The issue of accidents on pedestrian crossings is highly emotional and raises a very strong interest within the public opinion and the media, mainly because the victims are often children and elderly people. Furthermore, everybody traveling is sooner or later a pedestrian himself before and after using any kind of vehicle. In our own country, we might know how to use a pedestrian crossing, but rules differ across the states, a fact that many tourists are not aware of. We imagine that the risk of being seriously injured or killed on pedestrian crossings is probably different around the world. (continue here)

When it comes to crossing the street in Europe, an internal market of safety does not apply! EuroTest reveals that pedestrian crossings need to be made safer. Automobile clubs insist that pedestrian crossings must be safe places for pedestrians to cross the street. And they must be fully integrated in the urban and rural mobility network. (continue here)

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