14 Amendments of Brian SIMPSON related to 2013/0105(COD)
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In its policy orientations on road safety 2011-20207 , the Commission set out measures to make vehicles safer and better protect vulnerable road users. The importance of visibility for vehicle drivers was also underlined in the Commission’s report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of Directive 2007/38/EC on the retrofitting of mirrors to heavy goods vehicles registered in the Community8 . A new cab profile will also contribute to improving road safety by reducing the blind spot in the drivers'’ vision, including under the windscreen and to the side of the vehicle, which should help save the lives of many vulnerable road users such as pedestrians or cyclists. This new cab profile could also incorporate energy absorption structures in the event of a collisionshould therefore, after an appropriate transitional period, become mandatory. This new profile should also incorporate energy absorption structures in the event of a collision and should be streamlined to deflect other road users in case of collisions to avoid overruns. It is essential that new cab designs benefiting from the length exceedances comply with improved direct vision requirements, energy absorption criteria and pedestrian protection requirements. The potential gain in the volume of the cab would also improve the driver'’s comfort and safety, which in turn would also impact on the safe driving of vehicles, particularly heavy goods vehicles. In the interests of improving the drivers fitness to drive safer and thereby road safety, it is also essential that the new cab designs improve the size, safety and comfort of the driver’s cabin. __________________ 7 COM(2010) 389 8 COM (2012) 258
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
(ba) Article 4(5) is replaced by the following: ‘(5) Member States may allow vehicles or vehicle combinations incorporating new technologies or new concepts which cannot comply with one or more requirements of this Directive to be used for a trial period subject to the following conditions: - the transport operations in question shall be confined to strictly designated local areas within the territory of the Member State in question; - the duration of the trial shall be limited to 24 months; - the trial shall be scientifically monitored and the trial vehicles’ impact shall be studied in relation to the following aspects: infrastructure, road safety, modal shift, compatibility with existing combined transport provision, the environment, drivers’ working conditions and public acceptance; - an official report on the conduct of the trial and the findings of the scientific monitoring shall be submitted to the Commission annually; - the Commission shall publish these reports. Member States shall give the Commission advance notice of trials that they intend to conduct. The Commission shall ensure that the trials are permissible having regard to the conditions outlined above. The Commission shall refuse to allow trials which are incompatible with this Directive or with the rules of international competition. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament of its decisions in this regard.’
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
2 a) In Article 4 – paragraph 4 – the following subparagraph is inserted after the second subparagraph: Without prejudice to Member States’ rights laid down in acts on accession to the union, international transport operations carried out by vehicles or vehicle combinations with dimensions deviating from those laid down in points 1.1,1.2, 1.4 to 1.8, 4.2 and 4.4 of Annex 1 shall be prohibited.
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – indent 3 – point iii
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – indent 3 – point iii
these devices can be easily folded, retracted or removed by the driver.folded and unfolded automatically
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
In the aim of improving the aerodynamic performance and road safety of vehicles or combinations of vehicles, vehicles or combinations of vehicles that meet the criteria set out in paragraph 2 below may exceed the maximum lengths provided for in point 1.1 of Annex I. The main purpose of these exceedances is to allow the construction of tractor cabssafer cabs, whilst also improving the aerodynamic characteristics of vehicles or combinations of vehicles, and improving road safety.
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 – point i
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 – point i
improves direct vision to makes vulnerable road users more visible to the driver, in particular by reducing the blind spots under the front windscreen and to the side of the vehicle
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 – point ii
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 – point ii
reduces the damage in the event of a collision, with other vehicles by improving the energy absorption performance of cabs
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 – point ii a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 – point ii a (new)
(iia) Improving pedestrian protection by adjusting the frontal design to minimise the risk of overruns in case of collisions with vulnerable road users
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 96/537ec
Article 9 –paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 –paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) The safety requirements referred to in article 9.2 and the cabin design requirements referred to in article 9a (new) shall become mandatory for all new N2 and N3 vehicles from 1st January 2020.
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts concerning the requirements which the new tractor cabs must meet in accordance with Article 16. These take the form of technical characteristics, minimum levels of performance, design constraints, and procedures for the establishment of the test certificate indicating the increase in aerodynamic performance referred to in paragraph 3 and shall be adopted no later than 2 years after the publication of this Directive.
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
After the expiry of a period of two years from the date of entry into force of this Directive, Member States shall measure the weight of vehicles or combination of vehicles in circulation. The purpose of these pre-selection measures is to identify vehicles that are likely to have committed an offence and that should be checked manually. These measures may be taken with the aid of automatic systems set up on the infrastructure, or onboard systems installed in vehicles in line with paragraph 6 below. The automatic systems must enable the identification of the vehicles suspected of exceeding the maximum authorised weights. As these automatic systems are only to be used for pre- selection purposes, and not to define an offence, they do not have to be certified by the Member StateThe Commission shall come forward with common procedures and specifications to make the on board weight sensor a reliable device, suitable for the enforcement of the provisions of this Directive. The Commission shall also assess whether the weight sensor, when interconnected to the digital tachograph, can be useful to enforce other road transport legislation. The Commission shall, if appropriate, come forward with the necessary legislative proposals.