ETSC highlights five critical areas where recent legislative changes or proposals are actively undermining safety:
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Small electric vehicle safety “freeze” : a promised 10-year halt on new safety requirements for small EV’s, despite 40% of road deaths occurring in the urban environments where these vehicles proliferate.
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The rise of 60t “megatrucks”: pushing for cross-border movement of massive “gigaliners” that pose extreme risks to infrastructure and vulnerable road users.
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Standards dilution: the risk of a shift toward mutual recognition of US vehicle standards, threatening to flood EU markets with heavier, less-regulated SUVs and pickups.
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Younger lorry drivers: revisions to the Driving Licence Directive that lower minimum ages for HGV drivers, despite clear evidence of higher risk profiles for younger operators.
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Technical inspection gaps: leaving 70% of the motorcycle fleet (mopeds and motorcycles up to 125cc) without mandatory EU-wide annual safety checks.
Was interested who is lobbying who in this case: https://www.lobbyfacts.eu/datacard/european-transport-safety-council?rid=78891371297-34
Seems like this is mainly the EU lobbying itself 🤦
Make no mistake, these are the indirect result of US bullying via “mutually agreed trade deals”, undermining every single policy the EU has put in place for the benefit of their citizens instead of business entities. The trade deals ARE the lobbying.
The US is in freefall and they’re dragging us down with them. From chat control, to unreasonably huge cars in our roads, combined with lax safety standards.
https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/accepting-us-car-standards-would-risk-european-lives-warn-cities-and-civil-society