This Directive should be considered as one element of a broader package of measures, to be undertaken by the Community, the industry and the relevant authorities of the Member States, on the basis of exchanges in best practice, in order to address pre-crash (active), in-crash (passive), and post-crash safety of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users, with respect to road users, vehicles and infrastructure.
To direktivo je treba obravnavati kot del obsežnega paketa ukrepov, ki naj bi jih glede na udeležence v prometu, vozila in infrastrukturo uvedla Skupnost, industrija in pristojni organi držav članic na podlagi izmenjave najboljše prakse zaradi reševanja varnosti pešcev in drugih izpostavljenih udeležencev v prometu pred trčenjem (aktivno), ob trčenju (pasivno) ter po trčenju.