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26th June 2008 Enforcement Task Force Conference 2008
Enforcement for all?
Bill BlakemoreProgramme Manager, The SPARKS Programme
26th June 2008 Enforcement Task Force Conference 2008
FRV ?
But how to enforce?
• No system to enforce penalty payment across a national border
26th June 2008 Enforcement Task Force Conference 2008
So what’s going on with FRV’s?Most comply with rules, but:• FRV’s twice as likely to fail to pay
congestion charge.• Hard core of frequent offenders
abuse parking and bus lane rules• 11% of the FRV’s (15,000 vehicles)
remain in UK beyond the 6 months deadline for DVLA re-registration.
• FRVs are 30% more likely to be involved in an accident than a UK registered vehicle
• 60% of HGV’s that fail VOSA roadside test for mechanical faults are FRVs
• FRVs are more likely to be caught on camera speeding
26th June 2008 Enforcement Task Force Conference 2008
Not just a UK problem about parking
• Take the experience in Bruges:– 24,000 parking tickets– 4,800 from FRV’s– 60% of those are French– No payment
• Dublin motorway ring road• Amsterdam• Malta• Low emission zones across
Europe
26th June 2008 Enforcement Task Force Conference 2008
26th June 2008 Enforcement Task Force Conference 2008
UK is making some progress
26th June 2008 Enforcement Task Force Conference 2008
Local Transport Bill
Criminal Justice & Immigration Act, part 6
Discussions about data sharing trials
26th June 2008 Enforcement Task Force Conference 2008
Local Transport BillClause 119: Disclosure of information relating to foreign-registered vehicles
(amending Road Safety Act 2006)
The Secretary of State may disclose information … to any person or body referred to in subsection (3)…
This subsection applies to information that—
(a) is derived from particulars contained in a register of vehicles that is maintained in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, and
(b) has been obtained by the Secretary of State from the authority or authorities of that country or territory with responsibility under the law of that country or territory for maintaining the register.
subsection (3) The persons and bodies are
(a) a local authority, where the disclosure is made for any purpose connected with the investigation of (i) an offence, or (ii) a road traffic contravention
(b) Transport for London, where the disclosure is made for such a purpose
(e) the chief officer of police of a police force in England and Wales
(h) an officer of Revenue and Customs
(j) a person who the Secretary of State is satisfied has reasonable cause for seeking disclosure of the information.
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But is ‘Europe’ moving in the
right direction?
26th June 2008 Enforcement Task Force Conference 2008
The proposed Cross-border enforcement directive has major
weaknesses for the UK
26th June 2008 Enforcement Task Force Conference 2008
Financial Penalties Framework Decision
Is this the best the EU can do?
26th June 2008 Enforcement Task Force Conference 2008
EC Green Paper consultation
“Towards a new culture for urban mobility”
Aim: to create a European urban mobility strategy
“The Action Plan will indicate a time line for implementation and the allocation of responsibilities between the various actors”.
26th June 2008 Enforcement Task Force Conference 2008
We await the action plan
• Reducing Congestion• Green (low emission)
zones• Use of new technologies /
ITS• Financial resources /
funding“Is there an issue of cross border enforcement of local rules governing Green Zones?...
What could be the potential role of the EU?”
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Our own efforts
• Eurosparks
• Eurosparks Two?
26th June 2008 Enforcement Task Force Conference 2008
Eurosparks Project summary
• Legal research into actual and potential national and EU level remedies to assist with cross-border enforcement
• Identifies legal basis under Article 71 of the EC Treaty (Transport Policy) for EC action
• Recommends new legislation to address penalty enforcement as best way forward
• Highlights need for Framework Decision to be revised as ‘second best’ if no appetite for new directive.
• Identifies weaknesses in fragmented bilateral treaty approach
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Eurosparks Two?
• Aims to develop a better process model for collection of financial penalties across national borders
• Will draft a proposal for a directive to implement recommendations
• 29 individuals from 24 different legal entity partners. Eleven EU member states represented
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Our Key aims for rest of 2008
• Support UK legislative plans for better data sharing
• Seek to expand the scope of the planned directive
• Broaden our campaign to better represent groups outside London and across Europe
26th June 2008 Enforcement Task Force Conference 2008
26th June 2008 Enforcement Task Force Conference 2008
Target members for SPARKS Network
Full members• Public authorities
responsible for traffic enforcement
• Police Forces• Related associations
Associate & Commercial Members
• Central government bodies responsible for transport / justice involved in enforcement activity
• Licensing authorities holding databases of vehicle data
• Not-for-profit organisations / think tanks / lobbying groups in related fields
• Academic institutions• Private sector organisations
involved in traffic enforcement26th June 2008 Enforcement Task Force
Conference 2008
Enforcement for all?Some way off...
Bill Blakemore
Email: [email protected]
Tel. 0118 931 3616
www.sparksproject.org
26th June 2008 Enforcement Task Force Conference 2008
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