Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Llewellyn. On road safety, in respect of the average speed concept, I once had to drive from Bristol to Cardiff and Swansea, and there are average speed roads in the UK where there are signs notifying people get that if they get from one place to another too quickly, the authorities will know they have been speeding somewhere along the route. I do not believe we have a similar system in Ireland. Is there scope here for something like that? Do those systems work, do they have benefits and could we use them on some of our motorways? We do not need or want speed traps and speed vans everywhere, but if drivers are getting from A to B in less than two or three hours or whatever, would there be a case for using this system? I know it is possible to circumvent that kind of system by stopping at various places along the way, but these mechanisms exist in other countries. Is there scope to use one of those systems here and do they provide benefits?