Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Road Safety: Discussion
Mr. Sam Waide:
The local authorities are represented on the road safety partnership board. I encourage those local authorities to raise their voice through that representative of the County and City Management Association, CCMA, so that we bring that into the priority conversation to address the roads and the technology. I am publicly asking everyone. Insurance companies can play a positive proactive role in encouraging young people in particular not to use their mobile phones. It is tied into behaviours. There are behavioural apps which help to incentivise young people in regard to the insurance premium. I will attend an insurance conference quite soon. The Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland works effectively with An Garda Síochána and us on technology and data exchange related matters. I ask the insurance industry to come forward with more ideas for how to incentivise young people to improve their behaviours in that regard.
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