12 Amendments of Marie-Christine ARNAUTU related to 2017/2085(INI)
Amendment 5 #
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 needed if the goal of ‘no fatalities’ is to be achievnumber of road accident victims is to be significantly reduced;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Observes that, in 43% of cases, fatal road accidents in urban areas occur to pedestrians and cyclists, and calls on Member States to take greater account of the more vulnerable road users in building and maintaining roads, for example by building more protected cycle paths, or expanding them;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that some 95% of all accidents are due to human error and that therefore it should beencouragement should therefore be provided, both in the form of tax incentives and through promotion coampulsory toaigns, to ensure that vehicles incorporate driver assistance systems which promote safety, a requirement that should apply only to those driver assistanceif such systems which improve road safety significantly, as demonstrated by scientific evidence, which have a favourable cost-benefit ratio and which have attained market maturity.;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to coordinate the adoption of standards with the UNECE so as to achieve international consistency and at the same time limit to a minimum exemptions from the requirementencourage manufacturers to install driver assistance systems, in order to improve road safety across the board;
Amendment 122 #
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 thelay down requirements to install driver assistance systems;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to make it compulsory to installencourage and promote the installation of 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 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the compulsoryencouragement and support to be given to the installation of overridable 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 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that, due to its relevance to road safety, a lane departure warning system that not only warns but also actively intervenes, albeit without preventing drivers from acting directly, should be made compulsoryencouraged and promoted;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that devices to operate alcohol-sensitive immobilisers and systems to recognise the state of the driver should be provided, and recommends the use of alcohol interlocks for drivers who have beenrecently convicted of a drunk driving offence, as a rehabilitation measure;
Amendment 192 #
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 compulsory to installencourage and promote the installation of tyre 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 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers it necessary to make it compulsory to installencourage and promote the installation of seat-belt reminder systems for back seats too;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls for accurate, reliable EU-wide accident statistics, including statistics on the causes of accidents and listing of injuries and accident victims, and observes that an accident database could be very helpfuis essential in this connection, in which context the data must be kept anonymous and used only for purposes of accident research;