RSA welcomes Harris directive on mandatory road safety policing by uniformed gardaí

Sixty-three people have been killed on Irish roads since the start of this year, an increase of 15 on the same period last year.

RSA chairwoman Liz O’Donnell said “enforcement is key to tackling this problem” and she “warmly” welcomed the response to her call for more gardaí to be deployed immediately to improve road safety.Should licensing laws be relaxed? Dr Sheila Gilheany and DJ Robbie Kitt debate“This will result in increased Garda visibility on our roads and acts as a deterrent to dangerous drivers,” she said. “This deployment can save lives.

Labour transport spokesman Duncan Smith TD said the directive is “a signal that there is a huge crisis in the resourcing of roads policing”. This model of policing is said to have been adapted from the Swedish road safety strategy, which is credited with having halved the number of deaths on the country’s roads since 2000.

The move was but “one of a range of measures that An Garda Síochána is introducing as part of the Government’s Road Safety Strategy”, the Garda statement added.

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