Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána
Mr. Drew Harris:
We have left this open to local discretion to a degree. We are policing from rural communities into villages and small towns and then into the cities. We had a particular emphasis on local information - there are local analysts - but also accident black spots, which are places of particular danger. When Assistant Commissioner Hilman put out further guidance in respect of this instruction, we emphasised, for instance, opening and closing times for schools and other places at which there would be a risk of collision. We have left it to local discretion. We have emphasised that this is not just about the numbers game of enforcement; it is about visibility, an element of engagement and education and the presence of officers as well. It is active, operational duty.
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