Road deaths are running more than 20 per cent ahead of last year
Operation Slow Down was picked to coincide with the full return of all schools and the related increase in roads users, particularly vulnerable road users, pedestrians, pedal cyclists and specifically younger road users.The speed enforcement operation was planned well in advance of the recent spike in road fatalities which included seven deaths alone in Co Tipperary in the last 10 days.
“The greater the speed, even within posted speed limits, the greater the likelihood is of a collision happening and the bigger the impact and severe the outcome for those involved in a road traffic collision.”Road Safety Authority chief executive Sam Waide said there is currently a “speed epidemic in Ireland”. In 2021 over three-quarters of drivers observed on 50km/h roads were exceeding the speed limit.
The Government intends to increase the number of penalty points for motorists who are detected for committing more than one driving offence. Mr Faughnan, who is a former director of AA Ireland, told Morning Ireland, on RTE Radio 1, that it was “encouraging” to “at last” see road safety high on “Government radar”.
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