Questions remain on penalty points controversy

The use of ‘medical emergency’ to explain terminating fixed-charged notices has plunged. Are we getting healthier, or is there another reason, asks Michael Clifford.

IRELAND’S drivers are growing more cautious and the nation getting healthier since the penalty points scandal first reared its head over a year ago. This proposition might be put to Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan today when he appears before the Public Accounts Committee.

Among the files in possession of the committee is evidence about the number of terminations for the wearing of seat belts in recent years.