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A 29-YEAR-OLD MAN was seriously injured when the van he was driving struck a tree in Longford yesterday afternoon.
He was taken to Midlands Regional Hospital in Mullingar where he was later pronounced dead.
Gardaí are now investigating the collision which occurred at Ballinalee just before 2.30pm.
The road remains closed for forensic examinations.
The death toll on Irish roads for 2014 is now 192, a greater number than at this time last year.
According to garda traffic statistics, 78 of those killed were drivers.
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God love his family.
PLEASE be careful on the roads boys and girls!!!!!
Rip, god bless his family losing a loved one so close to Christmas.
So here is a question – with the new ‘Go Safe’ mobile video vans they claim they are making the roads safer. So why is it the death tolls on the roads are still increasing? Statistically speaking there were less deaths BEFORE they started putting those speed camera vans on the streets. Why are we still throwing money down that rabbit hole if it is not making us any safer and is only acting as a new tax?
Because it is only a tax dressed up under the guise of road safety
I know some really bad corners where the signage is completely inadequate. Eg. Longford to Ballymahon road there’s a 90deg bend just before the t junction to turn left for ballymahon. N.I. have huge signs for such corners. I’ll never understand why they didnt cut the corner and striagthen the road a bit in Buttevant Co.Cork. More cars have turned over in that tight bend that folds back on itself than you could shake a stick at.
Why would you shake a stick at overturned cars?
It’s not excessive speed but driving at inappropiate speed is the main cause of speed related crashes.
This all stick and no carrot approach of the Minister and the RSA is clearly not working. There is no evidence published of drink driving fatalities ever. Pls publish the stats showing how many fatalities due to driving with 50,80, 100, and over blood alcohol levels. What really irks me is that over 99% of fatalities involve excess speed. Why not switch this annual witch hunt to a speed hunt and impose a nation wide 80Klms per hour speed limit on all roads and 100Klms for motorways with double/triple fines for all excess speed offences for this annual Christmas road traffic act compliance experiment.
Kev. Speeding drivers cause a very small percentage of car accidents
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