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ROADS Services Training Group LOCAL AUTHORITY ROADS CONFERENCE 2013

OUR ROADS – PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE/ROLE IN NATIONAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

HODSON BAY HOTEL, ATHLONE, MAY 2013.

Our Roads - Planning for the Future/Role in National and Local

Development

Road Safety Policy – IrelandNoel Brett

CEORoad Safety Authority

For Decades Ireland was A SOCIETY IN DENIAL

Risk factors are not exclusive…

they are interlinked.

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Serious Injuries 2001-2011

Ireland Strategic Approach

– 1998 – 2002

– 2004 -2006

– 2007 – 2012

– 2013 – 2020

“Closing the Gap”

Ireland’s Focus

– Traditional– Enforcement– Engineering– Education

– Speed– Restraint use– Drink driving– Young male

drivers

– Emerging– Fatigue– Ageing drivers– Drug driving– Graduated licensing– Road Safety education– Research– Multiagency enforcement– VRUs – Traffic Medicine– Open Spaces– Electric Vehicles

Evidence Based Policy

Evidence Based

Data led

Research led

Psychology led

EDUCATION CHANGE ATTITUDES

•Win the moral argument•Shape the climate of opinion•Build community support for enforcement

ENFORCEMENT CHANGE BEHAVIOUR

THE ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION / ENFORCEMENT MODEL

Achievements

– Safety Cameras– MAT– Lower BAC– Garda Traffic Corps– ANPR– HGV Enforcement

Achievements

– Completion of the development of the major inter- urban routes from Dublin to Galway, Limerick, Cork and Waterford, which are up to 7 times safer than single carriageway's.

– Road Safety projects including annual collision cluster analysis, remedial measures programmes and traffic calming schemes.

– Implementing bridge management system for the inspection and strengthening of national road bridges

– Continued development of winter maintenance systems

– Development of lining and signing on national roads

– Reviewing and developing new design standards and new road types for national roads

Achievements

- ADI – 1,973 registered ADI’s

- CPC - 152,000 training days to date

- Driving for Work – Annual Seminars

Achievements

- Education Programmes – Pre-school – 3rd Level, Community and High Risk Groups

- High Visibility Materials – distributed in conjunction with various organisations

- Shuttle - on the road full time bringing road safety to communities all over the country

- Streetsmart – visits schools nationwide bringing road safety to life in the classroom

Achievements

Awareness Campaigns

Better Safer Driver Vulnerable Road Users

– Elimination of driving test backlog. – In 2007 -122,000 waiting on average 33 weeks for a test – Now - 37,000 waiting on average 10 weeks for a test

– Introduction of Graduated Driving Licence (GDL) measures– Introduction of learner permit instead of provisional licence– Six months wait for a test introduced for new permit holders– Compulsory Training-IBT Training for Motorcyclists and

EDT for Car learners– Lower alcohol levels for learner and novice drivers– Removal of unaccompanied rule in respect of second

learner permit

Achievements

– Revision of Driver Theory Test

– Creation (jointly with RCPI) of Office of Traffic Medicine to manage driver fitness issues

– Creation of enhanced customer service for driving tests applicants by providing for self-service scheduling.

Achievements

Vehicle Standards and Testing– New system of type approval,

– New requirements for safety belts, mirrors, braking, spray suppressions, and our roadworthiness testing is aligned with best international practice.

– NCT review and enhancement – New contractor - Applus– Put in place a robust anti-fraud plan thus ensuring the

issues were addressed within a short time frame and the integrity of the NCTS was maintained.

– Reviewed commercial vehicle roadworthiness system– Work well underway in introducing a new system that will

change the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles.

Achievements

Road Haulage Enforcement – Initiatives to support compliance within the road transport

sector. – A risk based approach to enforcement of driver hours by

targeting those who are non-compliant and minimising disruption to compliant operators in going about their daily business.

– 5 fold increase inspections of commercial vehicles by RSAs

VIs with our 4 VIs participating in 1,672 roadside checks between 2007 and 2011

– 150% increase in drivers inspected at roadside checks to 3,781 and 322% increase in drivers inspected at premises inspection to 4,602 by our Transport Officers

Achievements

– 370% increase in working days checked to 417,269 in 2011

– Working with operators to improve compliance, but, where

necessary taking prosecutions with 201 cases successfully prosecuted in 2011, a 229% increase in the number of cases from 2006.

– Measures to support operators in reducing the administrative burden include the introduction of the streamlined permit system for the movement of wide and abnormal loads, the online application process for digital tachograph cards and the publication of a wide range of information leaflets and guidance notes to assist them in knowing their obligations.

Achievements

The Next Road Safety Strategy

– 2013 – 2020.– Closing the gap with the safest countries.– Continuing to reduce road deaths.– Major focus on injury reduction.– Engineering. (Road & Vehicle)– Drug Driving.– Education.– Enforcement. – Graduated Driver Licensing.– Reducing Administrative Burden on Business/ Road users.– New and Emerging Technology.– Adding Value Across Sectors. – Supporting Sectors Under Pressure.

Thank You for your attention.