Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-07-03-Speech-2-343-437"
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"en.20120703.18.2-343-437"2
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"I extend a cautious welcome to the call for the European Commission to compel all new cars from 2015 to be fitted with the eCall system, which automatically alerts emergency services to serious road crashes when airbags are deployed. The United States are currently leading in the deployment of telematics of this kind, with 50% of cars sold now fitted. In the EU, most manufacturers do not include them. Therefore, the mandatory introduction of eCall seems necessary for large-scale deployment in Europe. However, the whole rescue chain has to be ‘eCall ready’ by 2015 from mobile phone systems to emergency control centres. On top of that, I strongly opposed extending the scope of eCall deployment to motorbikes, tractors and industrial vehicles. Motorbikes do not have airbags and are almost always separated from their riders in an accident. As for tractors and industrial vehicles, the purpose of the vehicle is to bump into things, I do not see how it is possible to install eCall on these type of vehicles without triggering false alarms to emergency response teams. The ALDE Group’s efforts to remove these categories from the recommendation were not successful at this time, but I will try to ensure that if any legislation follows, these vehicles will stay out of the scope. The ALDE Group also asked for a rigorous cost-benefit analysis of eCall, which we are still awaiting."@en1
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