Seanad debates
Wednesday, 12 March 2003
Motor Insurance: Motion.
Many people try to be like Formula One drivers. Even at 17 years of age, I drove around as fast as I could when trying to get from A to B – bettering my friends and racing and chasing around the place. We need to educate young people because they do not have experience. I did not have experience when I was young and it has taken many years to realise I had been a danger to myself, other people in the car and those into whose vehicles I might have crashed. I advocate safer motoring for everybody, not just to reduce the cost of accidents but to protect the lives of young people and those who walk along country roads at night because of the lack of public transport. One must also consider the families of people who suffer brain or spinal injuries in accidents because they must care for the latter at a time when they should be retiring and looking forward to a better life.
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