Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In that presentation, the results given to us, based on UK research and data, show that these technologies could reduce the overall number of accidents by close to one quarter and that pedestrian accidents could be reduced by 28%. If that was applied across all vehicles in Ireland today, the 42 pedestrians who sadly lost their lives on Irish roads last year, the highest figure in the last 15 years, would be reduced by 12 and there would be 12 people walking around today if this technology was available. I ask, first, that the standards would also apply to vehicles being imported from outside the European Union. Second, we need to look at how to address the existing fleet on our roads, both in terms of safety and the financial implications this has for insurance for people who cannot afford a new car or who live in rural Ireland.

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