Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 April 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport

9:00 am

Photo of Brendan GriffinBrendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----yet the number of disqualifications for speeders is so much lower than the number of disqualifications proportionately for drivers who are drink driving. Has the Department, for example, considered an automatic disqualification if someone is driving 20 km/h or 30 km/h over the limit anywhere? Would that not be more effective? Considering the statistics - looking at the three fatalities per annum, while they are three too many - the Minister would save a lot more lives by incorporating something like that into the Bill as distinct from focusing on a narrow cohort of motorists.

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