The level of non-compliance on Ireland's roads is 'off the scale', according to the chair of the Road Safety Authority, who said people caught breaking the rules of the road should face more severe penalties.
The level of non-compliance on Ireland 's roads is"off the scale", according to the chair of the Road Safety Authority , who said people caught breaking the rules of the road should face more severe penalties.She said observational studies have shown high levels of non-compliance in terms of speeding, mobile phone use and drink driving.
Speaking on RTÉ's Today with Claire Byrne, Ms O'Donnell said that"for the last two years, since Covid, the level of non-compliance is just off the scale". "Over Easter alone, there were over 2,600 people detected for speeding. People are routinely speeding now," she added. Currently there are just two average speed cameras for 200,000 kilometres of road, she said, but 12 sites have been identified. She said an increased core number of gardaí must also be assigned to road policing in order to tackle the rising toll of road deaths.
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