Seanad debates

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage

 

3:25 pm

Photo of Jim WalshJim Walsh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The motivation behind all these amendments is to improve road safety, which the Minister is also endeavouring to do. Very practical issues have been put forward, although I am not sure whether one should include them in legislation. I have some concerns that the plethora of offences are such that motorists are confused. We should be encouraging a change of culture in our driving, as the roll-out of the speed cameras has done. However, we should prioritise those issues which give rise to accidents. One of the things which does not appear to be covered at all-----

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