Withdrawn driving licences
According to Luxemburger Wort, 1.791 driving licences were withdrawn by Luxembourg’s police in 2017. That’s about 5 driving licences per day. In total, there were 39.081 controls in 2017.
Transport
Highest motorisation rate
Luxembourg has the highest “motorisation rate” amongst the EU Member States with 662 passenger cars per 1000 inhabitants, according to Eurostat. This figure may be influenced by cross-border workers (i.e. not inhabitants) using company cars registered in the country. In second place follows Italy with 625 cars per 1000 inhabitants. Other countries with a high …
536,489 flashes
536,489 drivers were flashed by Luxembourg fixed speed cameras in first two years of operation. According to Luxembourg Times, “Of that figure, 522,605 drivers were ordered to pay speeding fines. For the remaining 13,884 cases, offenders were caught driving at such high speeds that criminal cases were filed against them. Drivers with vehicles registered in …
Electric and hybrid vehicles tripled
The number of electric and hybrid vehicles sold in Luxembourg more than tripled from 2016 to 2017, according to Delano.
150 driving licences withdrawn
In Luxembourg, 150 driving licences were withdrawn per month in 2017, according to Luxemburger Wort. In roughly 90 percent of the cases, the reason for withdrawing the licence is drinking alcohol and driving. In the rest of cases, it is mostly because of excessive speed.
518 201 cars flashed
518 201 cars were flashed for speeding in Luxembourg by the fixed speed cameras since they were installed in March 2016.
Best-selling cars in Luxembourg
Luxembourg’s best-selling cars of 2017 are: 1) Volkswagen 2) BMW 3) Mercedes 4) Audi 5) Renault 6) Peugeot 7) Ford 8) Opel 9) Skoda 10) Hyundai
Police Tesla Model S
Luxembourg’s police is going to use two Tesla Model S as patrol vehicles. Source: RTL