ETSC and the SEC Belt Project

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ETSC and the SEC Belt Project

• Best in Europe 2004

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ETSC 2004 Structure of Presentation

• More than 10 years of ETSC who we are today
• A growing Organisation,
• carrying out a number of road safety projects,
  programmes and campaigns
• and are seen as the independent impartial
  transport safety lobbyist in Brussels.

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1 ETSC 28 Members

• 28 organisations from across Europe under one
  unique umbrella promoting science-based transport
  safety measures at EU level
• More then 150 Experts contributing to ETSCs
  Reviews, Policy Papers, Newsletters, Positions,
  Lectures, Press Releases, Year Books, etc.
• 7 Secretariat staff members do their utmost to
  insert the knowledge of ETSC members and experts
  into EU transport safety policy-making
• The European Commission, member organisations,
  member states and corporate sponsors are funding
  our work

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Priority-based safety work
The SEC Belt Improving road safety in Southern,
Eastern Central Europe
Objective Identify, evaluate promote
effective road safety measures in the SEC Belt
countries
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SEC Belt Milestones in 2004

• organised and held three seminars in Madrid,
  Warsaw and Brno
• drafted three Policy Papers promoting measures
  for protecting vulnerable road users
• organised working party meetings in Brussels and
  Vienna on the evaluation of national road safety
  policies and statistics
• published the SEC Belt Monitor and ETSC Fact
  Sheets
• held the 6th European Transport Safety Lecture

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Findings of the 6th ETSL

• Opening the Belt
• Barriers for effective road safety work in the
  SEC Belt

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Coming out of the SEC Belt...
...one Project ...one Programme ...one Campaign

The SEC Belt Project
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Traffic Law Enforcement...

• .... A good Recommendation by the European
  Commission, because
• 14,000 lives and 680,000 injuries could be saved
  every year
• Rapid success rate 20,9 drop in road deaths
  from 2002 to 2003 (France)
• In combination with sustained efforts and media
  coverage enforcement will result in long-lasting
  effect (Number of DUI caught in Finland has
  dropped from 0.33 to 0.14 over past 10 yrs)
• Public acceptance (70 of European divers are
  strongly in favour)

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ETSCs Enforcement Programme

• To raise awareness in member states for a swift
  implementation of the Enforcement Recommendation.
  
• To promote innovative enforcement solutions
  amongst manufacturers that help maximising
  casualty reduction and minimising injury risks.
• To generate and disseminate new knowledge on
  progress made in different countries.
• To share experiences on Best Practice in police
  enforcement.
• To collect evidence to support, if necessary, the
  adoption of more binding EU legislation, i.e. a
  Directive, as stated in the Recommendation.

www.etsc.enforcement.be The one-stop shop on
traffic law enforcement
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A new ETSC Campaign in 2005
VOICE Vulnerable road users Organisations In
Co-operation across Europe
A new Network of organisations representing

• Transport safety experts
• Public health organisations
• Transport policy campaigners
• Accident victims
• Cyclists and pedestrians
• Older people
• Children / youths
• The disabled

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The VOICE tools

• The VOICE Network
• To raise the profile of vulnerable road users
  and their needs among EU Policy makers
• The VOICE Fact Sheets
• To identify a range of measures to improve the
  protection of vulnerable road users in 12 MS
• The VOICE Sites
• To provide a concrete basis for local action to
  improve the situation in the specific locations.
  
• The VOICE Personality
• To place in the public domain the needs of
  vulnerable road users and how they are being
  disserved by decision makers

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EU-Lobbying Driving Licenses

• A further harmonisation of the EU's Driving
  Licence could contribute to the EU target of
  halving road deaths by 2010 through
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• Fighting against fraudulent access to driving
  licences
• Sharing of information between licencing
  authorities
• Cross Border enforcement.
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EU-Lobbying Safer Car Fronts

• Two files currently under review
• A ban on rigid bull-bars where, along with BEUC
  and ANEC, we have aided the drafting of the
  report and amendments in the EP
• The feasibility study into phase II of the safer
  car fronts Directive where we have lobbied the
  Commission to implement the reports proposals

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ETSCs Safety Monitor

• Bi-monthly newsletter
• to monitor safety policy developments in the EU

www.etsc.be
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ETSC Year Book 2005

• Call for Papers
• ETSC Yearbook 2005
• Safety and Sustainability
• Submissions by December 31, 2004 3000-4000
  words
• Date of Publication Summer 2005
• Editorial Board Prof. M. Mackay, Prof. R.
  Allsop, Dr. J. Beckmann
• For further Information j.beckmann_at_etsc.be

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Best in Europe 2004
ETSCs annual Conference promoting Best Practice
on transport safety in Europe