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Wed 09 Sep 2010Collision course
REARVIEW:WE HAVE BEEN discussing the problem of young people dying on the roads for well over a decade. In that time we have witnessed the introduction of a penalty-points system, a Garda traffic corps, a much-improved road network and a dedicated authority responsible for road safety. We will soon (or so we are promised) have significantly more stringent drink-driving laws. In the same period our awareness of the issue of road safety has been as high as ever.
Yet this summer we have seen two horrific crashes. The tragic relationship between Ireland’s young people and the car is as apparent as it ever was.
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