Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)

9:00 am

Ms Moyagh Murdock:

It is not necessarily Ms Burns's area of expertise. We have our vehicle standards and are working with the EU on that. We certainly welcome technological advancements. For example, it should not be possible to get a vehicle without a mandatory seat belt alert in the rear of the car yet that has still not become mandatory. We see 20% to 22% of people killed every year because they did not wear seat belts. Yes, some of them have made that decision because they have taken alcohol but a small measure would be to have an alert to say that a person cannot drive without it. People are innovative and will come up with ways of circumventing safety methods.

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