Tackle road carnage, urge gardaí

MIDDLE-RANKING gardaí have complained to management that traffic law enforcement is not being given a sufficiently high profile.

The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors claims better use should be made of traffic units to help tackle the high rate of road fatalities.

AGSI president Joe Dirwan said that traffic accidents cost the economy about 700 million every year, while the total figure for crime was just 73m.