Ciarán Ferrie"It feels like there are echoes of the well-trodden US response to mass shootings in schools to these recent spate of deaths. Mirroring the call of the gun-rights lobby post-Sandy Hook to send children to school with bulletproof backpacks so as not to be future victims; the Road Safety Authority continued with its evidence-free call for pedestrians and cyclists to be visible and adorned in hi-viz."
This is a must read from Keith Adams of the JCFJ
https://www.jcfj.ie/2023/08/24/choose-your-weapon-cars-or-fists/
Choose Your Weapon: Cars or Fists? - Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland
Causing the death of a pedestrian or cyclist will continue to be treated as manslaughter but the statutory response to careless and dangerous driving resulting in serious injury is not served by meagre fines for motorists who do not even have a driving ban imposed. Lifetime driving disqualifications must be on the table of sanctions as a driver who has caused injury has visibly demonstrated an inability to safely operate a motor vehicle
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