Bid to make high-vis jackets compulsory to save lives

One of the country’s most senior gardaí has backed a proposal by a consultation group to make it compulsory for pedestrians and cyclists to wear high-visibility jackets during the hours of darkness.

Cork County Joint Policing Committee is writing to the Department of Justice seeking new legislation. It has the backing of assistant Garda commissioner John O’Mahoney.

Committee chairman and Fianna Fáil councillor Frank O’Flynn told a public meeting of the committee in County Hall that he, like many others, had witnessed scores of people risking their lives every winter by wearing dark clothing.