No 'silver bullet' to alert motorists to wrong-way driving, politicians warned

Three quarters of the 139 people who have been killed in road crashes so far this year were men, with young people far more at risk. File picture 

There is currently no "silver bullet" to alert drivers to wrong-way motorway driving and the technology is 10 to 15 years off, politicians have been warned.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has said it is "deeply concerned" about the increase in the number of people who have died or have been seriously injured so far this year, including recent high-profile motorway incidents involving vehicles driving the wrong way.