Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-04-27-Speech-4-024"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-04-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Road safety: bringing eCall to citizens (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060427.2.4-024"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-04-27-Speech-4-0252
lpv:speaker	lp:Reinhard Rack2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFCO (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Österreichische Volkspartei - Liste Ursula Stenzel (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2006-02-06--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, where technology can help to make our lives simpler, more comfortable and safer, there we should exploit these possibilities and ensure that as many of us as possible can benefit from them. The proposal for the introduction of the eCall system falls into this category; eCall can make our lives safer and no doubt help to save them, so let us make use of the possibilities afforded by this new technology. I have three brief comments to make on certain points, some of which have already been addressed. One is data protection and respect for the private sphere. I am sure that Mr Titley is right to say that this system can be – and is meant to be – triggered only when and where appropriate, that is to say that it is not intended to track what people do in their private lives, but, rather than accepting this assurance at face value, we should establish in our own minds that this is indeed the case. If I may turn to the financing of this, there is more and more talk – and rightly too – about the need for the transport system to be run more on the principle that ‘the user pays’. I have already heard a lot said today about this, and it has to be said that there is a great desire that others should pick up the bill for something that is intended to be of immediate benefit to the persons involved. As for whether use of the system should be voluntary or whether its introduction should be mandatory, self-evident though it is that the system as a whole can work successfully only with the maximum possible number of participants, we should at least make the attempt to go for the voluntary option in the first instance rather than adopting a heavy-handed governmental approach straightaway."@en1

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