I have had an interest in this topic for some time and for the last two years have had the honour of taking the chair at the National Safety Awards on behalf of the National Safety Council. We receive entries from all around the country and examine steps taken by councils, educationists and the media, among others. It has been fascinating to see the changes that have taken and are still taking place in that area. The primary cause of road deaths, however, is our behaviour as road users. Changing our behaviour is the primary element, essential if we are to succeed in doing something about road deaths. In the past the high level of commitment needed was never achieved but we seem to have been approaching it in recent times. Some years ago in a debate like this I made the proposal of a weekend free of deaths. If the whole country was to focus attention on one weekend, we would have quite a success. We made a few efforts to do this but did not really succeed. Then last November, for the first time in years, there was a weekend in which there was not one road death. It shows that with the commitment behind it, things can get done.