L'anno scorso circa 20.000 persone hanno perso la vita in incidenti stradali nell'UE. Per contribuire ad aumentare la sicurezza stradale, il blocco sta rivedendo la legislazione sulle patenti di guida. Abbassare l'età minima di guida a 17 anni sarebbe una buona idea?
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00:00Around 20,000 people lost their lives in car accidents in the EU last year.
00:20To help improve road safety, the blog is reviewing legislation on driving licenses.
00:26But some of the changes are controversial, namely the lorrying off of the minimum driving age.
00:32EU Decode takes you through the revision just agreed by the European Parliament and Council.
00:37Under the new rule, 17-year-olds will be allowed behind a car wheel when accompanied by a more experienced driver.
00:44They may also be licensed to drive lorries under certain conditions.
00:48You need to be 21 to do that now.
00:51New drivers will face a two-year probationary period with stricter rules and penalties for driving while intoxicated.
00:59Driving tests will check awareness of risks to pedestrians, cyclists and scooters.
01:06The directive also aims for new countries to harmonize medical screen for those taking tests for the first time or renewing their licenses.
01:15Let's see how all these changes are perceived by Europeans.
01:18Sim, concordo.
01:21Acho que pode ser um bocado parecido com os Estados Unidos, em que eles têm licenças para poderem praticar em casa com alguém responsável, que tem a carta.
01:29Portanto, por essa razão, em geral, acho que sim, devem ser sujeitos a um período preparatório.
01:34Há muita gente aí que também deveria voltar a fazer, não é?
01:39Novo exame.
01:41E se calhar mesmo assim não passava-me, cada vez há mais regras.
01:44E as pessoas mais antigas muitas vezes também já não sabem essas regras.
01:47Só que mônica, a hipopteria não existe, porque o dirigente é um.
01:50O dirigente não pode fazer nada.
01:51Não pode fazer nada.
01:51Se alguém pede um peixe ou um paix, não pode fazer nada.
01:56Sim, acredito que 18 anos é ainda muito pequeno.
02:00Il rio news reporter Gerardo Fortuna
02:27will help us navigate through these rule changes.
02:31Statistics say that 2 out of 5 fatal car accidents involve people and 30 years old.
02:38What could change with these new rules for young drivers?
02:41It's striking statistics indeed.
02:44One key change is this 2-year probation period for new drivers
02:48in which stricter penalties will apply for not using seatbelts or drink driving.
02:56But also another interesting aspect is the so-called accompanied driver.
03:02So 17 years old can start practicing already under the supervision of a more experienced driver.
03:09These are rules that are already existing in certain countries
03:13but these are going to become common standards at European level.
03:16This is what we call harmonization.
03:17The directive also aims to harmonize the medical screening process
03:23for people both obtaining license for the first time or renewing it.
03:27What will change?
03:29Some countries will keep doing mandatory health checks.
03:33Others could require to fill this self-assessment.
03:37Let's say it's still a bit controversial but there's not going to be like a new wide rule
03:43but there's the encouragement in the directive to have some consistency
03:47when it comes to the health assessments.
03:49And finally, the Parliament and the Council also agreed to review the law
03:54on driving disqualifications.
03:58What will be the changes?
03:59It's an important update because until now if you commit a major offense,
04:06let's say you caught drink driving on holiday in another new country,
04:11your licenses could be suspended in that particular country
04:15where you committed the offense and not elsewhere.
04:19So these new rules will fix this loophole.
04:22There are going to be three serious offenses, they're called serious,
04:27and are being caught drink driving, injuring someone else while driving
04:33and excessive speed limits driving above 50 km per hour than the limit.
04:40The review also aims to expand the use of the digital driver's license.
04:45They already exist in Denmark, Spain and Germany,
04:48but a uniform model should be available across the EU by 2028.
04:53However, drivers will continue to be entitled to a physical driving license.
04:58They can use it, for example, in countries outside the EU
05:01that don't use digital systems.
05:03Let's go deeper into our decoding with German Green MEP Jutta Paulos
05:10that led negotiations here at the European Parliament.
05:14How do you react to the statement by the European Transport Safety Council
05:19that allowing 17-year-old people to drive, including glories,
05:24would worsen road safety and that this should be optional for member states?
05:28Well, of course, it is always a risk if you expand the possibility
05:33to drive heavier vehicles. This is clear.
05:36But I think there are sufficient safeguards.
05:38The accompanying person has to have a good education for that.
05:43And also member states will, of course, have a look at how do accidents develop,
05:47how do incidents develop, and will it actually help to tackle the driver shortage?
05:53And how confident are you that the member states will have enough means of enforcement
05:58to implement the two-year probation period so that they monitor close
06:06when young people might, you know, having reckless conduct
06:09in terms of drunk driving and other behaviours?
06:13Well, in Germany we already have this probationary period for quite a long time.
06:18And, of course, enforcement is always an issue on any regulation.
06:24But we have witnessed a very strong, let's say, responsibility also by those young people
06:31because they know if they get caught driving with alcohol or drugs or whatever,
06:40their driving licence will be withdrawn, and it was extremely expensive.
06:44So they have, let's say, a very good motivation to behave.
06:49What will be done to address the potential risks linked to the digital driving licence?
06:56As some experts said, that it might increase risks of cyber attacks,
07:03you know, insecurities in terms of protection of the driver's data.
07:07This is a test case also for the EU digital wallet
07:10because this is something which we have already in other legislation,
07:14but right now we don't have anything that can go in that wallet.
07:19And around this digital wallet we have a lot of provisions
07:23concerning cyber security, concerning forgery, concerning fraud,
07:29concerning theft of digital data.
07:33If people use this EU digital wallet, I don't see a lot of problems, actually.
07:37Road safety is a shared responsibility between the European institutions and member states,
07:43although Brussels is playing a greater role now.
07:45The EU has set the so-called Vision Zero targets
07:48to reduce fatalities by 50% by 2030 and have zero road deaths by 2050.