Fittex
Road infrastructure safety management
On 17 May 2018, the Commission adopted the proposal for a directive amending Directive 2008/96/EC on road infrastructure safety management. The revision was presented together with another legislative proposal on vehicle and pedestrian safety, and with non-legislative initiatives to promote safe mobility. The general objective of the proposal, which seeks to address the shortcomings of the existing legislation, is to reduce both road fatalities and serious injuries by improving the safety performance ...
Improving road infrastructure safety management
In order to improve the EU road safety and substantially reduce road deaths, several measures were taken at the EU level. A general policy document was adopted in 2010, when the European Commission published the Road Safety Programme 2011-2020. The current revision of the road safety management procedures was triggered by the fact that the progress in the reduction of road fatalities stalled and that the existing road security measures needed to be adapted to changes in mobility resulting from societal ...
It-trasport bit-triq: standards tat-traffiku u tas-sikurezza
L-Unjoni Ewropea ddotat lilha nnifisha bl-għan li toħloq żona Ewropea ta' sikurezza fit-toroq fuq perjodu ta' għaxar snin bejn l-2010 u l-2020. Il-kompetenza f'dan il-qasam hija primarjament nazzjonali. Għaldaqstant, l-UE qed tiffoka l-miżuri tagħha fuq il-kundizzjoni teknika tal-vetturi, it-trasport ta' merkanzija perikoluża u s-sikurezza tat-toroq.
It-trasport bit-triq: l-armonizzazzjoni tad-dispożizzjonijiet legali
Il-ħolqien ta' suq uniku Ewropew tat-trasport bit-triq mhuwiex possibbli mingħajr l-armonizzazzjoni tad-dispożizzjonijiet legali applikati fl-Istati Membri. Il-miżuri adottati mill-Unjoni Ewropea huma ta' natura fiskali, teknika, amministrattiva u soċjali.
Automated vehicles in the EU
Automated vehicle technologies allow the transfer of driving functions from a human driver to a computer. Automation, and in particular digitalisation, of driving will change road transport in a way which is viewed as a revolution in the field of mobility. As human error is the main reason for road traffic accidents, driving which is automatically controlled by a computer is expected to make future road transport safer and more secure. It has also the potential to be more environmentally friendly ...
Dan l-istudju jipprovdi analiżi tal-evidenza attwali dwar Vetturi Twal u Tqal (LHVs) u dwar l-impatt potenzjali li l-użu ta' dawn il-Megatrakkijiet jista' jkollu fl-UE - kif inhu l-każ fil-Finlandja u l-Isvezja fejn diġà jippermettu LHVs fit-traffiku normali. Dan hu bbażat fuq reċensjoni tal-letteratura ta' riċerka prominenti f'dan il-qasam, kif ukoll fuq studji ta' każijiet li jagħtu ħarsa lejn l-esperjenzi ta' LHVs fil-ħames Stati Membri fejn dawn huma permessi jew ittestjati. Barra minn hekk, ...
Sound level of motor vehicles
Traffic noise has impacts on citizens' health and well-being. The European Commission therefore proposed a Regulation which aims to reduce the noise emissions of motor vehicles by about 25%. The EP's ENVI Environment Committee voted to amendments to the proposed noise limits, and calls for mandatory noise labelling of vehicles as well as a systematic assessment of road surfaces.
The problem of under compensation of victims of cross-border road traffic accidents in the EU
The current acts in place – the Brussels I Regulation, the Lugano Convention and the parallel convention with Denmark – give the claimant several opportunities for forum shopping when lodging a direct claim against foreign liability insurance. Since the lex fori determines whether the Rome II Regulation or the Hague Convention is applicable in Common Market cases, the aforementioned possibility of forum shopping ultimately leads to law shopping. Between the claimant and the injuring party, the principle ...
The Impact of Overtaking Bans for Heavy Goods Vehicles on Two-Lane Highways, on Traffic Flows and Routes of Transport
Delays on 2-lane divided highways can be caused by HGVs overtaking each other. This Note presents details of the research carried out and schemes introduced in EU countries to ban HGV overtaking movements. A cost benefit analysis concludes that annual benefits of up to 1500 million euro could be realised by introducing such schemes at optimal locations.
The Road Safety Performance of Commercial Light Goods Vehicles
This report describes the collation and analysis of a wide range of disparate European data on the safety of light goods vehicles (LGVs – goods vehicles with a maximum mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes). It includes data on regulations, new registrations, stock, traffic, freight performance, business sectors, accidents and casualties. It identifies the trends in both the LGV market and safety performance and identifies areas that could be a priority for safety interventions.