A step towards safer suburbs

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) marked the opening of Road Safety Week by pointing out that Ireland is falling behind Europe in setting 30km/h speed limits in cities and towns. 

As of yesterday, 117 people died on Irish roads this year. This is 22 fewer than in the same period last year but darkening evenings may cause a spike in that graph.

Making the argument for lower urban speed limits RSA chief Moyagh Murdock pointed out that “30km/h limits... mean a safer, healthier, greener, prosperous, quieter and better quality of life for people.” Anyone living an area where local authorities have installed speed ramps to try to slow traffic will empathise with that argument.