Letters to the Editor: Explicit ads won’t change our driving culture

A reader believes the increasing death rate on the roads won't change either

Survival chances for a cyclist or a young child stepping off the path are zero, a reader says. File picture: Dan Linehan

Many years ago, a visiting German colleague asked of me: “What are the speed limits in Ireland?”

My answer was as follows: “The speed limit in Ireland is the speed of the car in front of you, the signs are ignored and, therefore, irrelevant.”