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“We must ensure that best practices are spread throughout the whole Union.” ari Vatanen, MeP Nobody knows what it will cost to implement the european tunnel Directive. in 2002, the european Commission put the price at around six billion euros. the fact is, as the eurotaP results show, that at least a fifth of europe’s most important tunnels do not provide a sufficient level of safety. Still, the Member States must implement by 2014, in exceptional cases by 2019. this is a huge task, not just in financial terms. in 2001, the european union set the target to reduce by half the number of fatalities on europe’s roads by 2010. Safer tunnels will contribute to this goal. eurotaP has shown that more than half of the tunnels tested have standards of safety that exceed the level demanded by the eu. the european Commission has proposed a new directive that seeks to achieve uniform levels of safety across the entire road infrastructure which is similar in its objectives to the tunnel Directive. it goes without saying that this will also call for safer vehicles and careful users. in tunnels, safety also includes staff and emergency teams. in italy’s San Martino tunnel, it took rescue services a total of 45 minutes in September 2007 to reach the site of an accident. this delay cost two people their lives and more than 100 people suffered from smoke inhalation.
When it comes to training tunnel staff, eurotaP proposes the use of low-cost, interactive, computersupported training programmes. europe’s motoring clubs started to educate and train motorists in 2004 with the launch of the pan-european “Safe tunnels” campaign. this work has been continued by eurotaP. 12 | 13 along with further inspections, this unique programme will continue to closely monitor the implementation of the european tunnel Directive and to inform motorists. the common goal: safe tunnels throughout europe in 12 years from now at the latest. according to ari Vatanen, european parliamentarian: “We must ensure that best practices are spread throughout the whole union.”
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