Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-06-Speech-3-294-000"
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"en.20110706.18.3-294-000"2
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"Given the high mortality rate in road accidents, it is essential that the EU adopt the necessary measures in terms of road safety that will enable it to contribute to reducing these figures. Monitoring of compliance with road safety rules is, without doubt, an effective instrument. However, at present, road infractions are not often penalised if they are committed with a vehicle registered in another Member State, which also calls into question the principle of equal treatment of residents and non-residents.
The infractions covered by the proposal are those that cause the greatest number of accidents and deaths on the roads: speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol, failure to wear a seatbelt, or failure to stop at a red light. This is the second reading of the ambitious proposal tabled in 2008, which, after two years of being blocked in the Council, has come back significantly watered-down, with a new legal framework that, apart from allowing the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark to opt out, has also reduced the proposal to the mere exchanging of data between the Member States. Nonetheless, I support this proposal because I believe it at least enables us to break the deadlock and is a first step towards a common road safety policy."@en1
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