Summary
The European Parliament calls for new rules to stop odometer fraud, which costs the EU billions and harms road safety. It recommends technical safeguards and better data sharing between countries. 10 31.05.2018
Other
economy
transport
environment
criminal law
public safety
business and competition
information technology and data processing
Key points
- Odometer manipulation causes massive economic losses across the European Union.
- The practice harms road safety and increases vehicle pollutant emissions.
- Technical hardware solutions can be used to protect vehicle data from being easily changed.
- A unified European system for exchanging mileage information between countries is necessary to stop cross-border fraud.
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