Irish Election are pleased to announce our collection of Irish Political T-shirts. Get yours now! Visit our shop.»
Read more about: Transport
I am sure this will be on the front page of most papers tomorrow. However the crash seemingly was small.Will we see action on road deaths now.?
Post a comment below:
Gardai inquest evidence dismissed as bollocks’ | The Irish Sentinel
just found this site, no idea if I am late to the party on this one. check it out - bit of fun
Here’s the Dept of Finance statement issued late last evening about the Minister’s discussion with the banks. I think we know why some banks didn’t want to be in the guarantee scheme: those in the scheme can be made an offer they can’t refuse: to merge.
Mary Harney’s expensive trip to Houston and Phoenix.
The FAS/Florida row is not the only time the issue of her travel costs has arisen.
techPresident – The Future of Campaign Technology: The Ground Game
Irish Parties looking at learning online and database lessons from Obama could do worse than bear this post in mind. Almost as soon as the election is over, improvements and evolution are making some parts redundant and others essential. Get your campaign an i-phone for everyone? Might be better than printing flyers, it goes to show how parties, if they take it seriously, need to keep ahead of the wave - not just follow.
Colman at the EuroTrib give his reasoning on why Lisbon is dead. The Government's incapable handling of the budget cuts are the nail in the coffin.
Simon asks if we will see action on road deaths following on The Bert’s “near death”experience.
One can only thank The Almighty that we did not lose Our Great Leader.
But, no, it is unlikely that there will be any action.
The only solution is to understand that it is NOT speed alone that kills.
BAD DRIVING KILLS.
It would help to remove all unqualified drivers from the roads; to stop lending 100% the first year’s Motor Insurance to teenagers; to get taxi drivers to take an advanced road test and stop making dangerous U-turns on main roads. It would also help if all traffic lights had left filters.
(By the way, does anyone know who supplies our traffic lights? Are thye put out to competitive tender?)
Just a thought.
But any attempt to reduce the motor car population is a NoNo. The Treasury will never forego the revenue stream.
The Bert might make a start by releasing his chauffeur from a duty that has nothing to do with policing. His driver, and all the other policemen driving our TDs about, would be more profitably deployed on point duty, assisting the traffic flow. After all, there are point-duty police all over Europe - Paris; Frankfurt; Rome etc…
We used to have a brilliant one on O’Connell Bridge - in the last century.
Members of the Defence Force might be more usefully employed as TD drivers. Smaller car might also help - less costly to repair following a crash.
However, I feel that Simon’s comment is suggesting that the crash might have brought home to The Bert the mess that exists on our roads?
But The Bert would really get a much better overview of Martin Cullen’s Ireland from the Taxpayers’ Helicopter - or the Taxpayers’ Gulfstream.
SAFER TOO.
In the sentence “stop lending 100%.. ” I had inserted the plus sign, which failed to show in the script.
Please read 100% “plus” the first year’s motor insurance premium…
I agree that it is people that crash cars nothing else. I wrote about it here. http://www.irishelection.com/03/what-can-the-government-do-about-road-deaths/
but the fact is the government has to do something about people being to selfish to do something about themselves.
One thing I would like is for traffic lights would go yellow before going green. To tell people to get ready to go. Gargai directing traffic is a good idea
I guess “all drivers should be more responsible”, was it mr mcdowell who said that