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"It is our duty to ensure that service providers treat passengers properly and that disabled persons do not face obstacles to using transport services. It is important to secure a level playing field between carriers from different Member States as well as the various modes of transport. We need a well balanced compromise that would ensure passenger rights in all EU Member States, which sometimes vary greatly in terms of size, without, at the same time, imposing a heavy burden on carriers, most of which are small and medium-sized enterprises. Most importantly, any new rules should improve the quality of the EU’s transport sector and increase competitiveness. However, we must not forget the question of road safety. In Lithuania, we are particularly dependent on road transport – more than 90% of all travellers use cars. Around 8% travel by bus and coach. Road safety is a very important issue which has not received enough attention in my opinion. According to EU statistics, in Lithuania, there are 110 road deaths per million inhabitants. By comparison, in Sweden, there are 39 deaths per million inhabitants. In the United Kingdom there are 41. This Lithuanian rate is intolerable and much higher than the EU average of 70. This must change."@en1
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