The spirit of Irish culture will flood the streets in St Patrick’s Day parades across the county on March 17, but this year the road safety officer is requesting all parade organising committees to keep road safety at the forefront by encouraging entrants to enter road safety floats or groups highlighting road safety, to remind all road users that they can play their part in road safety awareness.
“We want to keep road safety on people’s minds on St Patrick’s weekend, as it is a time when people socialise quite a bit and they need to take extra care on the roads. The big messages, as always, will be that people should not drink and drive, slow down, always wear your seat belt, never use a handheld mobile phone while driving and don't drive tired, and also for pedestrians to make themselves visible to other road users,” said Noel Gibbons, road safety officer with Mayo County Council.
