Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 June 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion
Ms Paula Hilman:
Yes. What some of it is that, yes we look at the proofs for the dangerous driving. Again, I think that there is something to be considered if speeds are excessive to a degree then what is the penalty point or fine before one reaches the threshold for dangerous driving, if one is over the speed limit. There is also opportunity, that we are looking at as well, to have legislation on how we could use, for example, technology to detect basics offences and also maybe mobile phone use or failure to wear a seatbelt. The GoSafe vans, potentially, could do that as well. We could use technology to detect no seatbelt wearing and mobile phone use. There is also distraction driving of which we are aware. Again, we would benchmark other jurisdictions where there is very specific legislation about distracted driving, which also involve, potentially, eating or another activity while driving. As the superintendent has said, we have examples of people having their phone on the windscreen but actually showing a film on their phone while driving.
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