The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) welcomes the European Parliament own initiative report on road safety (http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/pdf/com_20072010_en.pdf). This is a timely response to the European Commissions’ “Towards a European Road Safety Area: policy orientations on road safety 2011-2020” Communication published in July 2010 and the “Road Safety Council Conclusions” of the December 2010 Transport Council of Ministers. This briefing provides a summary of ETSC’s most important input to the European Parliament’s report. ETSC welcomes in particular: • Vision Zero as a long term approach for the EU and the integrated approach, • Road Safety as a Right and Responsibility of each citizen, • The proposal of a road safety co-ordinator, • Target on serious injuries and children, • The request of the European Parliament still for a 4th Road Safety Action Programme including strict deadlines for actions and a mid-term review, • The message that the EU has still not exhausted its role to initiate new legislation on road safety, • A strong section on data, indicators and benchmarking, to inform policy making • Alcolocks for repeat offenders and commercial drivers, • Intelligent Speed Adaptation, and • Rearward facing child seats up to three years. (Author/publisher)
Samenvatting