Germany is now proposing that Denmark and all other EU countries must follow a traffic rule, which means that a revoked driving license is valid throughout the EU.
Germany is working to ensure that traffic bans issued in one EU country must apply throughout the EU.
If a driver loses their driving license in, for example, Denmark, Spain or Portugal due to serious traffic offences, Germany and a number of other member states will enforce a driving ban in all other EU countries.
The initiative, which is supported by a majority of the EU's transport ministers, aims to increase road safety throughout the union.
According to the German Ministry of Transport, this is particularly important for Germany, which is a central transit country. The proposed rules would cover serious offenses such as drink or drug driving, speeding and fatal traffic accidents.
This is written by Bild .
In addition, they must apply to traffic bans of more than three months. For shorter bans, the plan is not for the rules to apply. Before the rules come into force, however, they must be finally negotiated in place in the European Parliament.
The new proposal means that motorists cannot apply for a new driver's license in the country where the offense took place.
Instead, it will be up to the driver's home, or the country that issued the driver's license, to decide whether a person is still fit to drive a car.
If there is no authority to revoke the driving license for the relevant traffic offence, a temporary driving ban can be issued instead. But that is what must apply throughout the EU.
In Germany, it is estimated that a common European regulation can make the roads safer. According to the German Ministry of Transport, however, exceptions must also be included so that the member states can take national differences into account.
However, intervention against motorists extends to more than just an international traffic ban. Right now, Sweden's government is testing so-called geofencing. A technology that makes it impossible for motorists to drive too fast.
The initiative is being tested in the same year that the mandatory speed limiter ISA is introduced in all new cars in Europe. The limiter, whose full name is intelligent speed assistance, is forbidden to switch off permanently.
