it seems that is far from repeating. These last ten years, Spain has moved among the 1,145 deceased in 2023 and 1,873 of 2014. They are still too many and a problem that several countries have tried to address. One of them was Sweden, which in the 90s proposed the ambitious goal of ending road deaths on their roads. His plan was baptized as ‘Vision Zero’, and it is something that has not only been exported to the rest of the world, but has changed the way in which manufacturers and authorities address both the construction of vehicles and roads. The accident that changed everything. In BBC Podemos read The case that convinced the Swedish authorities to start raising better road safety measures. A car crashed near an exit ramp when I was on its way to Ikea. The accident occurred against a concrete post that protected a lamppost and fulfilled its function for furniture, but caused the five passengers to lose their lives. At that time of 1995, Claes Tingvall had already been promoted to the Head of Road Safety of the Swedish Administration and remembers two things: that driving a three -door Peugeot 205 GTI and that, with the wet road and surely due to the speed of the vehicle They did Aquaplaing. The limits of security. At that time, vehicle security technology focused on what he baptized as “measures to mitigate the second impact.” Manufacturers focused on safety measures such as better children, airbags and safety belts. Come on, passive measures that, in addition, did not take into account what happened outside the vehicle (such as pedestrians or obstacles). Tingvall told BBC that it was insufficient, since “the car cannot solve everything” and realized that road deaths from traffic accidents were a mixture between the car itself, driver’s behavior, the safety features of the safety of vehicle and road conditions. Measures. In fact, Tingvall believes that the authorities were responsible. The reason was that, when he went to the transport authority to ask what would be done after the accident, he was answered that they would quickly replace the concrete with … a new one. It was not enough, so Tingvall demanded to eliminate all these posts and create “clear areas” on the sides of the roads so that, if someone leaves, does not clash against a wall. The authorities were not very convinced, since this would be to admit that the road design was wrong. In addition, all criminal punishments were focused on the reckless driver, but little by little they convinced that something should change and raised a new road safety approach called … ‘Vision Zero‘. Swedish road of 2+1 ‘Vision Zero’. “How many deaths should we have a long -term objective?” That was the question that Tingvall’s policy and Minister of Infrastructure made to the official. His response was: “zero.” It is something that caught the minister to her surprise, but the movements to achieve this utopian target with a bill presented in the Swedish Parliament in 1997 began. The objective was to have zero deaths on the road and was something that involved not only cars drivers and manufacturers, but also the authorities. A clause was very clear in this, since officials could no longer design roads for idealized drivers that are never distracted or exceed the limit. Said like this: “If road users do not properly assume their part of responsibility, for example, due to the lack of knowledge or skills, or if personal injuries occur or there is a risk that they occur for other reasons, system designers must take measures additional to prevent people from dying or suffering serious injuries. “ “Do not pretend that there are laws that you know that everyone will comply with. You would never do that in aviation or in other areas where you really care about security ” – Claes Tingvall Strategies. Ok, the theory is fine, but what does ‘Vision Zero’ imply? The project is based on the maximum that life and health can never be exchanged for other benefits for society and support In four principles: Ethics: Road safety is a responsibility and no death or serious injury due to a traffic accident should be considered inevitable. Responsibility: Both system designers (which includes authorities, engineers and legislators) and road users share responsibility for road safety. Security: the human errors are inevitableso the system must be designed to minimize the consequences of these errors. Change You have to promote better systems, strategies, infrastructure and speed limits to reduce the probability of fatal accidents. Roads 2+1. Within these strategies when designing roads, programs such as “Roads 2+1” come into play. Its name can be enigmatic, but basically it is roads that are not highways/highways, but they have three lanes. Thus, there is a lane in the direction, but also a central one that is the one that is used alternately to advance, reducing the probability of a frontal collision. This is something that minimizes driver’s frustration, maneuvers such as “look” to see if you can advance and also reduce the amount of insecure maneuvers we perform on the road. It is something that is already being tested in several countries, including Spain with cases like that of the National 121-A in Navarra. And roundabouts. Another measures that proposes This strategy is one that is extremely common in European countries, but not so much in others such as the United States. And those are, for some, complicated roundabouts. The reasoning is simple: at a crossroad, there is always a route in which the speed is greater than in which it is crossed, so it is easier for there to be accidents. In a roundabout, although there may also be a mess due to the use of lanes and intermittent, all who approach the roundabout and circulate within it must … Read more

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