RSA Calls For Doubling Of Penalty Points For Driving Offences
4 June 2024 - 13 minsThe Road Safety Authority is calling for emergency legislation to double the number of penalty points given to drivers for speeding and mobile phone use.
It comes as 81 people have died on Irish roads so far this year, the worst record in a decade.
Geraldine Herbert, motoring editor of the Sunday Independent, and Susan Gray, chairperson and founder of PARC Road Safety Group, joined The Last Word to discuss whether increasing penalty points would help make roads safer.
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