Brussels – The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) has warmly welcomed the
endorsement today by EU ministers of industry of a new package of mandatory minimum vehicle safety standards.
Antonio Avenoso, Executive Director of the European Transport Safety Council said:
“Today EU member states have given strong backing to a game-changing
package of new minimum vehicle safety standards. If this legislation
is passed, together with the European Parliament, in the form it was
proposed, it will prevent 25,000 people from dying over 16 years – a
massive step forward for road safety.
“We strongly urge members of the European Parliament to guarantee
this package is passed without being watered down. Car manufacturers
are relentlessly campaigning to weaken the proposals by removing key
life-saving technologies such as Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA), and
by deprioritising others, such as standards that would require lorries
to have larger windows to improve visibility of pedestrians and
cyclists. The cost of undermining the package in this way would be
counted in lives lost or changed forever.”
The final proposals will now need to be agreed in negotiations between
the EU institutions after formal votes in the European Parliament’s
Internal Market (IMCO) and Transport (TRAN) committees, expected to take
place early next year.
Next Monday, EU Transport Ministers will agree their position on a
related proposal on improving road infrastructure safety management in
the EU.
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