Travels

Less than a month after the approval of e-treadrollers, traffic associations have drawn a critical interim balance sheet. In view of the first accidents, the german road safety council and the german automobile association (ADAC) called for better information about safety hazards.

Some serious accidents have been reported in berlin and other cities since the permit was issued, christian kellner, chief executive of the traffic safety council, told the german press agency. "This shows how dangerous riding e-scooters is and how much it is underestimated by some people"."

Companies and businesses suffer from the dramatic consequences of the corona crisis. Travel agencies and bus companies are also affected – not only in germany.

Monika max from the TUI travel center in hochstadt reports: "each of our three branches is affected. Whether a large or a small travel agency – it is now necessary to work together in the industry." Every travel agency struggles with the same problems. "Many travel agencies suspect that they are already insolvent", says max. But at the moment no one has an overview of the true extent of the crisis. "For our team, the direct contact to our customers is currently in the foreground. This includes a huge number of unsettled customers whose vacation trip is about to begin. But also a large number of those who are currently abroad and are also very unsettled", max continues. "Divided between emergency services and home office, our madels are currently giving their all to meet all questions."

"I did not consider it possible that the three of them could have used violence against others in the manner alleged here," read the written statement he read out before the munich higher regional court on thursday.

He expressed his sympathy to the relatives of the victims. "I myself am horrified by the suffering that these senseless acts have brought upon the victims and their families."He said he was "terribly sorry" for what he had done. "I want to apologize for that."

Despite single construction machines it is unusually quiet in melkendorf. Only a few cars belonging to residents are visible. A few motorists from further afield have lost their way: melkendorf is currently closed. The reason: the local road is being rehabilitated. The road surface is already worn down and awaits a fresh layer of asphalt.

The melkendorf through road and parts of state road 2190 near katschenreuth are therefore closed until thursday at the latest – trench work is also underway there. Those who travel in this area sometimes have to take detours of many kilometers.

The ban on boeing’s 737 max medium-haul jet is throwing europe’s biggest low-cost carrier ryanair far behind in its growth plans.

The company will reach the threshold of 200 million passengers per year one to two years later than previously planned, the irish company announced in dublin. Instead of being achieved by the end of march 2024, this goal will not be reached until 2025 or 2026.