https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Norway tops the table for the most expensive fines for drink-driving, running red lights and motorway speeding, compared to the rest of Europe, a new study has revealed. https://www.thelocal.no/20210529/italy-has-the-most-speed-cameras-in-europe-study-shows-2 Sat, 29 May 2021 17:54:49 +0200 italy-has-the-most-speed-cameras-in-europe-study-shows-2 Driving in a new country can be daunting. This is especially true in Norway. New laws, new traffic signs, and harsh weather conditions are all contributing factors to a foreigner's uncertainty behind the wheel. Here's what you need to know. https://www.thelocal.no/20200921/what-you-need-to-know-about-driving-in-norway Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:01:11 +0200 what-you-need-to-know-about-driving-in-norway Motorists who use mobile phones while driving will from January 2021 face fines of 5,000 kroner and three points on their license. https://www.thelocal.no/20201211/norway-triples-fine-for-using-mobile-phone-at-the-wheel Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:31:26 +0100 norway-triples-fine-for-using-mobile-phone-at-the-wheel The government is to allow construction of new four-lane dual carriageway roads with smaller lanes to be allowed on some stretches. https://www.thelocal.no/20201207/why-motorway-lanes-in-norway-could-get-narrower Mon, 07 Dec 2020 18:29:14 +0100 why-motorway-lanes-in-norway-could-get-narrower Who are the most aggressive drivers in Europe? What about the most likely to speed or beep their horns? A new survey claims to have the answers. https://www.thelocal.no/20200701/driving-in-europe-who-are-the-worst-drivers-in-europe Wed, 01 Jul 2020 16:40:45 +0200 driving-in-europe-who-are-the-worst-drivers-in-europe An issue with software at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen, NPRA) may have resulted in police and prosecuting authorities receiving incorrect information in legal cases. https://www.thelocal.no/20200113/norway-data-errors-may-have-caused-incorrect-traffic-convictions Mon, 13 Jan 2020 14:22:07 +0100 norway-data-errors-may-have-caused-incorrect-traffic-convictions GPS surveillance is a fairer method for charging motorists for their use of Norway’s roads than toll booths, says the Norwegian Road Traffic Advisory Council. https://www.thelocal.no/20170926/satellite-surveillance-should-replace-tolls-on-norways-roads-council Tue, 26 Sep 2017 18:51:50 +0200 satellite-surveillance-should-replace-tolls-on-norways-roads-council The craze for installing doctored comedy signs has reached small-town Norway, with an art collective in Ørje on the Swedish border installing a pair of zebra crossing signs inspired by Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks. https://www.thelocal.no/20140327/silly-walk-sign-enrages-roads-agency Thu, 27 Mar 2014 16:07:00 +0100 silly-walk-sign-enrages-roads-agency One of Norway's leading elk experts has called for six-digit fines to be imposed when motorists or trains kill the animals, arguing that is the only way to force rail and road organisations to take action. https://www.thelocal.no/20140319/expert-calls-for-six-digit-fines-for-elk-deaths Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:29:00 +0100 expert-calls-for-six-digit-fines-for-elk-deaths A popular Norwegian tourist route has been ranked one of Europe's five most dangerous roads in a new interactive map of deadly highways across the world. https://www.thelocal.no/20140313/norway-road-among-worlds-most-lethal Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:42:00 +0100 norway-road-among-worlds-most-lethal Norway's roads authority is considering spending several hundred million kroner on fencing for many of the country's bridges in a bid to cut suicide, while researchers warn that jumpers may simply choose another bridge. https://www.thelocal.no/20120309/norway-mulls-bridge-fencing-to-tackle-suicide Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:44:27 +0100 norway-mulls-bridge-fencing-to-tackle-suicide