Activities of Nathalie GRIESBECK related to 2010/2235(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European road safety (short presentation)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on European road safety 2011-2020 PDF (227 KB) DOC (149 KB)
Amendments (21)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls foron the development of a genuine EU road safety monitoring centre whose task it would be to collateCommission to prepare a summary of existing initiatives and to make a proposal aimed at improving exchanges of data from existing databases and of the knowledge gained through the implementation of EU projects such as SafetyNet or DaCoTa and make it available to everyone in a readily comprehensible, annually updated form;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that care, consideration for others and mutiual respect and observance of rules are fundamental to road safety, for both occasional users and – above all – professional road users;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Takes the view that greater importance should be attached to the concept of lifelong learning in the area of road transport as well, and emphasises the positive impact of educating children about road safety from an early age;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Encourage Member States to introduce special demerit point systems.
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for a special focus on offences committed by lorry drivers, and by professional road users in general, in particular as regards blood-alcohol levels, drug use, speeding and the use of mobile telephones and even, in some cases, televisions;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recommends, as a reintegration measure, the fitting of alcolocks to the vehicles of road users who alre known to drink and driveady have more than one drink-driving conviction;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls for an obligatory eye test for all drivers of category A and B every 10 years and for drivers, older then 65 years, every 5 years; calls for an obligatory medical check for all drivers, older then 80 years, to identify physical and mental ability to continue driving;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to draw up, every three years, EU road safety campaigns on a specific topic and to systematically use the communication channels which have grown up as a result of the implementation of the Road Safety Charter for these campaigns;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for determined efforts to harmonise road signs and road traffic rules by 2013, including cross-border enforcement, blood-alcohol limits and speed limits in urban areas;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for an EU-wide harmonised blood alcohol limit, which should be at 0 ‰ blood alcohol limit in the first 2 years for novice drivers and 0,2 BAC limit for professional drivers at all time;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls for widespread use of signs showing vehicles’ speed at a given moment, and for efforts to make signs more visible and comprehensible by avoiding combinations of signs which are difficult to understand;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls for the planning of new infrastructure development to incorporate the ‘forgiving road’ concept;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Recommends that the fitting of alcolocks to all commercial passenger and goods transport vehicles should be made compulsory;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Commission to lay down within two years common standards for technical checks to be performed on vehiclesroadworthiness tests for all vehicles, especially those which have been involved in serious accidents;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls for details of the traffic rules currently in force in individual Member States and information on sections of road that are extremely dangerous or unusual to be made available to road users before and during journeys, for example through the use of smart traffic systems; calls, in this connection, for full use to be made of the potential offered by the Galileo programme in this field;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Recommends the use of technical tools such as rear-view mirrors that do not conceal blind spots, camera/monitor devices and more effective braking systems for lorries;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Calls for the carrying of warning jackets for all vehicle occupants and the wearing of warning jackets by cyclists, as a means of improving their visibility, to be made compulsory; also calls for motorcyclists’ visibility to be enhanced by fitting lights or reflective strips covering the entire width of the handlebars;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Calls for pedestrian crossings to be better lit, and for more cycle lanes to be created;