[Article] Road deaths increase by 13% in 2004 - new year's slaughter already started

Zaph0d

http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0103/rta.html

RTE wrote:

Increase in road deaths recorded

03 January 2005 11:45
Three people have been killed on the country's roads in the first 48 hours of the new year, while new figures show that more people were killed in road deaths last year than in 2003.

According to the end-of-year figures, 379 people were killed in road traffic accidents in 2004, compared to 336 in 2003.

In the first two days of 2005, three people were killed on the roads, one in Kildare and two in Leitrim.



In the first incident, a 26-year-old man was killed in the early hours of 1 January when his car hit a tree.

In the second incident, two 17-year-old males were killed when the car in which they were travelling hit a tree.

is_that_so

When is the traffic corps due to get up and running? Visible deterrence and enforcement is the only way. Haven't seen a garda checkpoint or car on the road for weeks, not once during Xmas period.

BrianD

There was certainly a lack of police patrols over Christmas. While visible enforcement is an important part of the strategy the majority of it rests in our own hands. It's kind of odd that when people say that they can't abide by the speed limit because there is a Q of cars behind ... who cares drive at 40mph on the Naas dual carraigeway and don't be bothered .... our owm attidudes to road safety need to change.