49 Amendments of Tilly METZ related to 2021/2014(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
— having regard to the Council “Declaration on Cycling as a climate friendly Transport Mode” signed by EU ministers for Transport at the Informal meeting in Luxembourg, October 7th, 2015;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the share of road deaths of vulnerable road users is increasing, as car users have been the main beneficiaries of improved vehicle safety and other road safety measures; whereas the safety of cyclists and pedestrians must be urgently addressed; whereas a modal shift towards sustainable public transport modes and active mobility is an important tool to reduce road deaths and serious injuries;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas speed and speeding are key factors in around 30 % of fatal road crashes and an aggravating factor in most crashes; whereas both the risk of fatal accidents and the severity of consequences in terms of serious injuries drastically increase at speeds above 30 km/h; whereas reducing the number of fatal accidents and serious injuries towards Vision Zero will require the setting up of 30 km/h speed limits in residential areas;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas some big cities across the Union have introduced 30 km/h measures in whole urban areas or large andrelevant parts of it, as well as other pioneering measures to reduce the traffic and speed within those areas, such as “superblocks” and “peaceful neighbourhoods”, moreover freeing up public space for active mobility, green spaces and terraces;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas the weight, power and top speed of new cars sold in the EU are increasing and it is becoming more common with vehicles with a square front; whereas the growing trend in sales of bigger and heavier cars such as Sport Utility Vehicles has increased road safety risks, in particular for vulnerable road users but also eventually for smaller vehicle occupants in case of a collision, given the disparities in mass of the vehicles; whereas these trends are having a negative impact on air pollutants and CO2 emissions;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
C d. whereas the LISA Car concept promotes the choice of cars whose weight, power, top speed and front design are optimised to limit the safety risk they present and CO2 emissions;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the main causes of road traffic collisions include speed, drink and drug driving and, especially whilst driving for work, higher levels of fatigue and distraction;
Amendment 31 #
1. Welcomes the fact that the EU has reaffirmed in the 2021-2030 EU road safety policy framework its long-term vision to get close to zero deaths by 2050, known as Vision Zero, and its medium- term goal to reduce deaths and serious injuries by 50 % by 2030; highlights that these EU goals and targets relating to road safety should be underpinned by a coordinated, well-planned, systematic and well-financed road safety approach at EU, national and local level; stresses however that deaths and injuries on our roads are unacceptable and preventable and that therefore the EU should aim to increase its level of ambition and aim to reduce deaths and serious injuries by at least 60% by 2030;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes in this regard the adoption of the safe system approach at EU level, based on a performance framework and timed targets for the reduction of casualties and serious injuries; welcomes the setting up of key performance indicators (KPIs) established in cooperation with Member States to enable a more focused and targeted analysis of the Member States’ performances and to identify shortcomings; calls on the Commission to set outcome targets by 2023; underlines the importance of the ongoing cooperation between the EU and the Members States in this regard and urges all Members States to fully commit to this exercise and agree on a harmonised methodology for KPIs that will allow Member States to be compared; believes however that there is room for improvement in these KPIs and urges the Commission to improve and consider extending these indicators as soon as possible and updating them in its Road Safety Action Plan; believes the KPI for protective equipment should be complemented by a KPI that collects exposure data according to the modal share travelling distance and time for all road users (pedestrians, cyclists, powered two-wheelers, cars, vans, heavy duty vehicles) and by road types, in order to better understand the different related risk ratios and dangers;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to prioritise investments with the greatest benefit in terms of road safety, including investments in maintaining existing infrastructure and in the construction of new infrastructure; welcomes, in this regard, the launch of the Safer Transport Platform initiativeupgrading it in view of adequately protecting vulnerable road users; acknowledges the importance of a modal shift towards active and sustainable public transport modes to improve road safety; welcomes, in this regard, the launch of the Safer Transport Platform initiative, which explicitly calls for projects with good impacts on accident mitigation, including traffic calming measures and better and safer facilities for cyclists and pedestrians and calls on all interested parties to consider its use;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that a proactive assessment of the EU road network will be a useful tool to assess the in-built safety of roads and to target investment; welcomes, in this regard, the risk mapping and safety rating of motorways and primary roads introduced in the recently revised EU infrastructure safety rules4 and calls on the Member States to designate as many primary roads in their territory as possible to increase the road safety potential of the new directive; calls on the Commission and the Member States to agree as soon as possible on a methodology to carry out systematic network-wide road assessments, including elements of roads relevant for the safety of vulnerable road users as mandated in the revision of the above- mentioned act; calls on the Commission and the Member States to speed up the work on the specifications at EU level for the performance of road signs and markings in order to prepare the way for a higher level of automation in vehicles; and on the quality requirements for walking and cycling infrastructure so as to tackle the unsatisfactory level of safety for active road users; _________________ 4Directive (EU) 2019/1936 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 amending Directive 2008/96/EC on road infrastructure safety management, OJ L 305, 26.11.2019, p. 1.
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that road users with reduced mobility and other disabilities have special needs that should be taken into account when planning and constructing new road infrastructure; calls on Member States to underpin investments in projects aimed at making road infrastructure inclusive and accessible for everyone; calls on the Commission to develop guidelines for standardised training at EU level of road safety auditors and inspectors with specific training on the needs of people with disabilities;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for measures to further strengthen road safety in urban nodes and improve operational safety throughout the life cycle of critical infrastructure in the forthcoming revision of the TEN-T Regulation; calls furthermore for the integration of a European cycle route network into the TEN-T, on the basis of EuroVelo, so as to make cycling infrastructure safer and better connected; stresses the importance of ensuring continuous walking and cycling paths systematically within TEN-T projects and calls on the Commission to guarantee that existing and new TEN-T infrastructure does not create barriers for active mobility; calls on the Commission to set out therein the bases for future investment decisions relating to road safety;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on Member States to apply the tools of the Road Infrastructure Safety Management Directive to all roads and to adopt self-explaining and self-enforcing road infrastructure to prevent collisions as well as ensuring a forgiving road infrastructure in case of a collision, with an additional focus on protecting vulnerable road users;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on Member States to support priority measures to improve road safety in urban areas, including infrastructure for the introduction of 30 km/h zones, speed enforcement systems and investments in high-risk roads carrying a high percentage of traffic; calls to further develop and implement minimum safety criteria for supporting infrastructure in urban areas for vulnerable road users;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Believes the Commission should do its utmost to ensure the cycling and walking infrastructure put in place in Member States as a response to the Covid- 19 pandemic remains in place and is expanded in order to further promote safe active travel;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the recent revision of the General Safety Regulation, which will make new advanced safety features in vehicles such as intelligent speed assistance and emergency lane keeping systems mandatory in the EU as from 2022, with the potential to save around 7 300 lives and avoid 38 900 serious injuries by 2030; calls on the Commission to adopt ambitious and timely secondary legislation, to evaluate future developments and to review the regulation where appropriate in order to keep pace with technical developmentincluding requiring a high level of performance of Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) systems to be fitted in all new vehicles; finally calls on the Commission to evaluate future developments and to review the regulation where appropriate in order to keep pace with technical developments, including the consideration of requiring overridable ISA systems on motorcycles and non- overridable ISA systems for cars, vans, trucks and buses;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to support cities in setting up speed limit databases in order to the support the deployment of Intelligent Speed Assistance technology as required under the General Safety Regulation;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 g (new)
Paragraph 7 g (new)
7 g. Calls on the Commission to develop crash test dummies representative of more aspects of variability such as age, gender, size and stature for users inside and outside of the vehicle;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7 e. Calls on Member States to provide tax incentives, and private insurers to offer beneficial motor insurance schemes, to drivers purchasing the safest available vehicles to be based on safety rating assessment such as Euro NCAP; calls on the Commission to revise the legislation on car CO2 labelling in order to include additional information at the point of sale and digitally on the safety rating of new vehicles such as the information that is offered through the Euro NCAP test results when available;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Recognises the requirement for seatbelt reminders for all seats to be made mandatory under the revised General Safety Regulation; calls on Member States to continue raising awareness of the need to use seat belts, including in the back seats, considering the safety risks posed to vehicle occupants in the many vehicles that are currently in use, and will remain to be in use for years to come, that do not have such seat belt reminder technology in place;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Calls on the Commission to impose a minimum mandatory surcharge on heavy private vehicles such as SUVs at the point of sale based on tonnage due to the greater threat to road safety posed by such vehicles as well as their increased emissions and use of materials during production; calls on local authorities to similarly consider higher charges on such vehicles for entry into urban areas coupled with low speed zones therein as a way to further reduce their dangerousness; emphasizes that congestion charges have also been found to reduce the number of accidents in urban areas;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Notes the rising trend in vehicle design over recent years towards heavier and larger light duty vehicles, such as Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs), and the negative relationship that such characteristics can have for not only road safety but also the environment; calls upon the Commission to consider the compatibility issue within future vehicle design to improve further the safety of pedestrians, cyclists and vehicle occupants as well as powered two wheelers and to explore regulatory measures that could better incentivise a shift towards lighter, smaller and safer vehicles by for instance limiting their weight and power and ensure less aggressive front side designs; notes that the increased size and weight of these vehicles increases the likelihood of serious injury and death on EU roads, in particular for vulnerable road users;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7 f. Invites the Commission to further develop the vehicle type-approval crashworthiness requirements and include them into future legislative revisions, integrating also the latest criteria of Euro NCAP crash tests that monitor the impact of a collision on other vehicles, with the aim of achieving an harmonisation of minimum standards and equalising passengers’ safety independently of their socioeconomic situation;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission, in line with the TRAN implementation report on the road safety aspects of the Roadworthiness Package, to take due account of the technical progress in vehicle safety features provided for in new General Safety Regulation and to include advanced safety systems in the scope of the next revision of the Roadworthiness Package to ensure they are checked during periodical technical inspections; Calls for higher requirements in terms of self-diagnosis of the vehicle, to prevent that a malfunctioning of a advance driving assistance system intended for enhanced safety eventually becomes a hazard;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to propose a new harmonised regulatory framework for automated cars in order to ensure, by means of comprehensive tests, including real driving conditions, that automated cars will operate in an absolutely safe manner for their drivers and other road users, in particular concerning their interaction with conventional vehicles and vulnerable road users; calls on the Commission to place the role of the driver, as well as interaction between the driver and the automated driving systems, in a central place when preparing technical requirements;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on the Commission to mandate independent investigation of crashes involving vehicles equipped with assisted and automated driving systems, before more advanced systems are put on the market;
Amendment 101 #
9 b. Notes the risks to road safety, such as driver overreliance, distraction, concentration drop and mode confusion, posed by currently available assisted driving systems aiming to improve primarily the comfort of the driver; urges the Commission to review their technical requirements based on the latest data from crashes and research, in order to address these systems’ risks;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Draws attention to the specific requirements of vehicles dedicated to animal transport, necessary to preserve their health, welfare and sanitary conditions, including during their loading, securing and unloading; calls as a matter also of road safety to ensure, besides the necessary specific training and related qualification for the personnel performing these operations and transport;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that new personal mobility devices also raise a number of serious concerns related not only to the safety of the devices themselves, but also to their safe use in traffic; regrets that only a few Member States have introduced legislation on this issue and that the lack of harmonisation in the EU can create confusion and make it difficult for visitors to abide by local rules; calls on the Commission to consider a type approvalcoherent and appropriate regulatory framework for these new mobility devices and to issue guidelines for Members States on traffic rules for the use of such devices;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that according to a Commission study, alcohol is estimated to be involved in around 25 % of all road fatalities, while drugs are involved in 15 % of road fatalities5 ; notes that the EU recommendation on permitted blood alcohol content dates from 2001; calls the Commission to include a zero-tolerance drink-driving limit in its recommendations, and to introduce an EU recommendation for zero tolerance regardingnotes that young people in general have a lower tolerance level for alcohol and drug s compared to older drivers, while they are more likely to have taken multiple drug combinations or alcohol with drugs; calls the Commission to propose a Directive on a zero tolerance level for all road users regarding alcohol and illicit psychoactive drugs, ands well as standards on roadside drug-driving enforcement; calls on the Commission to also include in the revised recommendations guidance on the fitting of alcohol interlock devices, with a special focus on repeat offenders, high-level first- time offenders and all professional drivers; _________________ 5Commission study of 18 February 2014 on the prevention of drink-driving by the use of alcohol interlock devices.
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Notes that licit medicines can have a negative impact on driving; calls on the Commission to mandate Member States to apply the system of classification and labelling of medicines that affect driving ability and support awareness information campaigns of medical professionals; calls on the Commission to include, in the Driving Licence Directive revision, evidence-based guidelines for family doctors and other medical professionals involved in assessing the functional capabilities of persons presumably being an unfit driver and on medicine use which may affect driving;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that speeding is a key factor in around 30 % of fatal road crashes and an aggravating factor in most crashes; calls on the Commission to come up withbring forward again a proposal for a direcommendation to apply safe speed limittive on speed limits1a, conducting an up-to-date impact assessment envisaging the widespread inclusion of measures in line with the safe system approach for all road types, such as maximum default speeds of 30 km/h in residentialurban areas, and areas where there are high numbers of cyclists and pedestrians, or where there could be potential to increase cycling and walking levels, and to assess the feasibility ofs well as encouraging lower speeds of 15 km/h for residential areas predominantly for pedestrians and cyclists and around schools, of maximum 70 km/h on undivided rural roads and a dynamic top speed of maximum 120 km/h or less on motorways and TEN-T, with significantly lower speeds when climatic conditions or other atmospheric reasons affect visibility; calls on the Commission to come up as well with a new legislative proposal limiting the maximum top speed of all new vehicles as an effective way of reducing road casualties, as well as air pollution and carbon dioxide emissions;CO2 emissions and air pollutants; _________________ 1aOJ No C 33, 9.2.1989 - Proposal for a Council Directive on speed limits for certain categories of motor vehicles in the Community (COM(88)706 final of 11 January 1989
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on Member States to prioritise investing in speed enforcement and high quality communication on the centrality of speed and speed management as a major cause of fatalities and severe injuries at all levels of government; calls on Member States to apply strong penalties which will deter speeding including penalty point systems and consider the introduction of speed awareness courses to rehabilitate offenders; calls on Member States to dedicate all speed camera revenue and other speeding-related fines directly back into road safety;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls that the Driving Licence Directive established a harmonised EU licence model and introduced minimum requirements for obtaining licences; notes that the directive will need to be kept up- to-date regarding new technological developments in vehicle and infrastructure technology and vehicle automation; calls on the Commission to consider introducing a graduated licencing system that encourages novice drivers to gain more experience while limiting certain high-risk activities such as driving at night and with passengers; calls furthermore on the Commission to consider making theoretical and practical training as well as practical test mandatory for obtaining a driving licence for mopeds; notes with concern that cases of irregular issuing of driving licences have been reported in several Member States and calls on the Commission to monitor this issue;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the expansion of the home delivery sector and specifically the use of vans, powered two-wheelers and bicycles; calls on the Commission to consider introducing a requirement for van drivers to undergo professional driver training and proposing a regulation on working hours and rest periods for van drivers; calls on the Commission to assess the introduction ofcome up with a recommendation on the safety of delivery personnel, including requirements for employers and companies to ensure the provision and use of safety equipment and safe vehicles;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Expresses deep concern over driver fatigue in commercial freight and passenger transport as a cause for road accidents; considers that this needs to be consequently managed within the Work Related Road Safety logic; stresses the importance of using mandatory speed limiters and tachographs and calls on the Member States in cooperation with the Commission for full-fledged enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2020/1054 and the driving times and rest periods which have been applicable since 20 August 2020; calls on the Commission to introduce a KPI for driver fatigue in commercial freight and passenger transport;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the importance of fast and effective post-crash carresponse in significantly reducing the consequences of injury through timely and high-quality first-aid, medical care and rehabilitation and mental, social and legal support for victims, survivors and families; calls on the Member States, in this context, to establish closer collaboration between their road safety authorities and the health sector, to make it mandatory to build emergency lanes and to enforce their correct use to speed up rescue operations; calls on the Commission to consider making first aid training compulsory in the future revision of the Driving Licence Directive; calls on the Commission to consider making thorough crash analysis compulsory to identify causes and measures to prevent recurrence;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Underlines the negative effect commercials and advertisements can have on driving behaviour; calls on the Commission to explore regulatory measures to ban advertisements promoting fast and dangerous driving considering the influence that such commercials can have on motorists;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights that external factors and emerging societal trends present unprecedented challenges to road safety under the EU strategy to 2030 and beyond; notes that the EU should pave the way for connected and automated vehicles to be rolled out in due timeclosely assess the consequences for safety, the environment, and consumer rights with the deployment of connected and automated vehicles and should assess the possible risks of combining such vehicles with traditional vehicles in mixed traffic and vulnerable road users;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Points out that data will play a key role in improving road safety; recalls that in-vehicle data are extremely valuable for traffic management, roadworthiness tests and the investigation of crashecrash analysis; calls on the Commission to set up a framework to access in-vehicle data beyond the repair market in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation, solely for the purpose of accident research, prevention of repeated offences regarding speeding behaviour and roadworthiness tests;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Stresses the importance of the digital data contained in Event Data Recorders (EDR) for thorough crash analysis in order to ensure justice to victims and to improve road safety; underlines that stored data must be made readily available for crash analysis; calls on the Commission to revise the delegated act for the Event Data Recorder (EDR) under the General Safety Regulation to include data on date, time and place;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Calls on the Commission to prioritise modal shift towards sustainable collective passenger and freight transport modes thereby reducing the overall number of private motorised vehicles on EU roads, which is an important way to improve road safety while also reducing negative externalities;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19 c. Stresses the importance of reducing the centrality of private motorised vehicles in the public realm in order to reallocate more public space to citizens and children in particular; urges the Commission to propose a European- wide annual car-free Sunday given its positive impact on road safety as well as wider benefits;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission, in view of the upcoming revision of the Urban Mobility Package, to promote synergies between safety and sustainability measures in urban areas; calls, in this regard, for the reprioritisation of transport infrastructure in dense urban areas away from individual motorised transport towards public transport and sustainable, safer and healthier transport modes such as walking and cycling; notes that demand management and land-use planning can lower traffic volumes; stresses that facilitating walking and cycling should become an integral part of urban mobility and infrastructure design, which should be included within Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs), where the Commission already recommends including road safety as a horizontal objective; calls furthermore on the Commission to establish an indicator on the use of EU funds towards effectively improving urban road safety, and particularly ensuring the highest design standards to protect vulnerable road users and foster active mobility, not only for reporting purposes but also in view of making SUMPs a condition to receive EU funding for urban road infrastructure; finally, calls on the Commission to better integrate the EU road safety targets and actions within the Guidelines of the SUMPs by monitoring and promoting of best practise;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the importance of engaging civil society in achieving Vision Zero; in this regard, stresses the importance of involving children in the preparation of plans and strategies relating to road safety and the use of public spaces; welcomes the launch of the EU Urban Road Safety award, as part of European Mobility Week and the revamping of the European Road Safety Charter, the largest civil society platform on road safety; calls on the Commission to organise a ‘European Year of Road Safety’ initiative in the coming years, as part of the 2021- 2030 EU Road Safety Policy Framework; advocates furthermore, in the context of 2022 as the European Year of Greener Cities, for the launching, the funding and monitoring of a Safer City Label, based on the criteria of the highest standards of road safety for all users, lower speed limits and more liveable public spaces, including better air quality and reduced CO2 emissions;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Acknowledges World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, that is held each third Sunday of November to remember the many millions who have been killed and seriously injured on the world’s roads and as a day to thank the emergency services and reflect on the tremendous burden and cost of this daily continuing disaster to families, communities and countries; calls on the European Parliament, European Council and European Commission to formally recognise the day by way of holding an annual event supported by the three institutions;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Is of the view that in order to properly implement the next steps in the EU road safety policy under the overarching Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, some new capacities are needed in the field of road safety, in particular with respect to the coordination, monitoring and evaluation functions and technical support for the overall strategy; calls on the Commission in this regard to explore options to further support safe road transport under an existing agency or another bodyfurther support safe road transport by setting up an EU agency for road safety with the responsibility to coordinate and speed up EU’s actions in road safety by for instance collecting and analysing accident data and exposure data for all roads and users, labelling unsafe roads, road equipment and vehicles, identifying unsafe behaviours, encouraging best practice, including by information campaigns across the Union and developing new safety standards for vehicles as well as overseeing and coordinating EU’s input to the UNECE process;