Memo: Road safety: EU crackdown on drivers committing traffic offences abroad

Drivers look set to be punished for traffic offences they commit abroad, including the four "big killers" causing 75% of road fatalities – speeding, running red lights, failure to use seatbelts and drink driving – under proposals due to be agreed by EU transport ministers meeting in Brussels on 2 December 2010.

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ESO: Background Information: Memo: Road safety: EU crackdown on drivers committing traffic offences abroad http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/1646&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Memo/10/642: Road Safety – Cross border enforcement http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/642&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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