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"Madam President, I would like to congratulate my colleague Zita Gurmai because she has done something wonderful – she has mastered and prepared an excellent report in an area that would appear to be very technical and ‘masculine’.
We live in a society dominated by information technology. This kind of equipment is with us from dawn to dusk. We found out very quickly that it makes life easier and we quickly learned to benefit from it. For this reason it has been an excellent development that, as part of the overall strategy of the Information Society and Media, the European Commission has found an issue that touches us very closely, namely the safety of people and road safety, and has prepared this ‘intelligent car’ initiative. I like the name ‘intelligent car’, I do not have any issues with it, as I understand that it is being used figuratively. It is an interesting name, ‘intelligent car’, it attracts people’s attention, catches the media, it is not meant literally. For me, this name is a symbol of modern European transport which, thanks to new information and communications technology, will become even safer, more ecological and more efficient.
The primary purpose of the intelligent car is to help people. In second place are the benefits for the environment, and thirdly it should make European transport more efficient. I do not know if the intelligent car will need enormous promotion and advertising. People are naturally curious and like to buy novelties, especially when they are financially accessible.
I am convinced that, even if this type of car is a bit more expensive, that everyone who buys it will feel they are investing in their own safety. I also believe that they will not feel they have wasted those few euros in ensuring their safety. The only thing I would say is that users have not only to know what there is in the intelligent car, but also to know how it works, and need to learn how to operate the modern technology to which so often we have a theoretical access, but never actually use.
I would like to see that as part of its safety brief, the ‘intelligent car’ should disallow use of mobile telephones and that mobile telephones in cars should be installed in such a way that they do not take the driver’s attention away from the road.
My last point is that even the most intelligent car packed with all the latest gadgets and technology will not fulfil our expectations if the driver makes a mistake and if the road system in Europe is not as good as it already is in certain European Union countries."@en1
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