There is preliminary consent to an expanded number of offenses for which drivers will be prosecuted and punished throughout the European Union. Negotiators of the member states and the European Parliament agreed on the next element of the road safety package on the night of March 12-13. It will concern the exchange of information between countries about insubordinate drivers. The arrangements still need to be approved by EU governments and the entire European Parliament.
Changes for drivers in the European Union. Is there a breakthrough coming?
The aim is to end the impunity of drivers who commit offenses abroad. About 40 percent of such offenses are not prosecuted. Closer exchange of information between countries is expected to change this. In addition to speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol or running a red light, dangerous parking and overtaking, crossing a solid line and leaving the scene of an accident are now added to the list of offenses for which drivers will be prosecuted throughout the EU.
The perpetrators of these offenses are to be identified more quickly throughout the EU and punished. – A foreign license plate cannot be a license for impunity – commented Kosma Złotowski, rapporteur of the European Parliament. These rules are part of a package that aims to improve road safety in the EU and help achieve the goal of reducing the number of road fatalities on European roads to zero by 2050.
– Stricter and more effective enforcement rules for road traffic offenses will improve safety on Europe’s motorways and ensure safer and greener living areas across the EU. The revised rules also ensure equal treatment of all drivers in the EU, regardless of their nationality. We are pleased that we were able to quickly reach an agreement with the European Parliament on this matter, said Georges Gilkinet, Belgian Minister for Mobility.
The European Union wants changes in road safety
The agreement concerns a proposal that was intended to amend the 2015 directive on cross-border exchange of information relating to road safety related offences. The new regulations will constitute part of the so-called legislative package on road safety. The changes are part of the “road safety package” adopted by the Commission on March 1, 2023.
Source: Gazeta
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