Ms Moyagh Murdock:

The evidence would not support that enforcement alone is the solution. The evidence supports that it is a combination of effective enforcement coupled with deterrents. I again refer to the analogy of the NCT becoming a penalty points offence where we saw an 87% increase in compliance. The initiative changed people's attitudes and there was absolutely no change in enforcement. The enforcement levels were the same before the initiative was introduced as afterwards. A penalty change made the deterrent much more effective.