17 June 2009

EU body not pleased with our speed enforcement

Ireland's 'failure to control speeding' reduces the country's ability to further tackle road trauma.

That's the view expressed by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) in its latest report on speed policy developments in the EU.

The Brussels organisation notes that a commitment of the Irish Government to introduce a system of automated speed enforcement by this summer is 'likely to be missed'.

The country's target for this system was to provide in the region of 6,000 hours of enforcement a month.

Last year, the Government earmarked €10 million for the system, which was to have been managed by a private operator.

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