Ms Verona Murphy:

Those are all significant factors in respect of motor accidents. Everything to do with road safety should be implemented to the nth degree. All vision, for motorcyclists and drivers alike, is dependent on mirrors. A driver is only as good as his vehicle. If he is coming from Mayo and loses a mirror because there is a tree with a branch sticking out that has not been cut, he may not be able to stop and get his mirror replaced. That is not the inclination. The inclination is to deliver the load because there is a timeline or he faces a late delivery claim. Then he gets the mirror replaced. It is better if that is not an issue. The roads and hedges must be looked after. In the same way that a driver does not pull in on the hard shoulder of a motorway, there are guidelines to be followed and we should start with the simplest, which is hedge cutting.