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Traffic tickets will soon reach every offender

Today, the European Parliament approved ECR Rapporteur Kosma Złotowski's proposed revisions to a directive focused on improving cross-border information exchange regarding road-safety traffic offences.

As part of the comprehensive “road safety” legislative package, which also covers directives on driving licenses and driving disqualifications, this Directive aims to ensure that non-resident drivers adhere to traffic rules when driving in other EU member states.

Speaking after the adoption, Złotowski said: “To improve road safety, EU countries need to work together and have effective tools to penalise traffic offenders from abroad. The updated rules will help achieve this, but will also benefit drivers, who will receive information within a strict timeframe, in a language they understand and with a description of the appeals procedure. The ban on using private companies to collect fines will effectively protect drivers from fraud and leakage of personal data. We addressed also issue of drivers from third countries which every years commits more road offences in the Members States.”

The new directive will broaden its coverage by including more types of offences. This expansion includes violations related to dangerous overtaking, wrong-way driving, and rules at a railway level crossing, as well as hit-and-run cases.

In addition, the new legislation clarifies the different procedures for accessing vehicle registration data and providing options for competent authorities to seek mutual assistance. This will ensure timely delivery of traffic offence notices to the correct recipient.

Złotowski believes that introducing identical rules and a level playing field for residential and non-residential drivers will ultimately enhance road safety throughout the European Union.

The text was adopted with 570 votes in favour, 36 against and 24 abstentions.

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