Take a selfie while driving in the oncoming lane and die. Is a new, dangerous trend emerging in reckless driving?

Thursday, Oct 15, 2026

Mediapool

Dangerous social media trends promoting reckless driving are a global concern, prompting varied responses across Europe.

🔗 Read the article on mediapool.bg

[This is an automatically generated summary, for reference only]

A dangerous trend of reckless driving for social media likes has gained attention across Europe following fatal incidents in the UK. While this specific trend is not strongly evident in Bulgaria, similar risky behaviors occur, such as being caught driving in oncoming traffic on a highway. Generally, improper maneuvers are cited as a major cause of accidents in Bulgaria. Across various European countries—including Ireland, the UK, Czechia, Lithuania, Austria, and Greece—there are instances of dangerous driving for online content, though the prevalence varies. In Greece, reckless driving filmed for TikTok has led to serious incidents and police action against influencers. Experts across several nations call for stronger governmental road safety programs to combat these risky behaviors among young drivers.

🔗 Read the original article

Previous page Far from reaching an agreement on the next EU budget: how will they manage to resolve the dispute by December?
Next page What happens when a drone enters NATO airspace: pilots reveal behind-the-scenes operations

© 2026 Pulse - Europe beyond the beat


PULSE is an initiative for cross-border collaborative journalism in Europe co-funded by the European Commission under Grant Agreement n. PO 4500158093.

PULSE is an initiative coordinated by OBCT that has been promoting intensive journalistic cross-border collaborations in Europe since 2024. Its main aim is to help strengthen the European public sphere by reporting on and telling stories from new and diverse perspectives.

At the heart of PULSE are 10 leading national news outlets (Delfi – Lithuania, Deník Referendum – Czechia, Der Standard – Austria, EfSyn – Greece, El Confidencial – Spain, Gazeta Wyborcza – Poland, HotNews – Romania, HVG – Hungary, Il Sole 24 Ore – Italy, Mediapool – Bulgaria) and three transnational organisations, including OBCT , n-ost and Voxeurop .

Additional outlets and journalists are involved as associate partners, including EUobserver , Føljeton (Denmark), H-Alter (Croatia), Levila (Estonia), Rubryka (Ukraine), and The Journal Investigates (Ireland).

PULSE is driven by a sort of virtual transnational newsroom made up of journalists from all the publications involved. It collaboratively produces new journalistic content on European issues on a daily basis, coming in many different languages. The editorial output amounts to over a thousand publications per year, mostly in article form.

PULSE also runs 4 thematic networks open to any European journalist interested in crucial issues such as EU enlargement, relations between the EU and other global powers, the EU’s green transition, or media and the information society. These networks function as online communities and periodically publish calls for pitches.