Al 19 dicembre alle 17 siamo in aumento di 18 morti nello stesso periodo dell’anno scorso e in aumento di 20 collisioni nello stesso arco di tempo ( garda.ie ). Classificheresti la riduzione della velocità introdotta in primavera come un fallimento o è dovuta al troppo traffico sulle strade?.
We are on track to hit 200 road deaths in a calendar year for the first time since 2010
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Touch wood we don’t. Odd title
Yeah but the population….etc.
What’s the “Deaths per 100,000” rate so far?
Even that isn’t necessarily very helpful as it can’t take account of time at the wheel, distance driven etc
Likely just an outlier year
It’s terrible but look at all the sub redditts everyday talking about bad drivers and crashes in every county so it should not be of surprise to anyone . I do think it boils down to enforcement largely .
Just look at r/irelandsshitedrivers and you would wonder why it’s not higher.
IMO it’s down to lax policing by AGS, extremely high usage of mobile phones when driving (have never come across it anywhere as bad as Ireland) – I routinely see even truck drivers looking at mobile screens when driving, a post Lockdown phenomenon of drivers seemingly viewing red lights as optional, media campaigns that are not impactful enough (bring back the older style full-on ads – if they upset your sensibilities, good, they are supposed to). So, multifactorial, and a lot of people and organisations need to do a whole lot better.
Red lights are only a suggestion! At least five cars can make it through safely after they turn red…
And that’s just deaths. What are the numbers for injuries?
How’re those new speed limits working out for them.
Well I drive a lot mainly in the South East of Ireland and I have to say drives are not very aware of what is around them and they tend to spend way too much time looking in their rear view mirror. I had a guy nearly drive off the road 5 times in under 5 minutes as he spend so much time looking in the mirror at me why I have no idea. Also going round a roundabout and they in the right lane someone is in the left lane going round with them and the person in the right lane turns off at the same place the person in the left lane but doesn’t go into the right lane in the road turns left straight into the left lane nearly hitting the car in the left lane. Oh I could tell you a lot of things that goes on on the roads. I’ve done 75000kms in a yr so done a lot of driving on the roads. Also talking aboujt speed the one thing that is not very good is when the speed goes down they instantly hit their brakes because it says the speed limite, just take your foot off the accelerator and it will slow down slower but safer than hitting your brakes. People are also getting irritated with the slower speeds so overtake to get to where they want quiker causing a possble accident.
Minister Sean Canney is a disgrace
Rowing back on the recommendations he was given to reduce road deaths, and then you see this above trajectory
Shameful
Our driver education and qualification system isn’t fit for purpose and our motoring culture is pathetic.
I’m surprised it’s as low as 200 frankly
Reduced speeds mean absolutely nothing if there’s no enforcement. People didn’t give a shite about speed limits anyway, to think they’d suddenly care now is silly.
And half the drivers are on their phones anyway. People will continue to die if there isn’t something seriously done to enforce road laws and punishments need to be far more severe. Anyone caught driving on their phone needs a lengthy ban, and make them redo the test.
While we are spouting wild theories, might as well throw in return to office means more commutes and stressed people driving under time pressure causing more accidents. So the real solution is for the government to mandate more wfh instead of stupid speed limits.
The population of Ireland has grown over 10% during 2010-2025, so all else being equal an increase in road deaths would be expected.
Just to point out that our population is almost 1 million more than it was in 2010. A per capita number may be more relevant.
That said, anecdotally the level of phone use while driving is ridiculous, without failure every time I’m at traffic lights I see another driver on their phone.
Speed changes are a total failure. My local road changed to sixty. Still cunts doing 100 on it.
Everyone’s on their phones. I live pretty rurally and even national roads in the area and narrow and twisted. I can’t drive more than 5k out of town before someone is coming round a bend in the middle of the road head buried in the phone. It drives me insane how close to disaster I am from the percentage of people not paying attention to the road at all
I’m driving twenty odd years now, and I don’t know if it’s me being a crotchety old fuck or what but I have seen so much truly awful driving behaviour in the last few years.
People completely clueless on roundabouts, people watching videos or texting on their phones, people incapable of merging onto a motorway, and so much aggressive driving, tailgating, weaving through traffic.
It’s mad. I’m not surprised there are more serious crashes happening – we really need some serious intervention
Not surprising, standard of driving has plummeted since Covid, no such thing as an indicator now and no one waits to leave you out of a space.
Seems like another problem letting people work from home could help 🤷
It is no coincidence that the road deaths dropped during a financial crash when fewer young people could afford to be driving.