Tag: traffic

Fewer caught in speed traps

Fewer speedsters are being snared by the automatic traffic control (ATC) cameras that line Norwegian roads. Debate continues over whether to remove the cameras or...

New drivers’ license rules loom

Norway's Public Roads Administration (Vegdirektoratet) is putting the brakes on its current system of granting drivers' licenses and gearing up for new rules from...

Drinks, drugs and driving on the rise

Even though Norway has among the toughest laws in the world to combat driving under the influence, new statistics suggest that a startlingly high...

Speedsters caught in a trap

Police figured they'd nab quite a few speeding motorists after setting up a radar control post on the main highway between Tønsberg and Sandefjord...

High parking rates cause embarrassment

Oslo's city administrator says he's "almost embarrassed" after a new study once again places the Norwegian capital as among the most expensive in the...

Roads will continue to deteriorate

Despite government promises to improve Norway's sub-standard highway system, fully a third of the country's roads are in "poor" or "extremely poor" condition. State...

Foreigners face new driving rules

Expatriates and immigrants moving to Norway may no longer be able to simply swap their driver's licenses from their homelands for a Norwegian license,...

Albania’s traffic flow better than Norway’s

Norway has long had among the slowest roads in Europe. Now a new study indicates that even drivers in Albania can get from one...

'Speed devils' plague the roads

Police in Norway have been seizing drivers' licenses at a record pace this summer, part of a crackdown on speeding. Their counterparts over the...

Tunnel collision linked to speed

Five persons, including four young men from the West Coast town of Ørsta, were killed Sunday night when two cars collided inside the world’s...
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