Road carnage: it’s time Brennan saw the light

WITH the Minister of Transport about to hold a summit once more to discuss our appalling road safety record, why has the Government, without EU ‘harmonisation,’ unilaterally implemented life-saving anti-smoking measures?

Road carnage: it’s time Brennan saw the light

All of this while using EU ‘harmonisation’ as an excuse to delay a simple measure that according to their 1998 road safety policy would have prevented many road deaths and injuries?

The compulsory use of daytime driving lights is already used successfully in other EU states (which did not wait for ‘harmonisation’). The ’98 road safety policy stated that use of daytime driving lights could save between 5% and 45% of road fatalities depending on latitude.

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