Mr. Sean O'Reardon:

I travel that road, although I do not have the pleasure of going all the way to Cork. I go to Thurles, County Tipperary where the fixed charge processing office is. I go there at least once a week and have been doing so since last October. I have probably done the journey 50 times or more. I understand what the Senator is saying about the location of vans. I agree with him.

At the moment, I get a daily report from GoSafe on its activity. We base the zones or the locations of GoSafe vans on three criteria, the first of which is accident locations. There is a points system to locate a GoSafe van in a particular area. The second thing is local knowledge from gardaí. We ask local gardaí to give us their input and say where they feel there is an issue, so we put vans in before the accident happens, as it were, as a preventative measure. The third thing is when local authorities contact us and say they have an issue in an area and provide some sort of analysis they have carried out. We then put a camera van in that location.

On the locations of vans, only 4% of GoSafe vans are allocated to motorways. With regional roads it is 55%, with national roads it is 26% and with local roads it is 9%. We have it broken down according to the actual accident statistics and the needs. In a motorway you are kind of trapped. The Senator is travelling that way very regularly. I am going the opposite direction. I am heading down the country in the mornings. I do not have the same perception. I see them on occasion but they are very effective in that what we are trying to do is tackle a culture. As the Senator says, it is not about catching people. It is about tackling the culture, so for example-----