New Strategy on Road Safety

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The third Road Safety Strategy is being compiled by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and with it will come the introduction of several new safety initiatives aimed at reducing road deaths in Ireland. Many of these new safety features will require legislation to be introduced, chief among which are the plans for a graduated driving license and mandatory drink driving and drug consumption tests at all car crash sites. Plans are also afoot to reduce the allowable blood alcohol limit to 50g/100ml.

"The draft strategy also proposes specific education programs for young male drivers and notes that males between 17 and 24 years of age are almost six times more likely to "be responsible for fatal or serious collisions where excessive speed is cited as a contributory factor"."

- Irish Times

Targets set by the RSA for the last Road Safety Strategy were not met, but to slow introduction of random breath tests and the failure to roll out licensed speed check points meant that their target of 300 road deaths during 2006 could not be met.

While the new strategy will bring fresh ideas and initiatives to the campaign to reduce the carnage on our roads, these initiatives will be useless unless the Garda Traffic Corps are backed up with adequate resources.

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