RSA seeks more penalty point offences and roadside checks

THE learner driver debacle may have seized the headlines but there are other proposals in the Road Safety Strategy with potential for controversy.

The RSA is keen to see its officers and inspectors given legal powers to stop and examine vehicles on the roadside to check that they comply with safety standards and wants to explore the possibilities in conjunction with the gardaí by the end of next year.

In the meantime, it urges the gardaí to begin random roadside mechanical checking of goods vehicles and buses in the first half of next year.