12 Amendments of Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ related to 2018/2089(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Commission aims at halving the number of annual road fatalities in the EU by 2020 compared to 2010; whereas the progress of reducing the total number of victims and injured seems to have stagnated recently when in 2016 more than 25 000 people lost their lives on EU roads and a further 135 000 were seriously injured;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas advanced driver- assistance systems such as lane departure warning and automatic emergency break have already proven to contribute to road safety and to reduce the number of severe accidents;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas human error is estimated to play a decisive role in the majority of road accidents, and hence driverless vehicles are expected to significantly improve road safety; whereas driverless vehicles could bring mobility to those who are unable to drive, encourage car-sharing schemes and optimise the use of infrastructure by relieving traffic congestion, and thereby contribute to meeting climate targets;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas EU producers will be exposed to competition from other world regions such as the USA, China or Japan;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph –1 (new)
Paragraph –1 (new)
-1. Considers that regulatory changes will have to follow in order to build a future-proof framework enabling cross- border automation; calls on the Commission to take the current infrastructure and age of the vehicle fleet in the Member States into consideration and to address the necessary coexistence of connected and automated vehicles with non-connected vehicles and drivers;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Considers the current procedure of EU exemptions granted on the basis of a national ad-hoc safety assessment insufficient, because it constitutes excessive investment risk and jeopardises the introduction of vehicle automation technologies; calls on the Commission to initiate work on EU type approval legislation for automated and autonomous vehicles in line with UNECE outcomes;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Declares that cybersecurity must be guaranteed and that all data transfers between the in-vehicle system, the manufacturer’s central server, other vehicles and road infrastructure must be protected from unauthorised disclosure and manipulation; calls on the Commission to present a common security policy based on backend server systems already placed in the market and outcomes of UNECE negotiations;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Welcomes the initiative of the Commission to regulate data recorders for automated vehicles and calls on the Commission to present a broader liability framework for damages caused by accidents in which autonomous and automated motor vehicles are involved;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. CAscertains that road infrastructure will play a key role in supporting automated vehicles; calls on the Member States to invest in unambiguous road signs, road markings and street furniture as well as to revise national traffic rules system and reporting to support converging approaches across the EU;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to finalise digital high-speed network coverage, as missing digital coverage, especially in border regions, makes the cross-border operation of automated and connected vehicles impossible.;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the financial support from the EU's framework programme for research and innovation "Horizon 2020" allocated to automated vehicles and highlights the necessary research on artificial intelligence with the aim to make future autonomous systems smoother and more efficient;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on the Commission to take the current infrastructure and age of the vehicle fleet in the Member States into consideration and to address the coexistence of connected and automated vehicles and non-connected vehicles and drivers;