Road safety legislation 'needs to shift the burden to lawbreakers', conference told

Sam Waide of the Road Safety Authority said that evidence shows that just a small proportion of drivers account for much of the risk on the roads due to poor behaviour such as speeding, drink-driving or using a mobile phone. File photo: Sam Boal /Collins Photos

Road safety legislation must be effective in making sure “lawbreakers feel the burden, rather than the burden of a family who’ve lost a loved one”, the CEO of the Road Safety Authority has said.

Addressing his organisation’s annual conference, Sam Waide said that evidence shows that just a small proportion of drivers account for much of the risk on the roads due to poor behaviour such as speeding, drink-driving or using a mobile phone.