PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
June 1st, 2002
BY JONATHAN THOMSONThe European Parliament has accepted last year's voluntary agreement between the European Commission and the European Automobile Manufacturers Association on pedestrian safety, so long as Brussels proposes a Framework Directive underpinning the deal with legal commitments.The move is seen as a compromise between MEP's opposing a detailed Directive laying down specific rules on car design and those in the European Parliament that do not trust carmakers to introduce measures to protecting pedestrians. Under the voluntary agreement, European ...
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