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:
In respect of our fleet, we are engaging in terms of e-bikes rather than e-scooters or segues. We have also upgraded our bicycle fleet with electric bikes and part-electric-powered bikes. We have moved on that.
In respect of the new legislation, obviously there is an information programme and we are part of that. Our approach to that in the first instance will be to engage and educate. In respect of dashcams in all vehicles, that has been introduced in some jurisdictions already but I am not entirely sure what impact it has had overall. It is certainly worth considering because it does, in effect, give a record of a collision and can help to speed up the process, whether that is a prosecution or a subsequent civil action. For our part, the more information we have about the circumstances of a collision, the more we can do in terms of prevention and where our focus should be.
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