Newly-appointed Minister of State at the Department of Transport James Lawless has said that 'driver behaviours need to be challenged both by education and sanction' if Ireland is to get serious about road safety
The newly-appointed Minister of State at the Department of Transport has said that ‘much more needs to be done’ for safety on Irish roads after the number of fatalities this year reached 100.
READ MORE: Sinn Féin TD pleads with government to take ‘urgent’ action to upgrade N17 in wake of another fatal collisionMr Lawless stepped into the post, which has special responsibility for international and road transport and logistics, last month after Jack Chambers was appointed Minister for Finance, with the new Minister of State promising to introduce legislation to improve road safety in Ireland.
Mr Lawless explained that a great deal of progress has been made via April’s Road Traffic Act, which saw an increased focus on Garda enforcement through visible road policing by officers. “The second quarter of the year did see a reduction in fatalities, which did mirror the introduction of the above measures. The first quarter had an average of 20 fatalities per month on the roads, whereas the second quarter saw that figure almost halved down to 11 monthly average.”
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