Road safety Vehicle regulations CARS 21 WG 1 31 January 2012

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1 Road safety Vehicle regulations CARS 21 WG 1 31 January 2012 Thomas Spoormans Policy Officer - Automotive Industry CARS 21 WG1 meeting on Road Safety 31 January

2 Outline of presentation Past CARS 21 recommendations on road safety Past changes in vehicle requirements Outlook on future changes Questions CARS 21 WG1 meeting on Road Safety 31 January

3 CARS 2005 Final Report The Group recommends that within a holistic, integrated approach involving vehicle technology, infrastructure and the road user, the following should be included in the CARS 21 road safety roadmap: Vehicle technology measures Infrastructure measures Road user-related measures CARS 21 WG1 meeting on Road Safety 31 January

4 General Safety Regulation (GSR) GSR (Regulation (EC) No 661/2009) Regulatory simplification: Repealed 50 base Directives and over 100 amending Directives To promote wider harmonisation, reference made to international regulations (UNECE) wherever possible CARS 21 WG1 meeting on Road Safety 31 January

5 General Safety Regulation (GSR) Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 included: Electronic Stability Control (ESC) for cars and vans 2011, Tyre Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) for cars 2012 Advanced Emergency Braking Systems (AEBS) and Lane Departure Warning Sytems (LDWS) for commercial vehicles and Stricter requirements for tyres (noise, rolling resitance and wet-grip) CARS 21 WG1 meeting on Road Safety 31 January

6 Pedestrian Safety package Passive safety requirements for front ends DRL (Daytime Running Lights) BAS (Brake Assist Systems) CARS 21 WG1 meeting on Road Safety 31 January

7 Future evolution of vehicle requirements Passive safety: Efforts to enlarge passive protection to a greater diversity of occupants New crash tests under study (compatibility, pole side-impact) Development of female and child dummies New technology vehicles (EV, FCV) CARS 21 WG1 meeting on Road Safety 31 January

8 Future evolution of vehicle requirements (Inter-)Active safety: ABS for L-category vehicles currently in Council-Parliament ecall TPMS phase 2 CARS 21 WG1 meeting on Road Safety 31 January

9 Non-regulatory approaches Vehicles have improved also thanks to non-regulatory approaches, such as: Marketing efforts Consumer demand EuroNCAP Voluntary agreements/road safety charter (seat-belt reminders, ABS) CARS 21 WG1 meeting on Road Safety 31 January

10 Questions Do you agree that the progress in road safety is a good example of the effectiveness of an integrated approach to policy making, where stakeholders and authorities at different levels have delivered complementary actions? Which measures listed in the Commission s policy orientations should be given priority? Are there any other measures that should be envisaged, at EU, national, regional level or by stakeholders, that could contribute to road safety? Which safety technologies can be singled out as having particular potential in reducing accidents? How can their deployment be promoted, either through regulatory or other means? CARS 21 WG1 meeting on Road Safety 31 January

11 Questions What synergies can be triggered between environmental and road safety measures, e.g. in terms of infrastructure and driving behaviour? What can be done to maximise the impact of Europe s technical leadership in safety technologies in third markets, knowing that road safety is a bigger challenge in emerging economies? CARS 21 WG1 meeting on Road Safety 31 January