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RSA says there'll be none by 2050. Loads of speed cameras on big national roads and motorways, double points and fines on bank holidays should sort that right out. Reality and common sense be damned.

One of the only country in the world where a death on the roads makes the national news....

It's BS.

I disagree. It's road design, distraction and peoples stupidity that's the issue in most cases. Even the best systems will only ever be aids in peoples driving and wont be allowed to make decisions.

Na, 184 deaths cannot be considered good, theirs still too many deaths in their down to carelessness

Of course we try to lower the figures, but there is going to be a figure which will be hard to get down below.

We aren't at 600 any more because cars are much safer than in the 70s and 80s. But there isn't much more that can be done to cars now to save humans who crash them. Bar maybe the cars driving themselves?

Also, I do believe we have a quantity of suicides in those stats. Can't stop those.

True, the one vehicle collisions for no apparent reason.

There is a lot of careless driving, people think they and their steel cage are invulnerable in any situation. Slam it into something fast enough and any car will crumple like a Coke can. They will get away with taking only so many chances but someday their number will come up.

Frankly, Irish people are great drivers considering we have narrow roads with 80/100km speed limits where cars come within a few feet of each other passing at that speed.

It's a very frightening driving experience for most foreigners and it's no wonder we need to put a bottle of holy water in the glove box.

Speaking of autism, it must be very easy to get diagnosed as an adult. All you have to do is read up on it and answer a few questions for the doctor. Deeply suspicious when I hear about well known people coming out saying they've been diagnosed with it.

On the whole fat acceptance thing, if you're in the 40's regarding your BMI, you're most likely obese. If you're in the 50's, you are.

So if you are, then you should be made pay full whack for every medical issue you have. One of the biggest reasons we see such a stain on the health service is the national expanding waistline, and the associated health problems that it causes.

Pretty much everything can be made worse via obesity. And seeing as obesity (in the vast majority of cases, bar a few medical ones) comes down mainly to lifestyle choices, it shouldn't be up to the tax-payer to be bled dry because you'd rather eat a share bag of cheesy puffs than go for a walk.

You're too fat? Then pay full whack until you lose it, tubby.

Products don't cause obesity, only excessive consumption. If you overeat (more calories in than out) healthy foods, you will still gain weight.

Parents of young children are the most self-centered, narcissistic, rude and blinkered people I have met.

I do not think your child running around a supermarket pulling food off the shelves is cute, control your brat!

Restaurants/bars are not creches.. don't bring your brat.

No, your child does not have ADHD or whatever version you have self diagnosed it with, it is just a little sh!t due to bad parenting.

It's the new Z List Celeb's holy grail now that they've done the mental health bit to death.

That is not how food and weight change works. Unless there are medical issues, as long as you take in equal to or less calories than you burn, you will not put on weight. Obviously it is not healthy to consume all calories through cheeseburgers but the body doesn't differentiate source for energy consumption.

I've personally experienced this concept during a month long road-trip in USA where pretty much every day we'd stop for fastfood en route. This was usually a burger each occasionally with shared fries and a zero drink. Due to being quite active on the holiday overall with lots of walking and hiking we actually lost a bit of weight.

I would argue that such thinking where blame is placed on the food rather than the person taking responsibility for their actions is a big reason for weight issues plaguing populations.