news from the road - 01

The World Health Organisation "WHO warns of mounting death toll on Asian roads" particularly with respect to motorcycles:

http://www.wpro.who.int/media_centre/press_releases/pr_20040405.htm

I have contacted them for more data or links . . .

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The WHO is also part of the first United Nations Global Road Safety Week (23-29 April 2007) . . . next week . . . will watch out for any results which may come from it:

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2007/pr17/en/index.html

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Millions of cars going to be grounded during the Olympics in Bejing as they don't know on how they can handle the traffic:

(news in German)

http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/0,1518,478070,00.html

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The city of Guangzhou in China is prohibiting motorcycles from the inner city as they seem to be the preferred choice of criminals:

(in German)

http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/0,1518,459693,00.html

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Sorry for links in German . . . but I am also following up in any other language . . . and will try to find English links