More News From the Nanny State

In its bid to save the planet from climate change, Brussels could be about to create another endangered species: the Ferrari.
MEPs will on Tuesday discuss banning high-powered sports cars from Europe, with one saying that selling "boys' toys" that could exceed the 130kph top speed on EU roads (with the exception of Germany's) was "nonsense". READ ON

The New Antwerp High Speed Train

Antwerp has put so much emphasis on claiming space for public transport that owning a car has become a nightmare. This ancient city was never built to accommodate the 100,000 commuter cars that daily cause gridlock on her surrounding 5 lane highways. While the happy few speed towards Paris and Amsterdam in the new airconditioned HST at 300 km/h, the locals are trying to get to the shopping mall through streets of a city that has long come to a grinding halt. READ MORE