There is "no single standalone solution" to wrong-way driving on motorways, the Oireachtas Committee are set to be told today.
This comes as the Transport Infrastructure Ireland are to meet with the Oireachtas Transport Committee, where they are expected to tell them that vehicles travelling at speed against the legal flow of traffic on motorways illustrates a “low-frequency but high-severity risk”, per reports in the Irish Examiner.
The director of network management for TII, Pat Maher is expected to say that both older and younger drivers are disproportionately represented when it comes to reporting on wrong way driving incidents.
This comes amid the tragic events which took place along the M50 in August, including the deaths of those five teenagers.
Mr Maher is to say that each time such an incident is reported, the Gardaí are informed, while automatic warning messages are activated on roadside signs.
He is also expected to tell senators and TDs about how a range of mitigation technologies are currently under development, including automated warning messages which are based on radar systems and connected vehicle technologies, sent directly to the drivers in question.
But he is also expected to say that these technologies are not yet ready to reduce these risks which are posed by these incidents.
He is to tell the committee: “Instead, a combination of measures, through the greater use of new technologies, together with enhanced public awareness and more effective enforcement is needed to mitigate the problem". (Quotes according to the Irish Examiner).
Elsewhere, it was also reported that TikTok are to address their policies regarding the sharing of illegal criminal activities on its site, at this meeting with the Oireachtas Committee on Media, with the platform's Head of Public Policy and Government Relations, Susan Moss to speak about how TikTok has removed thousands of videos which "could cause significant physical harm including promoting risky driving" in the first half of the year.
