The Irish Road Haulage Association President, Ger Hyland, has branded Irish roads as dangerous and has called for more Garda enforcement on the country's roads as his members say they are concerned at the increasing number of accidents they are witnessing.
Hyland said his members have raised serious concerns about a visible decline in driving standards witnessed by his members and has mooted the possibility that driver education should become a bigger part of the schools curriculum.
The road hauliers said that tailgating, dangerous overtaking on country roads and people not knowing how to go through a roundabout are all issues which are putting their drivers lives at risk every day on our roads.
According to Hyland, use of mobile phones whilst driving is widespread,
“People are texting and browsing social media whilst driving. We can see it from our position in the cab. It is an epidemic that is causing accidents and road deaths and there doesn’t seem to be any consistent Garda enforcement to stamp it out.”
Hyland said there has been an increase in aggressive behaviour and poor etiquette towards other drivers on our roads since the pandemic.
The Irish Road Haulage Association have called for focused investment in road infrastructure at high-risk accident black spots, more garda enforcement, a reformed driver testing regime and more driver education in our schools.
