Speed cameras boost French road safety

摘要

Figures released by France's National Council for Road Safety (CNSR) indicate that the number of people killed on French roads dropped by 15% in the first half of 2013 compared with the same period last year. Interior Minister Manuel Vails said that 257 fewer people had died in road accidents compared with the first six months of 2012. 2012 was also a record year, with an improvement of 8% over 2011. "These results are extremely encouraging," said Vails, who reiterated his ambition to reduce the number of fatalities, 3,645 in the whole of 2012, to 2,000 by 2020. Speed was the primary cause of fatal accidents, said Vails, who has asked the CNSR to consider introducing aircraft-style black boxes in cars, so that the precise cause of accidents can be established.