Extra resources need to be provided to halt road carnage, says motor insurer

ONE of the country’s largest motor insurers said yesterday that extra resources need to be provided to halt the carnage on our roads.

FBD Holdings chairman Michael Berkery said there was and urgent need for resources to be given to improve road safety following 123 deaths on the roads so far this year.

"There is an absolute necessity for a vigorous programme of enforcement by the Garda Síochána of the penalty points system, which will be the key factor in improved driving habits, in the reduction of death and injury on our roads and in the economic cost especially for premium payers," he told the company's annual general meeting yesterday.