Mr. Sam Waide:

As a first observation, I will pick up on the technology. For the past couple of years, the RSA has been working with the European Commission and the European Transport Safety Council. Ireland has taken a lead and has influenced intelligent speed assistance and the mandatory requirement for car manufacturers to have that intelligent speed assistance. I agree with the Senator that many cars already have that functionality which tells drivers they are breaking the speed limit. Whether they pay heed to that or ignore it is a personal choice. More and more, and similar to delivery, the technology is often ahead of policy and legislation. At the same time, it creates opportunity. The majority of vehicles now have a map application in the cabin so that as soon as a person drives from a 50 km/h zone into a 30 km/h zone, it tells them on a screen in front of them that they are in a 30 km/h zone, so not only is there an audible warning that the driver is at an inappropriate speed, there is also a visible warning. My colleague has much more detail on this in terms of the research.

To answer the question of what we can do as a country, there is one transformational intervention in that we can make it law that vehicles do not exceed the national speed limit. That is transformational.