European Transport Safety Council (ETSC, http://www.etsc.be), European Older People's Platform (AGE, http://www.ageplatform.org) and Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO, http://www.acpo.pnn.police.uk) have joined together to strongly support the recasting of the Directive on driving licences. The foreseen harmonisation would replace the current 110 different driving license models with different entitlements and validity periods which currently circulate in the Member States. This harmonisation would contribute to the ambitious EU target of halving road deaths by the year 2010, especially in relation to improving cross border enforcement of traffic laws as well as the fight against fraudulent access to driving licenses. The amount of improved safety will be dependent upon how meaningful this harmonisation proves to be, and the degree to which the administration and sharing of information between authorities is facilitated. (Author/publisher)
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