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"Mr President, the failure of drivers to comply with minimum rest and regular break periods, often due to the pressures of competition between transport operators, has dire consequences that leave passengers powerless, despite all of the rights they have under European regulations.
The tragic events of last weekend unfortunately provide the saddest possible example of this. On a Croatian motorway close to the town of Karlovac, a Czech coach carrying 51 passengers crashed. One version of the investigation mentions a failure to stick to the minimum rest period on the part of the coach driver, who died along with seven passengers, while others were injured.
I therefore consider it essential to establish genuinely strict rules, particularly for passenger-carrying vehicles. Properly functioning recording equipment, giving an early warning of a breach of the rules, is an important element in boosting passenger safety on the roads. In summary, it is passengers who are directly threatened by the risky behaviour of drivers, and it is they who have an absolute right to safety during transportation."@en1
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