PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
April 1st, 2002
Keith NuthallTHE VOLUNTARY strategy on pedestrian safety design standards for motor vehicles adopted by the European Commission with the European, Japanese and South Korean auto manufacturers has been undermined by a key European Parliament committee, which has called for EU legislation on the subject.Although the parliament's transport committee has accepted last year's draft agreement struck between the Commission and automakers "for now" as it "could be implemented relatively quickly," it has also said that "this agreement was not the best way in the long run ...
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