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This working paper was drawn up by the European Parliament’s Directorate-General for Research as part of its 1997 research programme, at the request of the Committee on Transport and Tourism. It has been produced in connection with the Communication from the Commission Promoting Road Safety in the EU - The Programme for 1997-20011, and more generally because of the importance the European Parliament attaches to road safety in the various positions it has adopted on inland transport policy. (Author/publisher)