Brussels, 20/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - The draft directive on the safety of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users in the event of accidents with motor vehicles (see yesterday's Europe, p.12) aims to reduce the number of people killed and injured in road accidents by altering the design of the front of vehicles. Some 800 pedestrians and cyclists are killed in the European Union every year, with around 300,000 more injured in road accidents.
Proposing that manufacturers demonstrate that...