No one injured as over 30 vehicles get into accidents on Tallinn Ring RoadAccording to initial reports no one was injured as more than 30 vehicles got into accidents as a result of black ice that had formed on several sections of the Tallinn Ring Road Friday morning.Local News
Additional inspection of crashed vehicles consideredThe state has decided to order additional inspection of vehicles that have caused traffic accidents as the latter are often repaired on a budget. Insurers believe the measure is unnecessary.Local News
Tallinn to install speed camerasAutomatic speed cameras will start catching throttle-happy drivers in Tallinn in the near future.Local News
71 families lose loved ones in road accidents in 2016Last year 71 people lost their lives in road accidents in Estonia.Local News
Worst traffic offender committed 22 violationsThe police posted 200 black Christmas cards on Monday, meant for serial traffic offenders, who have gathered five or more violations during past year.Local News
Police solves some 500 incidents at WeekendThis weekend in Pärnu, police were busy. At the Weekend Festival Baltic, a total of 27 crimes were registered. 156 misdemeanour procedures were launched including 96 involving minors. Of the latter, 84 had to do with minors consuming alcohol, reported the police.Local News
Editorial: attitudes can be alteredWith Estonia recently shocked by three young lives lost in a wrecked car driven by fourth youngster, we ought to think deep about the sickening speeding recorded this past weekend.Opinion
Editorial: let's bring violent deaths down by halfRegarding deaths by violence and accidents, Estonian statistics tell two tales. First, the shrinking numbers over these past decades are impressive. Secondly, we are still lagging behind the nations safest in Europe.Opinion
Accident prone Haabersti roundabout to turn into turbo crossing with viaduct The works will last a yearFrom end of this year to autumn 2017, Estonia's top accident prone intersection i.e. the Haabersti, Tallinn roundabout will be built into a turbo crossing with viaduct and pedestrian tunnels, expected to make traffic much smoother.Local News
Editorial: spotlight kills fines billHad Postimees not shined spotlight on the doubling-of-fines issue a few weeks ago just before they had planned the final vote, in all likelihood we'd already be paying 'em.Opinion
Moment of truth: fat fines coming?Today, legal affairs committee at Riigikogu will decide whether to send doubling of fine unit bill to be voted at parliament or start over again with the much-criticized initiative.Local News
Nordica becomes biggest carrier in Tallinn airportThe Tallinn airport in March served more than 158,000 passengers which is 3 percent more than in the same month a year ago and Nordica became the biggest operator.Economy
Editorial: penalties no panaceaThese past years, Estonia has been shaken by tragic traffic accidents with casualties and caused by drunken drivers. Thankfully, over a decade the yearly death toll is down from 81 in 2007 to 14 last year. And yet, many may have been avoided.Opinion
Drunk driver to equal murdererThis summer looks gloomy to the hardened drunk drivers of Estonia. Come July, serial offenders will automatically undergo shock jail time. A death caused while behind the wheel heavily drunk will count as murder regarding years in prison.Local News
The long and winding Lithuanian Rail BalticWhile Estonians and Latvians are toiling towards an up to 240 km/h railway, Lithuanians have derailed the effort from the start – between Kaunas and the border of Poland, the trains must roll twice as slow.Economy
Riigikogu pulls doubling of fines off agendaUnexpectedly, and as advised by its Legal Affairs Committee, the parliament yesterday removed from agenda the law amendments intended to raise fine units as basis for misdemeanour fines from €4 to eight euros.Local News
Fog disturbed traffic at Tallinn airportAir traffic in Tallinn airport was disturbed by fog.Local News
Ice on wires freezes Tallinn tram and trolley flowYesterday afternoon saw tram and trolley traffic grind to a halt as wires got covered with ice. The city called for buses to help out.Local News
Incoming helmsman believes Port of Tallinn not steeped in corruptionTo boost competitiveness, the port and Estonian Railways will need to operate as a cluster or holding corporation says Valdo Kalm yesterday elected as Port of Tallinn CEO.Economy
Auto owners half guiltyTechnical inspectors union head hopes all dishonest workers have been caught with none remaining in hiding. He adds, though, that such car owners are also to blame who expect to pass the roadworthiness test some easier way.Local News
Man dies in Tartu as hit by police vanOn Saturday night, a police van on emergency call hit a man aged 20 on a Riga St, Tartu pedestrian crossing, killing him on the spot. Another lad on the zebra at the instant was unharmed.Local News
Young woman repeatedly flunked by examiners under criminal suspicionWith details emerging about the driving test examiners criminally suspected beginning to emerge, the ones examined by such are justified in asking how they can be sure they were not being flunked intentionally for the purpose of personal gain.Local News
Want an easier driving test? Pay €200 extraRoad Administration has asked for help by driving test examiners from other regions, to fill the hole created by five out of nine examiners at Tallinn division suspected in accepting bribes.Local News
Two middle managers of Estonian Road Administration resign due to scandalTwo middle managers of the Estonian Road Administration tendered their resignation on Friday after having admitted that they knew about the graft scheme.Local News
City centre edges towards the seaDuring five to ten years, Tallinn city centre will be edging from Viru area towards Admiralty Basin, closer to the sea. Around Old City Harbour, construction has begun on lots of lots. Meanwhile, not all developers have disclosed their plans to broader public.Local News
Mobile speed camera tested: 94 percent exceed limit during half hourAt end of this year, interior ministry and Road Administration will launch tests of mobile speed cameras which will feature the remarkable quality of not being located at a traditional «known» spot. Rather, the devices are relocated according to need.Local News
State seeks to lower speed limit on dangerous roadsRoad Administration is compiling a new traffic safety program wherein lower limits are considered where quality is not the 90 km/h kind, to bring down deadly accidents statistics.Local News
Driver of vehicle in four-victim crash was severely drunkThe 23-year-old driver of the car in which four people were killed in an accident in Estonia's southern Tartu County on the evening of Aug. 4 was severely intoxicated, the investigation has established.Local News
Editorial: death takes some other soul, some other placeA tragic accident like the recent one in Tartu County will never fail to shake us all. It's surely the worst for loved ones, but the impact is broader. The feeling of helplessness makes tens of thousands seek the culprits, curse the government, the youth, the traffic, and «blurt it all out». Meanwhile, the root of the problem feels evasive. What do we do?Opinion
Mother: She was my only child. She is no more...«Why?» sighed mothers and fathers all over the land, hearing about the tragic traffic accident that took the lives of four young people in Tartu County this Tuesday. Just some soundness of mind could have avoided it all.Local News
Four young people die in traffic accident in Tartu CountyA very serious traffic accident took place in Estonia's Tartu County on Tuesday evening which claimed the lives of four young people.Local News
Bikers increasingly involved in accidentsUp until now, Estonia has enjoyed the «good kid» status in EU as related to fatal motorcycle accidents. This year, three people have lost their liver ere the season has begun in earnest. Already, this fills up our yearly average.Local News
Red light defiance popular among driversDuring an hour yesterday, Postimees watched the Tartu Highway / Kreutzwaldi Street junction in Tallinn which on Saturday featured accident with 14 people injured. Between one and two o’clock in the afternoon, 14 cars crossed the intersection under yellow or red light.Local News
Drunk driver involved in multi-victim accidentOn Saturday morning, a serious traffic accident happened at Tartu Highway and F. R. Kreutzwaldi St intersection, Tallinn, as a Mercedes-Benz at left-turn from Kreutzwaldi St was hit by a BMW with Gregori (22) drunk at the wheel. According to police, the BMW went above speed limit. Eve (42), the driver of the Mercedes, was sober.Local News
Editorial: Why? Let’s look withinSaturday morning sunshine, central Tallinn. Slowly and serenely, townsfolk start strolling about. The coffee shops open their welcoming doors, and all is quiet... till the bang. The shock, the blood, the tears, and the ambulances screaming their way towards what just happened. Not limited to the people in both cars involved, a traffic island was rudely invaded as one of the vehicles was flung in its midst. 14 injured, all told.Opinion
Costly, but payback promisedAs assessed at Helsinki-Tallinn «tunnel studies» this week, an undersea connection is not merely a plan practical and possible but outright vital to save Estonia and Finland from the fate of European periphery.Local News
Private pilots want to keep Estonian as radio communication languageThe chairman of the Estonian Private Pilots Association, Raul Reap, hopes that a constructive dialogue will take place between the aviation sector and the government in the future and that the Estonian language will not disappear from radio communications.Local News
Passenger trains carry financial relief to transit businessCome next year, passenger train firms will be paying Estonian Railways quadruple the current infrastructure fee. To keep ticket prices in check, the added money comes from national budget.Economy
Fewer flunks at traffic testsRoad Administration has come public with theory and driving tests results and provided an overview of serious slips by ladies and gentlemen while doing the drive.Local News
Estonian Air carried 0.4 pct more passengers in 2014Estonian Air carried 553,147 passengers during 2014, marking an increase of 0.4 percent over the preceding year when passengers carried by planes of the state-owned airline numbered 551,169.Economy
Eight violations of Estonian airspace by Russian warplanes registered in 2014Aircraft of the armed forces of Russia made eight unauthorized entries into Estonian airspace last year, with most incursions taking place in the vicinity of the tiny Gulf of Finland island Vaindloo.Local News
Number of serious road accidents slightly up in Estonia in 2014While the number of serious road accidents in Estonia moved up narrowly in 2014, fewer people were injured and killed in such accidents than in 2013, tentative figures released by the police show.Local News
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