[walletdrainer]

There are much more dangerous vehicles around on European roads, such as most buses, trams and lorries.

[Ekaros]

Those tend to have no bonnets. So there are some risks and accidents still, but in general they do have better visibility.

[jacquesm]

And professional drivers.

[mvdwoord]

They get paid for what they do, their "profession". Most of them are not particularly good ;)

[jacquesm]

That may be true, but on average I would expect them to be better drivers than the pick-up-in-the-inner-city crowd, whose choices are already off to a poor start before they turn the ignition key, after all, they picked the wrong vehicle for the surroundings.

[walletdrainer]

There are probably less than two hundred people like that in the entire EU. Kind of a pointlessly small demographic to focus on.

[jacquesm]

Please stop polluting HN threads with nonsense. Thank you.

[throw-the-towel]

Don't they also need special driver licences, which can have more stringent rules?

[consp]

Yes, but that is mostly "one time you get it" and then some courses every now and then. You do have more stringent medical rules at every renewal.