SELECT COMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN LEGISLATION. TWENTIETH REPORT. THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE COMMUNITY: WHO MAKES THE LAW ON ROAD SAFETY? TOGETHER WITH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE ON 21 JUNE 1995 AND THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN LEGISLATION ON 17 MARCH 1994, 14 JULY 1994 AND 16 MARCH 1995

This document presents a report by the House of Commons Select Committee on European Legislation on the law on road safety, and its Minutes of Evidence. After a serious coach accident in Kent, the Committee was astonished to find public disagreements over whether the European Community or Member States had the power to legislate on coach safety. The Committee delegated its detailed enquiry to a Sub- Committee, which took evidence from various people. The Sub-Committee decided to approach its task through practical examples. It asked road safety experts to identify priorities; they selected 16 measures on which there was the most general agreement. The construction and equipment priorities were: (1) safer steering wheels; (2) airbags; (3) anti-locking brake systems; (4) speed limiters; (5) compulsory seat belts for heavy goods vehicles; (6) seat belts in minibuses, buses and coaches; (7) stronger lorry cab construction; (8) impact tests for cars; (9) car front end design; and (10) fire safety. The driver behaviour priorities were: (1) blood alcohol limits; and (2) speed limits. The law enforcement priorities were: (1) tachometers and tachographs; (2) cross-border enforcement; (3) driving licences; and (4) roadworthiness tests.

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• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: XXXI+79P
• Serial:
  • PAPER
  • Issue Number: 323
  • Publisher: Her Majesty Stationary Office

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Crashes; Federal government; Legislation; Personnel; Policy; Safety; Strategic planning; Teams; Workshops
• Identifier Terms: European Commission; European Union
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1272: Bus; 8303: EU; 183: Government (national); 1556: Legislation; 102: Personnel; 173: Policy; 141: Priority (gen); 1665: Safety; 8119: United Kingdom; 9090: Working group
• Subject Areas: Law; Policy; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00716055
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-10-232395-X
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 31 1996 12:00AM