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Activities of Wim van de CAMP related to 2017/2085(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Saving lives: boosting car safety in the EU (debate) NL
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2085(INI)

Amendments (26)

Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the installation of driver assistance systems inmakes the vehicles for persons of restricted mobility and the elderly enables their safe, active participationof the future safer and moreover enables safe and active participation of persons with restricted mobility and the elderly in road traffic;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas bicycles, e-bikes, e-rollers and other alternative means of urban transport should be taken into consideration in urban traffic planning tackling their relation to cars and buses, with special safeguards to pedestrians as the most vulnerable group;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas driver training is key in achieving the ambitious Vision Zero goal, while drivers' instruction should include periodical and additional trainings in using obligatory driver assistance mechanism, with special attention to the elderly and persons with limited mobility;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas pedestrians and cyclists are also integral part of the traffic and therefore their relation to other modes of transport should be improved;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the Member States to step up exchanges of tried and tbested proceduractices, particularly regarding smart enforcement strategies, and to introduce penalties which will act as a deterrent;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on Member States to improve their road infrastructure significantly by means of regular maintenance, appropriate upgrades and innovative measures;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Observes that, in 43% of cases, fatal road accidents in urban areas occur to pedestrians and cyclists, and calls on Member States to take greater account of the more vulnerable road users in building and maintaining roads, for example by building more cycle paths, or expanding themby addressing critical accident hotspots and by building and maintaining more cycle infrastructure, or expanding and modernizing existing infrastructure;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Observes that relatively fast e-bikes and also electric unicyclese-bikes, e-rollers and other alternative forms of urban transport are becoming increasingly popular, andtherefore calls on the Commission therefore to examine the safety requirements for themof such vehicles without delay and, if appropriate, to make proposals relating to safety, taking due account of subsidiarity;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Observes that relatively fast e-bikes and also other electric unicyclmobility devices are becoming increasingly popular, and calls on the Commission therefore to examine the safety requirements for them without delay and to make proposals relating to safety, taking due account of subsidiarity;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Observes that 46% of road fatalities are vulnerable road users. Fatalities among this group are decreasing much slower than other road users.1a Calls on the Commission to mandate new active and passive vehicle safety technologies; _________________ 1ahttp://etsc.eu/intelligent-speed- assistance-new-film-calls-for- safetyasstandard/
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Observes that 15% of road fatalities involve HGVs while they account for only 5% of the vehicles on the road.Vulnerable Road Users (VRU) are involved in more than one third of the fatal accidents.Numbers show that accidents between HGVs and vulnerable road users are increasing compared to other categories.Calls on the Commission to accelerate the introduction of ambitious direct vision standards, intelligent speed assistance, AEBS and other cost-effective measures for HGVs without delay;2a _________________ 2ahttp://www.cadenadesuministro.es/wp- content/uploads/2017/05/Informe-de- seguridad-de-Volvo.pdf
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the safety level of existing vehicles in use, by incentivizing and promoting retrofitting of vehicles with cost effective road safety systems with features including forward collision warning (FCW), lane departure warning (LDW), pedestrian collision warning, driver's blind spot detection, driver doziness detection and other appropriate systems;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point b
(b) where systems can be switched off, to introduce two-stage deactivation systems, sucho that the driver can initially merely switch off the warning signal and can only deactivate the system itself by means of a second procedure, and
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Points out the importance of extensive, professional and on-road driver training to achieve further road fatality and serious injury reduction;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Considers that the acquiring of a drivers licence needs to be coupled to having received professional and on-road practical training in order to ensure a necessary level of driver competence;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and market operators to arrange for open standards and interfaces so that no systems peculiar to a single manufacturwhich will further limitprove interoperability and so that independent tests are possible thanks to access to the relevant vehicle and system data, including their updates to themwhile respecting proprietary data and intellectual property;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that, in order to improve road safety, the deceleration of vehicles should be rendered easier for other road users to perceive by means of clear signal lights on vehicles, and expects the compulsory use of an emergency braking indicator in the form of a winkflashing brake light or flashing hazard lights;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the compulsory installation of overridable intervening intelligent speed assistants to indicate speed limice systems, indicating also stop signs and traffic lights, and calls on Member States to ensure that road signs are kept in excellentbest possible condition, and that road markings are clearly legible;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that, due to its relevance to road safety, a overridable lane departure warning system that not only warns but also activppropriately intervenes, albeit without preventing drivers from acting directly, should be made compulsory;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises that increasing the immediate field ofCalls on the Commission to work on a Direct Vision standard that provides manufactures with clear mandatory specifications for the direct 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 install cameras and turning assistant systems, while observing that such measures should accord with Directive (EU) 2015/719 and which should not result in any extension of the time limits for implementation laid down there;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Observes that tyre pressure has significant implications for road safety and, fuel consumption, ands well as emissions, calls therefore on the Commission to make it compulsory to install 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; calls on the Commission to transpose the Tyre Pressure Measurement Systems (TPMS) amendments aimed at delivering in real world conditions agreed at UNECE in 2016 into EU law, for all vehicles; urges the Commission to ensure the TPMS requirements apply to all aftermarket tyres, including winter tyres; calls on the Commission to make direct TPMS mandatory for vans, buses and heavy good vehicles;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Considers it important to make compulsory to install automated seatbelt adjustment systems in order to avoid neck damage;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission, from 2019, to extend the eCall installation requirement to motorcycle helmets, heavy goods vehicles and buses and coaches;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Calls on the Commission to update the testing requirements for motor vehicle passive safety systems to include Vulnerable Road User front and rear impact;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26 b. Observes that redesigned front and rear underrun protection (FUP) of HGVs could reduce fatalities in head-on collisions between cars and HGVs with 20%, calls on the Commission to mandate improved energy absorbing FUPs for all new vehicles;
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26 c. Emphasises that the Directive (EU) 2015/719 – Weights & Dimensions - is a unique opportunity to improve HGV safety, calls on the Commission to accelerate work on this Directive and come forward with their assessment before the end of 2017.
2017/07/17
Committee: TRAN