14 Amendments of Isabella DE MONTE related to 2017/2085(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
- having regard to the package Europe on the Move, released by the Commission on 31st May 2017, which includes a set of 8 legislative initiatives with a special focus on road transport,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas there is a clear link between road safety and working conditions of road drivers;
Amendment 25 #
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 among 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, excessive fatigue, and therefore calls on:
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) calls on the Commission to strengthen controls of the correct enforcement of compulsory working time and resting period of road drivers;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(b b) to facilitate those controls, asks the Commission to expand the smart tachograph obligation to light utility vehicles;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on Member States to significantly improve their road infrastructure significantly by means of regular and effective maintenance and innovative measures;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commissions to set up a mechanism to ensure the European road infrastructure are in an adequate condition, and to set up maintenance standards, included in terms of correct road and traffic signs;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Observes that many drivers are not aware of the necessity and how to form a corridor for emergency vehicle access on motorways in order to allow rescue teams to reach the scene of accident and therefore calls on the European Commission to launch a European awareness campaign and urge the Member States to agree on uniform rules on the formation of such corridors;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that the more vehicles are on the road, the more accidents might occur;calls therefore on the Member States and the Commission to promote collective and shared mobility, especially in urban areas, in order to reduce the circulating fleet, and to increase the proportion of bicycles and of professionally driven vehicles;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that warnings, which should be standardised in the same form for all vehicles, 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;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on the Commission to test those safety devices when performing vehicles market surveillance;
Amendment 173 #
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, can help significantly to improve the road safety of such vehicles, and calls on the Commission to make it compulsory to installfor those vehicles to be fitted with side and rear cameras and, turning assistant systems, and front-mounted cyclist and pedestrian recognition 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 194 #
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 install direct 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 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Points out that, in many cases, road accident victims also include animals carried by car and therefore calls on the Commission to make specific restraint systems compulsory and to take animals into account for the purposes of calculating numbers of passengers on board;