Subject: European Transport Safety Council

ETSC Speed Monitor focuses on In-vehicle Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) Systems

October 28, 2011

The latest edition of the ETSC Speed Monitor brings a round up of policy developments in the EU. The European Parliament adopted its official response to the Road Safety Policy Orientations published by the European Commission in 2010. Recent speed … Continue reading

ETSC Drink Driving Monitor 14

July 21, 2011

The 14th Drink Driving Monitor brings news from across the EU on steps to further improve drink driving legislation and enforcement. Updates on the Cross Border Enforcement Directive and its long-awaited approval by the European Parliament on the 6th of … Continue reading

Irish companies sweep the board in road safety competition

May 20, 2011

The Annual PRAISE Awards for road safety at work were presented to the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) and KTL, both Ireland-based companies, during the Annual PRAISE Seminar.”We congratulate the two prestigious winners of the awards for their hard work. The … Continue reading

UN Launch of Decade of Action for Road Safety

May 13, 2011

On the 11th May the European Transport Safety Council welcomed the launch of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety. The UN Decade will enable the EU to join forces in tackling road safety at a global level. The … Continue reading

Safe and Sober Transport in Europe

March 11, 2011

In its Road Safety Policy Orientations 2011-2020, the European Commission specifically mentionned “the possibility of making use of alcohol interlock devices obligatory in certain cases” quoting for instance professional transport. In this context, ETSC and MHF are setting up an … Continue reading

ETSC Drink Driving Monitor

December 23, 2010

The 12th Drink Driving Monitor brings news from across the EU on steps to further improve drink driving legislation and enforcement. In Belgium a regulation introducing the use of alcolocks for the rehabilitation of all drink driving first high-level offenders … Continue reading

ETSC PRAISE Report Minimising In Vehicle Distraction

December 22, 2010

As part of its PRAISE project, ETSC publishes its fifth Thematic Report “Minimising in Vehicle Distraction”. This report aims at offering employers insight on how to minimise distractions, covers in-vehicle distractions associated with the use of electronic devices including mobile … Continue reading

ETSC latest Drink Driving Monitor

December 22, 2010

ETSC’s latest Drink Driving Monitor features an overview of drink driving related activities in the EU Member States and brings news from across the EU of steps to further improve drink driving legislation.Ireland introduced a new lower legal BAC level … Continue reading

Traffic Law Enforcement Centre Stage at the European Road Safety Conference

October 15, 2010

14 October 2010, Brussels – Experts and EU decision makers meet today in Brussels to discuss traffic law enforcement to save lives on European roads. ETSC will be amongst the speakers who will be devoting today to discuss the need … Continue reading

ETSC Response to the EC 2011-2020 Road Safety Plan