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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: My question relates to the person who has ten penalty points. He or she is clearly an irresponsible driver and will be conscious that he or she needs to hold on to their licence. Such a person might view this scheme as a way to get rid of some penalty points and not be 100% honest in terms of the scheme.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: I have spoken to many parents who have young drivers in their families. I am not being ageist when I say that some parents are genuinely concerned about their children who have a novice or full licence driving their cars on the roads. Can this scheme be used by people who wish to monitor how their cars are driven by their adult children who have borrowed a car for the weekend or whatever?...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: I want to ask Ms Murphy about speed limiters for HGVs. The statistics are encouraging as the number of road traffic collisions, RTCs, involving HGVs has reduced considerably. Do members of the IRHA have issues with the practicalities of the scheme?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Can vehicles registered in Northern Ireland and Britain that come in here go faster than HGVs registered here?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Is that where enforcement issues arise again?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Please clarify the limit that applies here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: IRHA members have experienced how this scheme operates. We have a speed limit of 120 km/h bar emergency services, yet there are vehicles on our roads that can easily do 200 km/h. Why the disparity? One either has a speed limit or one does not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Is there merit in having all vehicles fitted with speed limiters?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Obviously one must build in a bit of leeway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: New regulations to reduce spray from HGVs were introduced in 2002. Has the scheme worked?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Have some IRHA members fitted alco-locks to their vehicles?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Do some vehicles have alco-locks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Does one literally have to blow into an alco-lock before the vehicle will activate?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Do some of the IRHA's members already have alco-locks fitted on their vehicles?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: The way it works is that one literally blows into the alco-lock and it either activates or gets the vehicle going. Am I correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: As a committee, we are trying to explore ways to minimise the risk of abuse.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: One of the main issues that other motorists have raised with me regarding tractors is inadequate lighting. Do the witnesses understand the concerns of other motorists in terms of the need for regulation and an NCT? Reference was made to the percentage of accidents involving tractors but what percentage of overall journeys made, in kilometre terms, involve tractors?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: People are using them in lieu of rear lights and that should not be the case.