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The proposal for a directive seeks to facilitate the enforcement of penalties against drivers who have committed offences relating to speeding, drink-driving, failure to wear a seat belt or failure to stop at red lights (the four most serious offences in terms of loss of human life in the EU) in a Member State other than their own.
Road safety issues are undoubtedly extremely important, as also are efforts to reduce the number of accidents.
Measures should certainly be implemented to combat ‘impunity’ with regard to offences committed on the territory of Member States other than the driver’s country of residence.
We believe, however, that such objectives will not necessarily be achieved by excessive harmonisation and by increasing safety measures across Europe (installation of control and surveillance equipment on motorways, minor roads and urban roads; creation of EU electronic data exchange systems, which raise doubts about the proper protection of personal data), given that it is through prevention (based on the specific – and different – situation in each country) that we really will be able to promote road safety and reduce the number of accidents.
That is why we abstained."@en1
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