16 Amendments of Maria GRAPINI related to 2017/2085(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that improving road safety in the EU begins with ensuring that existing and future provisions can be implemented and checked effectivelyTakes note that 25.500 people died in 2016 on European roads and a further 135,000 were seriously injured, causing a devastating human suffering but also economic costs; recognises that improving road safety in the EU is of utmost importance to reduce the amount of fatalities and serious injuries and begins with ensuring that existing and future provisions can be implemented and checked effectively; therefore welcomes the list of safety technologies published by the Commission for inclusion in the next revision of the rules; calls on the Commission to come up with an ambitious proposal of the General Safety Regulation and Pedestrian Protection Regulation within the next six months; calls, in that regard, for increased best practice sharing and independent and peer reviews of type approval and technical services in the Union; calls, in addition, for greater and more independent post-market surveillance of vehicles on roads across the Union to ensure that they continue to conform to safety criteria;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that when non- conformities are identified, European consumers should be able to count on rapid, appropriate and coordinated corrective measures, including Union-wide vehicle recall where necessary; stresses, further, that jointly with the vehicle recall, consumers being harmed by non- conformity of type approval should be adequately compensated by financial means, and that recall programmes only should not be seen as an appropriate measure of compensation in general; considers that by withdrawal of the type approval due to noncompliance or nonconformity, the owner of the affected vehicle should have the right of full reimbursement of the manufacturer for the damage caused by the purchase of this vehicle;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Stresses that Member States should conduct efficient checks on road traffic, as the main causes of accidents, at present as in the past, are inappropriate and excessive speed, distraction, not giving way and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and therefore calls on:
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the improvements that market-led technological developments have already brought to Union road safety, and encourages the continued exploration of the opportunities the digital revolution offers in that regard; reminds regarding the digital revolution and the rising importance of automated and connected driving, the protection of the consumer´s data in the vehicle should have the highest possible standards and where the data processing and forwarding is not mandatory for the safe functioning of the vehicle, consumers must be able to stop the data transfer to the vehicle manufacturer easily; calls for continuing research and the development of new standards in autonomous emergency braking, lane keeping assistance and reverse detection technologies for motor vehicles, high vision cabins and front-end blind spot cameras and detection for HGVs.; calls for a better and a more effective collection and exchange of information and data between all stakeholders regarding the research of the real cause of the accidents;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. welcomes the mandatory nature of the provisions being sought by the classification body, which could contribute to more uniform levels of protection, and stresses the importance thereof;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Considers that all EU citizens should be given better access to vehicles meeting high safety standards.
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on Member States to improve their road infrastructure significantly by means of regular maintenance, maintenance of traffic signalling systems and innovative measures;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Observes that nearly half of all pedestrians and cyclists killed on the roads are aged over 65, and calls on Member States to make it possible for older people to use the roads safely by developing programmes, which should be well publicised, to avert age-specific risks of accidents;
Amendment 62 #
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 cycle paths, or expanding them, and by ensuring they are better indicated;
Amendment 93 #
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 be compulsory to incorporate driver assistance systems which promote safety, a requirement that should apply only to those driver assistance systems which improve road safety significantly, as demonstrated by scientific evidence, which have a favourable cost- benefit ratio and which have attained market maturity. Driver assistance systems, which are of relevance for road safety, should be tested before being commissioned;
Amendment 109 #
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, persons with hearing and sight impairments and persons with limited mobility; calls therefore on the parties concerned to adopt appropriate uniform standards;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the European New Car Assessment Programme to be more ambitious in assessing the safety of new vehicles than the statutory minimum requirements compel it to, in order to promote yet further the development of vehicles withat ensure high road safety standards;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that a high level of data protection and retention as required by the General Data Protection Regulation and by the right to protection of privacy and personal data should be ensured, as should high IT security, so that the possibility of new accident risks due to remote manipulation of on-board systems or conflicts of compatibility is excluded;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the compulsory 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 and well positioned at a suitable distance for them to be seen and acted upon;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that provision should be made for installing sensors and a mechanism for braking in the event of a driver not reacting, or reacting too slowly, to dashboard warning lights and acoustic signals alerting them to the fact that they are about to collide with an oncoming vehicle;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers it necessary to make it compulsory to install seatbelt reminder systems for rows of back seats toalso;