Tom Shehan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Will the Leader arrange for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to come to the House before Christmas, if possible, for a debate on road safety? I have spoken in the House before about how I believe wearing fluorescent jackets should be made mandatory for those walking or running at night. A lady told me about an incident that had happened when she, her husband and three children were coming back from holiday. They were driving on the motorway when a big rock was thrown from a flyover. Their car was written off. It was scary and, but for the grace of God, there was no loss of life. I have conducted some research and understand the same thing happened in Spain when an entire family was wiped out. It also happened in Great Britain. We must do something. If we were to have a debate, Members could come up with options or alternatives, be it CCTV cameras on flyovers or the embankment or raising the height of flyovers to stop people from throwing rocks onto a motorway. The car of the lady in question was completely written off. Gardaí were at the scene in a short space of time, but there was nothing they could do.

Something has to be done before there is a fatality owing to people throwing implements, rocks, etc. over the side of a flyover onto a motorway.