Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-27-Speech-2-420-250"
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"en.20110927.26.2-420-250"2
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"I have voted against any attempt to harmonise road safety legislation across the Union. In the UK, we have some of the safest roads in Europe. There are already too many regulations and penalties on drivers largely used as cash cows that do little to make roads safer. Any legislation based upon driving or road use is often exploited by insurance companies to push up premiums or evade insurance pay outs. The proposed legislation would call into question whether other matters would have to be harmonised, from the unit of speed to top speeds on motorways, to the process of new driver training. The system in the UK for learning to drive is long established and effective and any changes should be the remit of the UK Government.
The report also mentions harmonising special penalty points systems. The EU should not hold any authority over penalising individuals for any offence or establishing what would qualify as an offence as this is the privilege of the Member State alone and would effectively create an EU-wide criminal law."@en1
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