Mobile phone radars for better road safety?

Distraction through the use of mobile phones while driving is increasingly a risk factor in road traffic. In other countries, radars or even drones are used to fight against the use of mobile phones while driving. DP MP Max Hahn inquired of the competent ministers about Luxembourg's plans in this regard.

« D’Oflenkung duerch den Handy gehéiert nieft ze héijer Vitesse an Alkohol um Steier ëmmer méi zu den Haaptursaache fir Accidenter am Stroosseverkéier. Gläichzäiteg ass et hautdesdaags duerch déi technologesch Méiglechkeete relativ einfach de Respekt vum Code de la route an där Hisiicht ze kontrolléieren a Verstéiss ze sanktionéieren.

An deem Kader wollt ech dem Här Minister fir Mobilitéit an ëffentlech Aarbechten an dem Här Minister fir bannenzeg Sécherheet folgend Froe stellen:

  • Bei wéi villen Accidenter war an de leschte fënnef Joer d’Oflenkung duerch den Handy am Spill ?
  • Wéi vill Protokoller huet d’Police an de leschte fënnef Joer geschriwwen, well de Chauffer wärend dem Fueren den Handy benotzt huet ?
  • Sinn déi Häre Minister der Meenung, dass d’Oflenkung duerch den Handy ëmmer méi eng Gefor am Stroosseverkéier duerstellt ? Wa jo, si méi staark Policekontrollen an där Hisiicht virgesinn ?
  • Ass geplangt, der Police d’Méiglechkeet ze ginn, per mobillem oder fixem Handysradar méi staark géint dës Infraktioun virzegoen ? Wat géif dergéint schwätzen ?
  • Wa jo, kënnen déi Häre Ministere Präzisiounen zu den neien Handysradare ginn, z.B. wou se hikéimen ?
  • Ass virgesinn, d’Police wéi a Spuenie mat Dronen z’equipéieren, fir dës an aner Infraktiounen ze kontrolléieren ?
  • Wier et méiglech, mat de fixe Radaren, déi schonn installéiert sinn, ze kontrolléieren, ob Chaufferen den Handy um Steier benotzen ? »

Answer

In Luxembourg, there is little data to say exactly how many accidents are caused by the use of mobile phones while driving, said the ministers in their response. In general, however, one could notice that the distraction of the driver increases as there are more and more types of distractions (electronic devices, listening to music over headphones, eating, drinking, smoking …) and thus distraction as a risk factor in traffic also increases. For this reason, the police carry out regular awareness-raising and repressive campaigns in traffic. However, there are no plans to deploy radars or drones in the future.

Would you like this parliamentary question to be translated into English?

Share:

Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Email
WhatsApp

More parliamentary questions

What is the quality of the food in our hospitals?

A healthy and balanced diet has been proven to contribute to a better healing process and reduce the risk of complications. In this context, DP MPs Corinne Cahen and Carole Hartmann asked the health minister, among other things, how good the quality of the food is in our hospitals, whether regional products are prioritised and whether care is taken to ensure that vulnerable patients also eat enough.

read more...

More legal certainty before the labour court?

If a staff representative has been suspended due to serious misconduct, an employer can request that the employment relationship be terminated in court, e.g. via a counterclaim. However, DP MPs Corinne Cahen and Carole Hartmann were informed that the President of the Labour Court repeatedly rejects these applications. This leads to problems in the enforcement of labour law and to legal and financial difficulties for the employer. The DP MPs therefore wanted to know from the Minister of Labour how he interprets the relevant paragraph in the Labour Code, whether the rejection of the counterclaim by the President of the Labour Court is in accordance with the law and whether more legal certainty should be provided.

read more...

Are our hospitals prepared for cyberattacks?

Cyber attacks on hospitals are not uncommon in Europe. For this reason, the EU has launched an action plan to improve cyber security in the healthcare sector. DP MP Gusty Graas asked the Minister of Health how often hospitals in this country have been the target of cyber attacks, how well hospitals have reacted in simulation exercises and what recommendations have been developed.

read more...

What is the state of dental health in Luxembourg?

A German study shows that caries problems have fallen sharply over the last few decades. Periodontitis, on the other hand, is still a popular disease. DP MP André Bauler asked the Minister for Health what the situation was in Luxembourg, whether the prevention policy needed to be adapted and how the number of dentists in the country was developing.

read more...