SPEED LIMITERS
January 1st, 2002
KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament's transport committee has amended the proposed directive on speed limiters for lorries and buses, so that tighter speed restrictions are imposed on vehicles carrying hazardous goods. MEP's also voted for Member States to have until January 2004 to write the directive into national law, rather than the January 2003 deadline proposed by the European Commission. The parliament has the authority to insist on its amendments, if it chooses.
THE EUROPEAN Parliament's transport committee has amended the proposed directive on speed limiters for lorries and buses, so that tighter speed restrictions are imposed on vehicles carrying hazardous goods. MEP's also voted for Member States to have until January 2004 to write the directive into national law, rather than the January 2003 deadline proposed by the European Commission. The parliament has the authority to insist on its amendments, if it chooses.
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