Road haulage group seeks no confidence votes in Road Safety Authority amid rising fatalities

The Irish Road Haulage Association is urging local authorities to submit motions of no confidence in the Road Safety Authority.

It follows Kerry County Council’s decision to back such a motion.

185 people died on the roads last year, and the IRHA is calling for a re-evaluation of the RSA’s role.

President of the IRHA, Laois man Ger Hyland believes unless there is a change to the RSA, the driving test backlog and rising death toll on the roads will continue:

“I’m calling for the organisation to be split. I can’t see how the one organisation in the one hand can write the driving test and on the other hand implement the driving test.”

“You need two organisations there.”