New Technology and Road Safety in Europe

Spectrum | 03.02.2009 | 04:30

New Technology and Road Safety in Europe

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It's safer than ever to drive a car in Europe. The number of fatal traffic accidents has gone down by half in the last thirty years, although there are three times as many cars on the road today.

But European officials and some car manufacturers are not satisfied with current road safety levels. Brussels has set ambitious new targets to cut the number of traffic accidents in half by 2010, and they're turning to futuristic new technologies to meet these goals. Alex Bakst explores the potential of new gadgets to improve safety for European drivers.