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Technical implications of road safety
Outline of the Community (European Union) legislation about Technical implications of road safety
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These categories group together and put in context the legislative and non-legislative initiatives which deal with the same topic.
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Technical implications of road safety
The technical implications of road safety cover both vehicle and infrastructure safety. By 2020, the European Commission aims to halve the number of deaths on the roads (in relation to the 2010 figures) in the European Union (EU).
To achieve this objective, the Commission promotes the use of modern technologies to improve road safety. It defines a legislative framework which aims to make vehicles and road infrastructure safer. The protection of vulnerable passengers is also a policy priority.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
- General safety of motor vehicles
- Road safety: Road Safety Action Programme (2003-2010)
- Road safety: cross-border application of the legislation
- EC type-approval system for motor vehicles
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
Restraint devices for passengers
- Passenger restraint devices on two-wheel vehicles
- Compulsory fitting of safety belts
Vehicle protection in the event of impact
- Motor vehicles with trailers: front underrun protection devices (until 2014)
- Motor vehicles with trailers: protection of occupants in the event of a frontal impact (until 2014)
- Motor vehicles with trailers: behaviour of steering device under impact (until 2014)
- Motor vehicles with trailers: lateral protection for goods vehicles (until 2014)
Reduction of blind spots
- Rear-view mirrors and supplementary devices for indirect vision (until 2014)
Protection of vulnerable road users
- Protection of pedestrians and vulnerable road users
- Protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users
- Vulnerable road users and frontal protection systems
Control devices
- Speed limitation on-board devices of certain categories of motor vehicles (until 2014)
- Maximum authorised settings for speed limitation devices in commercial vehicles
- Driving time in the road transport sector
Intelligent automobile security systems
- Le service eCall
(FR) - eCall: Time for deployment
- eSafety: the use of information and communication technology (ICT) for road safety
- In-vehicle emergency call system “eCall” (Second eSafety Communication)
- i2010 Intelligent Car Initiative (third eSafety communication)