European safety drive

The European Commission is keen to boost road safety and analysis of road accident statistics. A key component of this move will be improving transparency over the safety of road infrastructure, in accordance with their obligations under European law. So far 11 European member states have been warned by the European Commission to be more open about the safety on infrastructure networks.
April 25, 2012 Read time: 1 min
RSSThe 1690 European Commission is keen to boost road safety and analysis of road accident statistics. A key component of this move will be improving transparency over the safety of road infrastructure, in accordance with their obligations under European law. So far 11 European member states have been warned by the European Commission to be more open about the safety on infrastructure networks. The European Commission has presented its case to Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia and calling for improvements to safety on the trans-European road network. A directive on road safety was required to be fully transposed into national law by December 2010. Nations will have two months to adopt appropriate procedures to improve the safety of its road network, including road safety audits, infrastructure-linked accident rate evaluations, and safety rankings. If the countries do not take action, they will be referred to the EU Court of Justice.
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