16 Amendments of Renaud MUSELIER related to 2017/2085(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas every year around 25 500 people die on Europe’s roads and some 135 000 people are seriously injured, so that more – and more effective – measures are neededneed to be taken, in consultation with motor manufacturers and Member States, if the goal of ‘no fatalities’ is to be achieved;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Stresses that Member States should conduct efficient checks on road trafficdrivers on the road, as the main causes of accidents, at present as in the past, are inappropriate and excessive speed, distraction and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and therefore calls on:
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the Commission to set a percentage for the numbers of drivers of vehicles of classes M1 and N1 to be checked, and
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the Member States to step up exchanges of tried and tested procedures, particularly regarding smart enforcement strategies, and to introduce penalties which will act as a deterrent to offenders;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
notes that the development and implementation of safety systems ought to make for road safety and that this process will accordingly require some sort of adaptation period;calls on the Commission, therefore, to allow for the time necessary to develop such systems before specific technical legislation is put into effect;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point b
Paragraph 8 – point b
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point c
Paragraph 8 – point c
(c) to ensure that, each time a vehicle is started afresh, the driver assistance system is restored to active statusor the status last selected by the driver (depending on the model used) is reactivated;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that warnings should be sufficiently distinct from one another to make it intuitively clear to which system the assistance pertains, and that warnings should moreover also be easy to perceive for older persons and persons with limited mobility; calls therefore on the parties concerned to adopt appropriate uniform standards allowing the possibility of operator- specific solutions;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to investigate the involvement of special- purpose vehicles in urban accidents and, if necessary, to abolish the existing exemptions from the requirementencourage manufacturers to installclude driver assistance systems on a voluntary basis;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and market operators to arrange for open standards and interfaces so that no systems peculiar to a single manufacturer limit interoperability and so that independent tests are possible thanks to access to the relevant vehicle and system data, including updates to them;accordingly urges that the ISO 20078 standard be supplemented and implemented so as to prevent proper vehicle operation from being impeded;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to make it compulsorygive encouragement to install automatic emergency braking assistants with cyclist and pedestrian recognition in cars, light commercial vehicles, buses, coaches and heavy goods vehicles, as they have strong potential to prevent accidents due to autonomous powerful braking and the resultant shorter stopping distance;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the compulsory installation of overridable and interchangeable intelligent assistants to indicate speed limits, and calls on Member States to ensure that road signs are kept in excellent condition, and that road markings are clearly legible;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises that increasing the immediate field of vision in heavy goods vehicles, buses and coaches, and reducing the blind spot, or achieving the same result using detection systems, can help significantly to improve the road safety of such vehicles, and calls on the Commission, proceeding on the basis of a positive cost-benefit study, to make it compulsory to install cameras and turning assistant systems, while observing that such measures should accord with Directive (EU) 2015/719 and should not result in any extension of the time limits for implementation laid down there;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Observes that tyre pressure has significant implications for road safety and fuel consumption, and calls therefore on the Commission to make it compulsprovide fory tohe install ation oftyre pressure monitoring systems, which should come with a safety net that should be able to recognise and alert drivers at least to a critical air pressure of less than 1.5 bar;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission, from 2019, to extend to consider whether the eCall installation requirement tomight be extended to cover motorcycles, heavy goods vehicles and buses and coaches from 2019;