Ireland’s Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has called for increased use of average-speed cameras. Ms McEntee said the technology should be a daily feature in a driver’s journey.
She said investment in mobile speed-camera “GoSafe” vans had doubled across the country but that average-speed cameras need to be “looked at more”, reports PA Media.
The minister signalled that increasing the use of average-speed cameras could lead to a reduction in the road policing unit.
“[Scotland] use average speed cameras much more. They have less of a road policing unit, they use technology in a different way and I think it’s something we need to look at.”
Ireland currently has average-speed cameras on the M7 motorway and the Dublin Port Tunnel.
The Minister said there had been a high level of compliance with speed limits on these routes: “So, if you were to apply that to certain stretches of roads that we know are really dangerous, that are black spots, I really think it would make a difference. Whether it’s fixed cameras, average speed cameras, GoSafe vans, we need to use technology to work to reverse some of these trends.”
