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- 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.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Mr. Harry Lee spoke about logging all work done on cars. If someone changes the timing belt, for example, is Mr. Lee suggesting that this would be logged and entered on a central system? What way would he see that working?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Where would it stop, though? What about the motoring enthusiast who wants to change his oil himself? Is Mr. Lee saying that such work would need to be registered centrally or that it must be done by a regulated operator? Where does one draw the line?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Mr. Lee is essentially saying that a full service history should be a full service history.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: I thank everybody for their time. We have been here for more than three and a half hours and had a good discussion today. Issues were raised that we will be pursuing with the relevant agencies and Departments and we will respond to the affected parties at a later date. Everyone in attendance today is here for the right reasons and the issue of safety is the heart of the matter....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Dispute: Motion (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Thank you, Deputy Troy. Deputy Barry, you indicated that you wish to speak to the motion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Dispute: Motion (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: We should stick to the motion before us. We need to keep the debate on the motion.