Seanad debates
Wednesday, 14 May 2003
Road Safety: Motion.
The Government, for its part, is to embark on a major road safety campaign in the coming weeks to warn motorists that they run the risk of losing their licence if they collect penalty points. I welcome this development. The Department of Transport is to replace 500 road signs across the State which list the number killed on the roads with more effective warnings about penalty points. This move has been prompted by evidence that shows penalty points have changed driver behaviour more than other road safety warnings. Is it not strange and sad that drivers are more fearful of incurring penalty points than of dying on the roads?
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