RIGA - Following a sharp rise in car accidents, the Latvian government has introduced tough new road rules it hopes will cut the carnage on the nation's roads.There were twice as many road accidents during the first eight months of last year compared with the same period in 1997, according to the Interior Ministry.The number of deaths rose too. More than 600 people died as a result of car accidents in 1998, a 19 percent increase over the previous year, according to Selga Kiepe of the Road Police Headquarters.In one particularly bloody week in September, 21 people were killed in accidents th...
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