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Why Fewer Children Are Learning To Ride A Bike

Despite being cheap, eco-friendly and empowering, the bicycle is losing ground among Germany’s youngest. Cities are not built for children, and cars are given priority. Together with parents’ fears and declining physical activity, this is making biking for children harder than in previous generations.

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Ideas Society

Smartphones, Seatbelts And The Italian Art Of Approximate Road Safety

The Italian Ministry of Transport promoted a commercial to raise awareness about the dangers of texting and driving, and all is good except for the part where it forgot rule number one of road safety.

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With Boom In Senior Drivers, 5 New Safety Solutions Around The World

As life expectancy continues to rise, the question of road safety for older drivers has become a priority for governments and carmakers. From AI and deep-learning tech to voluntary retirement, here are some of the innovative solutions being explored to ensure older people can drive safely.

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Society

A Menace Or A Matter Of Pride? When Miss Daisy Wants To Drive Herself

-Essay- MUNICH – The day comes in life when you realize you don’t really need a car anymore, you can take the train, or bus. The problem is: you may not want to. It’s not as if retirement comes as a surprise, a sudden unexpected stroke of fate. We get a long time, many, many […]

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Future

Brazilian Cyclists Take On Motorists With Help Of Hidden-Camera Helmets, YouTube

SÃO PAULO – Eight cyclists surround a black car stopping at a red light on Paulista Avenue, a major thoroughfare in São Paulo. The driver, who the cyclists had spotted committing traffic infractions, is told that he is being filmed. He immediately speeds away from the bikes — running the red light. He hits a […]

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