Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-06-Speech-3-319"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-02-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Speed limitation devices2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020206.13.3-319"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-02-06-Speech-3-3202
lpv:speaker	lp:Ewa Hedkvist Petersen2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, I wish to begin by thanking the rapporteur, Mr Hatzidakis, for the considerable openness and readiness to compromise that have characterised his work on this report. The transport of both goods and people on the roads is ever increasing. Movement on the roads is international and cross-border, and so too, therefore, must be the rules we lay down. A shining example is the legislation on speed limitation devices. When it came into force in 1994, it had met a certain amount of resistance both from the industry and from the drivers themselves, but this evaporated when the advantages became apparent. In a Europe in which more than 40 000 people lose their lives in road accidents, all kinds of methods must be tried in order to make the roads safer. Once speed limitation devices had been introduced, it was no longer possible to build speeding into systems under which the heaviest vehicles operated. This new proposal will lead to speed limitation devices also being used in lighter commercial vehicles and buses, and this will have further positive repercussions. Recently, there has been a marked increase in the frequency of accidents involving lighter commercial vehicles. Those of us in the Group of the Party of European Socialists support the amendments in favour of a longer transition period. One issue which, however, recurred in the debate on this directive, and which Mr Jarzembowski addressed, is that of whether there should be different speeds for different categories of vehicle. It was argued that identical speeds create congestion and bottlenecks on the roads. I do not believe that is the case. The fewer speed differences there are, the smoother the traffic flows, in actual fact. There are mathematical calculations to show this. It is enough to imagine a road on which vehicles are maintaining the same speed. In that case, the traffic flows more smoothly. That is why I demand that Amendment No 12 be rejected."@en1

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