25 Amendments of Tanja FAJON related to 2010/2235(INI)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that the EU budget for actions in the field of road safety in recent years has been reduced significantly, and calls on the Commission to counteract this trend;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 1 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 1 a (new)
a 50 % reduction in the number of pedestrians and cyclists killed in road collisions
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates its view that a complementary, long-term strategy is needed which goes beyond the period covered by the communication under consideration here and has the objective of preventing all road deaths (‘Vision Zero’); being aware that this is not feasible without the extensive use of technology in road vehicles and development of proper networks for ITS; calls on the Commission to develop the central features of such a strategy and to present them within the next three years;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to draw up by 2012 a proposal to improve the data available concerning the causes of accidents and injuries; by implementing in- depth accident investigations of a sample of fatal and severe collisions.
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Highlights that the behaviour of road users is directly linked not only with traffic education in period of obtaining a driving license, but from awareness and education of road users from childhood onwards in general;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Takes the view that greater importance should be attached to the concept of lifelong learning starting at school including cycling and walking in the area of road transport as well;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls for education of road users that driver training shall take into account learning/teaching of defensive driving as obligatory;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls, in the context of driver training, for greateras one of main point of education of novice drivers for achieving and improving road safety targets, for urgent attention to be paid to the main causes of road deaths, such as speeding, driving while drunk or under the influence of drugs, failure to wear a seat belt or other protective equipment and the use of mobile communications devices while driving;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Encourages Member States to introduce special penalty point systems for the most dangerous offences as the most efficient supplement to financial fines;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to prepare by 2013 a proposal for a Directive for enforcement alcohol interlocks to the all professional and commercial vehicles;
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 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 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission to draw up, within two years, a legislative proposal for a harmonised approach on winter tyres for passenger cars, buses and lorries in EU regions taking into account the respective weather conditions in each Member State;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls into consideration of feasibility to introduce a chip with information of driver blood group to be integrated in driving license;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to identify and implement suitable measures to prevent accidents on rural roads and in rural areas and reduce the damage they cause; in this context, calls for a strict enforcement of a ban on heavy goods vehicles from using secondary network (national, regional and local roads), where highways could be used to reach the same destination;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on Members States and road operators to provide appropriately designed facilities, which improve safety in that they are all well equipped with the road signs and well-lit to be more user friendly especially for motorcyclists and cyclists;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Points out that technical exams for PTW would help in improving Road Safety;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Commission to lay down within two years common rules and standards for technical checks to be performed onfor all vehicles and in particularly for vehicles which have been involved in serious accidents;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Calls on the Commission to lay down a proposal that obliges manufacturers of light commercial vehicles to ensure that all new light commercial vehicles are equipped with speed limitation devices for which the maximum speed is set at 120 km/h;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Calls on the Commission to promote of raising vehicle safety standards, such as in car vehicle technology as means of preventing collisions from happening;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls for details of the traffic rules currently in force in individual Member States to be made available to road users before and during journeys, for example through the use of smart traffic systems; and through these systems for development of an EU wide net of ‘’state of road’’ information in each vehicle equipped with navigation systems;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Calls on the Commission to draw up measures to support and protect members of the rescue services in case of an accident, such as possibility to identify or to retrieve on the spot information about the engine type of the vehicle, passive safety equipment, like airbags, or the use of specific material, as well as all other relevant technical rescue information on each car model, in order to accelerate the rescue operation;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to support cycling and walking as modes of transport in their own right and an integral part of all transport systems;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Invites the Commission and Member States to promote "Safe routes to School" schemes to increase the safety of children;