Activities of Saïd EL KHADRAOUI related to 2013/0105(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Dimensions and weights of road vehicles circulating within the Community (debate)
Dimensions and weights of road vehicles circulating within the Community (debate)
Amendments (5)
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 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 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 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.