Seanad debates
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages
4:00 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
The Senator is correct that EU regulations governing this area allow member states to exempt types of slow vehicles from the licensing requirements. As I understand it, the central amendment would only apply to passenger vehicles that travel at speeds under 40km/h and the Senator's amendment would exempt them from the licensing process.
I have two issues with this. First, it has never arisen; nobody has ever applied for a licence for a vehicle with such a low operating speed and I am not sure anybody would want to travel in a vehicle that could travel only at speeds under 40km/h. Even in rural areas people need to get around more quickly than that.
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