24 Amendments of Georges BACH related to 2017/2085(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Stresses that Member States should conduct efficient and regular checks on road traffic, as the main causes of accidents, at present as in the past, are inappropriate and excessive speed, distraction and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and therefore calls on:
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on Member States to improve their road infrastructure significantly by means of regular maintenance, appropriate upgrades and innovative measures;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
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;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
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;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recalls that odometer fraud remains an untackled problem, especially in the second hand cars' market as established by the European Commission in its study on the functioning of the market for second hand cars from a consumer perspective.Urges the Commission and the Member States to address the issue of the manipulation or tampering of odometers through effective measures and legislation;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
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/
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
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
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
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;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
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;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
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;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
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;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
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;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
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;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
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;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
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;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that devices to operate alcohol-sensitive immobilisers and systems to recognise the state of the driver should be provided, and recommendurges the use of alcohol interlocks for professional drivers and drivers who have been convicted of drunk driving, as a rehabilitation measure;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
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;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers it necessary to make it compulsory to install intelligent seatbelt reminder systems for back seats tooall front seats for all vehicles and for rear seats for M 1 and N 1 vehicles;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Considers it important to make compulsory to install automated seatbelt adjustment systems in order to avoid neck damage;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
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;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls for data to be collected throughout the EU on vehicle occupants killed or injured due to causes other than collisions;notes that there are no data available on vehicle heat-stroke casualties;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
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;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
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;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
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.