Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-13-Speech-1-106"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Technical roadside inspection of commercial vehicles2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000313.6.1-106"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-13-Speech-1-1072
lpv:speaker	lp:Samuli Pohjamo2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations for relations with Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, reforming the directive on annual inspections of commercial vehicles is both urgent and vital. The rapporteur has adopted a perfectly good position in this issue, in the final analysis. Drivers of commercial vehicles run up thousands of kilometres every year, and the roadworthiness of the vehicles cannot be monitored adequately by means of mere annual inspections. Roadside spot checks are also necessary because heavy goods vehicles from non-member countries often enter the area of the Union in bad condition, presenting a serious risk to safety. The newly reviewed directive will do a lot to improve road safety if its provisions are complied with properly and penalties can be imposed for breaches, penalties that are effective, along the right lines and which will serve as a warning. The directive will be more efficacious if the Member States can negotiate a harmonised system of penalties. This should not, however, slow down the prompt implementation of the directive. Justification for the prompt reform of the directive is provided by something that happened recently in Finland. The police and the vehicle inspection authorities were conducting a spot check of sixty-two heavy goods vehicles in eastern Finland recently. The drivers of thirty-three of them received fines, and sixteen received a warning. Three vehicles were prohibited from continuing their journey. Only thirteen were in fully acceptable condition. A considerable number of the vehicles in bad condition were from non-member countries. The worst case was a Polish truck with no brakes in the drawing vehicle, a poorly secured load, and a trailer whose brakes were badly leaking. Everyone can imagine what sort of safety hazard such a lorry would be on roads covered in snow and ice. Our group supports Amendment No 3 and hopes the new version of the directive will come into force promptly."@en1

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