NEW LAW WILL EASE PROSECUTION OF TRAFFIC OFFENCES IN FOREIGN EU COUNTRIES
March 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
COMPANY car fleet managers may have to warn their drivers motoring overseas in Europe in future to be less cavalier about local traffic laws, because of a European Commission initiative.
It has proposed that the European Union's (EU) 27 member states establish a computerised system enabling the swift transfer of car registration details for motorists caught speeding, drink driving, not using a seatbelt or jumping a red light.
At present, although erring drivers are in theory liable to pay fines or suffer other punishments when breaking such ...
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