Letters to the Editor: More education needed on road and water safety

Readers consider road and water safety, fentanyl in Ireland, the EPA and the red meat tweet, and preserving wildlife 

With both road and water safety, education is the way forward. Picture: Denis Minihane

As an older person with more than 50 years of driving experience and nearly 70 years of swimming and boating experience, may I try through your newspaper to help the quest to reduce tragedies in these areas.

With both road and water safety, education is the way forward. Upping the ante on the punishment culture may be less effective and out-of-date by comparison with educating drivers, swimmers, and boaters.