Ms Verona Murphy:

The speed limit for HGVs ensures we do not slow down the road users who are capable of driving at 120 km/h. Plus, HGVs must haul huge amounts of weight. The speed limit is probably related to the risk factors as well as everything else. In general, the provision exists to allow traffic to flow. There is a huge disparity. HGVs are not allowed to overtake on dual carriageways on which there is loads of room and everyone is travelling in the same direction. However, we can overtake on a rural road that has an 80 km/h speed limit, which is crazy. The garda on the roads needs to understand that there should never be a prosecution for labouring in the overtaking lane but not for overtaking on a dual carriageway.