Download Birra al volante – pericolo costante!“

Intermediate Status Report of the
EU Project BESTPOINT
Klaus Machata
KFV (Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit)
(Austrian Road Safety Board)
Objectives of BESTPOINT
•
•
•
•
Collect
Analyse
Summarise
Disseminate
Best Practices for Demerit Point
Systems (DPS)
Final outcome: Best Practice Handbook for the implementation
of an effective DPS - following the model of
24.05.2017
Quelle: Verband der TÜV e.V.
2
Background
EU-Project, funded by European
Commission - DG-MOVE
• Call for proposals summer 2009
Co-ordinated by KFV
Start: September 2010
End:
September 2012
Budget: 700k€
24.05.2017
Quelle: Verband der TÜV e.V.
3
Partners of the
24.05.2017
project
Quelle: Verband der TÜV e.V.
4
First diagnosis
•
•
•
•
21 of 27 Member States
UK (60’s), D (74), F (92), ...
All different
Impact on road safety often
short term
• Lack of evaluation studies
24/05/2017
Quelle: Verband der TÜV e.V.
5
Methodology
• Literature study
• Interviews (>70!) along extensive
questionnaire with national experts from
different fields:
–
–
–
–
Ministries of Transport, Interior, Justice
Police
DPS and road authorities
Research, traffic psychology, ...
• Expert panel on future steps towards
x-border exchange
24.05.2017
Quelle: Verband der TÜV e.V.
6
Dimensions of assessment
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Offences, sanctions and points
Target groups
Enforcement methods and levels
Administration and monitoring
Intermediate and rehabilitation measures
Transparency, information, acceptance
Future perspectives: x-border information
24.05.2017
Quelle: Verband der TÜV e.V.
7
Offences, sanctions and points
• Number of points per offence risk-related,
but simple & clear
• Lifetime of points (currently 6 m.-5 a.)
• Number of offences in catalogue (AT: 13,
D:1.296)  should be all risky moving
traffic violations
• Withdrawal periods (1 m.-10 a.): not less
than 6 m. (deterrence)
24.05.2017
Quelle: Verband der TÜV e.V.
8
Target groups
• Novice drivers: tougher regime!
• Professional drivers: include
violations specific for this group
(drive/rest times, tachograph
manipulations ...)
• Limit to licence holders
24.05.2017
Quelle: Verband der TÜV e.V.
9
Intermediate and rehabilitation measures
• Focus currently on knowledge/skills, should be
on behaviour and attitudes!
• Offence/target specific courses (only 5 MS)!
• Retrieving points – danger of “free shots”?
•  4step approach:
–
–
–
–
24.05.2017
Warning
Driver improvement
Withdrawal
Rehabilitation/diagnostics before re-instatement
Quelle: Verband der TÜV e.V.
10
Enforcement methods and levels
• Perceived enforcement density of
rules/offences in point catalogue is crucial.
• Link awareness and enforcement campaigns
• Owner vs. driver liability: “nemo tenetur” as a
constitutional road safety problem
• X-border information exchange on offences /
points
• Link to insurance premiums! Information to
employers?
24.05.2017
Quelle: Verband der TÜV e.V.
© ETSC
11
Administration, Monitoring and Evaluation
• Centralised registration of points
• Automated process; Court decision
only in case of criminal offences
• Transparency is key: costs, staff,
processes. Regular review!
• Impact on safety: poor evidence, apart
from initial effects
• Anti-cheating measures
24.05.2017
Quelle: Verband der TÜV e.V.
12
Transparency, information, acceptance
• Details often unknown to public and
offenders
• There should be on-line information and
timely...
– feedback on acquisition of points
– warnings
• Fair pointing in relation to perceived risk
increases acceptance
24.05.2017
Quelle: Verband der TÜV e.V.
13
Future perspectives (expert panel)
1. Voluntary exchange on certain offences
(RESPER? not EUCARIS!)
 recast of 3rd Driving Licence Directive
2. Commission recommendation to adopt DPS,
based on BESTPOINT recommendations
3. Virtual national driving licences
4. Every MS to run a DPS including certain
offences; conversion table between MS
5. Long-term scenario: one DPS for all MS
including certain offences and points
24/05/2017
Quelle: Verband der TÜV e.V.
14
Deliverables (www.bestpoint-project.eu)
• D1 European Demerit Point Systems: Overview
of their main features and expert opinions
• D2 Identification of essential features for an
effective Demerit Point System, available from
May 2012
• D3 Handbook available from summer 2012
24.05.2017
Quelle: Verband der TÜV e.V.
15
Advance notice
6 September 2012
Final conference
BESTPOINT in Brussels
24/05/2017
Quelle: Verband der TÜV e.V.
• For decision makers and
experts at national and
European levels
• European Parliament and
Commission
• Presentation of the
Handbook
• Hands-on experience from
France, Czech Republic,
Hungary, Denmark, ...
• Panel debate
16
Thank you for your attention!
24.05.2017
Quelle: Verband der TÜV e.V.
17