Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-06-18-Speech-3-231"
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"en.20080618.19.3-231"2
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"I welcome this report because it strengthens existing legislation and yet again attempts to improve road safety, especially in the area of cyclists’ and pedestrians’ safety. Each year 8 000 people – pedestrians and cyclists – are killed and 300 000 injured on the roads of the EU.
A great number of these casualties can be avoided either by better driver training or by improved motor vehicle design. The introduction of brake assistance systems, the introduction of higher performance tests and a quicker implementation period should all help to reduce the carnage that happens every year on our roads.
I am particularly happy to see that those killers we know as bull bars will now have to pass the same performance tests on the vehicles on which they are intended to be installed, although for me the campaign to ban bull bars outright still goes on.
I congratulate the rapporter on his report and I look forward to a speedy conclusion with the Council on this issue."@en1
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