
DRIVERS will soon be punished for traffic offences committed abroad, including the four ‘big killers’ causing 75% of road fatalities; speeding, running traffic lights, failure to use seatbelts and drink driving, following an agreement by EU Transport Ministers in Brussels.
European Commission vice president Siim Kallas, responsible for transport said, ‘A foreign driver is three times more likely to commit an offence than a resident driver. Many people seem to think that when they go abroad the rules no longer apply to them. My message is that they do apply and now we are going to apply them.’