29 Amendments of Virginie ROZIÈRE related to 2018/0145(COD)
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Pursuant to the framework of Directive 96/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, enabling vehicles to have a new cab profile would contribute to improving road safety by reducing blind spots in the driver’s vision, and ought to help to save the lives of many vulnerable road users such as pedestrians or cyclists. Once improved safety requirements for longer cabs have been developed, consideration should be given to whether it is appropriate to apply them to vehicles which do not benefit from the length extension;
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Road safety in the European Union requires a coordinated policy at international level in the framework of the UNECE convention and especially in the working party 29 (WP.29) and an integrated approach at Union, national, regional and local level. It is therefore necessary to coordinate actions and measures taken by different authorities in key components of the road safety covering vehicles, driving behaviours and road signs and infrastructures;
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Over the past decades, developments in vehicle safety have contributed significantly to the overall reduction in the number of road fatalities and severe injuries. However, these reductions have recently stalled in the Union due to various factors, such as structural and behavioural factors, and without new initiatives on general road safety, the safety effects of the current approach will no longer be able to off-set the effects of increasing traffic volumes. Therefore, the safety performance of vehicles needs to be further improved as part of an integrated road safety approach aiming at the Vision Zero goal of “no fatalities” and in order to protect vulnerableall road users better, in particular vulnerable ones.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Over the past decades, developments in vehicle safety have contributed significantly to the overall reduction in the number of road fatalities and severe injuries. However, these reductions have recently stalled in the Union due to various factors, such as structural and behavioural factors, and w25,300 people were killed in 2017 on EU roads, and at least 135,000 people are seriously injured every year on these same roads. Without new initiatives on general road safety, the safety effects of the current approach will no longer be able to off-set the effects of increasing traffic volumes. Therefore, the safety performance of vehicles needs to be further improved as part of an integrated road safety approach and in order to protect vulnerable road users better.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) As some of proposed measures require substantial road infrastructure interventions, including necessary investments, phased implementation strategy for these measures should be introduced. Considerations should be therefore given to requirements for accurate traffic sign recognition, in particular speed limits. The Commission should also assess a public support and level of user’s acceptance for those measures, and promote them through road traffic safety awareness campaigns.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Technical progress in the area of advanced vehicle safety systems substantially changes the conditions in the field of road transport and offers new possibilities for reducing casualty numbers. In order to minimise the number of fatalities and severe injuries, some of the relevant new technologies need to be introduced. Those systems that have proven to be fully developed in order to improve road safety significantly should be introduced on compulsory basis.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Technical progress in the area of advanced vehicle safety systems offers new possibilities for reducing casualty numbers. In order to minimise the number of fatalities and serious injuries, some of the relevant new technologies need to be introduced.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Technical progress in the area of advanced vehicle safety systems offers new possibilities for reducing casualty numbers. In order to minimise the number of fatalities, some of the relevant new and proven technologies need to be introduced.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) Vehicles of all categories will continue to be technically more complex and more demanding for maintenance and repairs in the near future. New technologies should therefore have a favourable cost-benefit ratio throughout the whole life cycle of the vehicle so to be affordable for all consumers and not increasing average age of the vehicle fleet on European roads.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Intelligent speed assistance, lane- keeping systems, driver drowsiness and attention monitoring and distraction detection and reversing detection systems have a high potential to reduce casualty numbers considerably. The driver drowsiness and attention monitoring systems should work without any facial recognition. In addition, those systems are based on technologies which will be used for the deployment of connected and automated vehicles too. Therefore, harmonised rules and test procedures for the type-approval of vehicles as regards those systems and for the type-approval of those systems as separate technical units should be established at Union level.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) It is widely recognised that the safety belt is one of the most important and effective vehicle safety features. Safety-belt reminder systems therefore have the potential to further prevent fatalities or mitigate injuries by increasing the safety belt wearing rates across the Union. It is therefore necessary to make it compulsory to install intelligent safety- belt reminder systems for all front and rear seats of M1 and N1 vehicles and all front seats of N2, N3, M2 and M3 vehicles.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The type-approval requirements concerning safety should be tested and ensured in the light of the specific performance standards with which all vehicles are to comply, regardless of vehicle segment.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Automated and connected vehicles may be able to make a huge contribution in reducing road fatalities since in the region of 90 per cent of road accidents are estimated to result from human error. As automated vehicles will gradually be taking over tasks of the driver, harmonised rules and technical requirements for automated vehicle systems should be adopted at Union level. These rules should be coordinated and promoted at international level in the framework of the UNECE WP.29.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) The Commission should establish a Working Group so as to better inform and engage civil society stakeholders, industry and interested participants on the latest work at UNECE.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 3
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 3
(3) ‘intelligent speed assistance’ means a system to aid the driver in observing the appropriate speed for the road environment by providing haptic feedback through the accelerator pedal with speed limit information obtained through observation of road signs and signals, based on infrastructure signals or electronic map data, or both, made available in-vehicle;
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 6
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 6
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 7
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 7
(7) ‘emergency stop signal’ means rapid flashing stop lamps or hazard lights to indicate to other road users to the rear of the vehicle that a high retardation force is being applied to the vehicle relative to the prevailing road conditions;
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 13 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 13 a (new)
(13a) ‘safety-belt reminder’, means a system dedicated to alert the driver when any of the occupants do not use the safety-belt. The system is constituted by a detection of an unfastened safety-belt and by two levels of driver’s alert: a first level warning and a second level warning;
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Manufacturers shall provide clear and comprehensive information in the owner’s manual about the existence of the systems introduced by this Regulation and how to use them.
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) it shall be possible for the driver to feel through the accelerator pedalrecognise that the applicable speed limit is reached or exceeded;
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Vehicles of categories M1 and N1 shall be equipped with advanced emergency braking systems designed and fitted in twohree phases and providing for:
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) warning of the presence or avoiding collision with vulnerable road users ahead of the motor vehicle in the third phase;
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Advanced emergency braking systems and, pedestrian and cyclist collision warning and emergency lane-keeping systems shall meet the following requirements in particular:
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Advanced emergency braking systems, pedestrian and cyclist collision warning and lane-keeping systems shall meet the following requirements in particular:
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) it shall be possible to switch off systems only one at a time, and only at standstill with the parking brake engaged, by a complex sequence of actions to be carried out by the driver. In case the systems are not fully operational, in particular due to shortcomings in road infrastructure, they shall deactivate themselves and give information about the deactivation to the driver. If they do not deactivate automatically, it shall be possible to switch them off manually in those cases. Such deactivation shall be temporary and shall last for period when the system is not fully operational only;
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. All seating positions of M1 and N1 categories of vehicles shall be equipped with safety-belt reminder.
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The seating position of the driver of N2, N3, M2 and M3 categories of vehicles as well as the seating positions of the occupants of seats in the same row as the driver seat of N2, N3, M2 and M3 categories of vehicles shall be equipped with a safety-belt reminder.
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14a Reporting and review 1. By 31 March 2021, the Commission shall prepare and submit an evaluation report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the following issues: (a) technical feasibility and road infrastructure readiness, including traffic sign recognition; (b) users’ acceptance analysis. Member States, regardless of their relative population or geographical location, shall be proportionally represented in the data collected. 2. The Commission shall assess whether the scope of this Regulation should be extended to other potential safety technologies and measures, in particular intelligent speed assistance system that would provide driver with a haptic feedback through the accelerator pedal and advanced distraction recognition. If appropriate, the Commission shall present a legislative proposal to that effect.