Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-12-16-Speech-2-490"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-12-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cross-border enforcement in the field of road safety (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081216.44.2-490"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-12-16-Speech-2-4912
lpv:speaker	lp:Eva Lichtenberger2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; G/EFA (2007-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2008-10-23--2009-07-13)3 member; TRAN (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Die Grünen - Die Grüne Alternative (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; JURI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, first of all my thanks go to our rapporteur. She made a great effort in this area, which unexpectedly turned into a very controversial issue, to reach a consensus, including with the Council. The Council is taking a very illogical and a very un-European stand on this question, as the primary objective of a number of governments is obviously to protect their own fast drivers, tailgaters or drunk drivers, regardless of whose lives they endanger. What happens at the moment is that people comply with restrictions in their own country but, as soon as they cross the border, they grow a lead foot and cannot get the accelerator off the floor, precisely because they need not worry about having to pay a fine. One thing must be made clear: small countries or countries with a great deal of tourism find it particularly difficult to secure understanding from their own citizens about penalties, that is about law enforcement, if the latter are absolutely sure that others are, in practice, under no threat of penalty. So when I have a tailgater behind me on the road, who is driving right up behind me and has a number plate from another Member State of the European Union, I have to ask myself if it is because my life is worth less than a life is worth in his country that he only gives people in his own country a safety margin? That is not right, it is not European and it reduces road traffic safety. We have achieved a good text. Of course something is still missing: the question of data protection, for example, has not been clarified sufficiently. However, I ask you in closing to please support my tabled amendment on the EUR 70 limit; then we will have cleared up much of the debate on imbalances. The point here is simply that an astute level of fine would be a sensible limit."@en1
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