Motor cyclist deaths a concern

Engineers have called on the Road Safety Authority to launch a national campaign targeting motorcyclists, amid rising fatalities on Irish roads.

The Ireland Munster Centre of the Society of Operations Engineers and Institute of Road Transport Engineers has issued its warning as the death toll for motorcyclists has risen to 15 this year, compared to 23 for all of 2014 and 27 the year before that.

“A sustained national road safety campaign specifically targeting motorcyclists is absolutely necessary to alert those involved regarding the dangers of speed and the nature of unlit rural secondary roads,” said Munster Centre PRO Donal Buckley.