Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 June 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion
Mr. Sam Waide:
The review is going to take place.
I am not going to suggest that there is any predetermined outcome. The right people will be part of that review and then recommendations will be put forward because there is a need to review this. It is part of changing behaviour. We look at other EU member states and I am not focusing in on any one or particular user group. In Spain, we compared and benchmarked and a cyclist who wore headphones was fined €200. In Norway, if one speeds excessively, one will be fined the equivalent of one month's salary. There is a quite a varying range of consequence across EU member states and wider hence the reason for the action within the strategy.
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