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EU Ponders New Safety Standards for Cars, Trucks
European Union regulators are developing a proposed new round of safety standards for cars and commercial trucks sold in the region.
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European Union regulators are developing a proposed new round of safety standards for cars and commercial trucks sold in the region.
The current array of safety regulations hasn’t changed since 2009, Reuters notes. It says eight transport ministers urged the European Commission to promulgate rules “well before the end of 2017” to cut highway fatalities in the EU.
Reuters says road deaths declined 2% to 25,500 people last year. The EU hopes to cut that number significantly by 2020. The ministers want the EC to mandate such technologies as blind-spot detectors and cameras to help detect pedestrian and bike and motorcycle riders. They also urge the EC to improve commercial deliver truck safety by shifting the way highway truck freight charges are determined from a time-based to distance-based system.
Other expected proposals would standardize toll charges and index the amount drivers pay to the amount of carbon dioxide their vehicles emit.
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