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Westmeath County Council this week adopted a set of bylaws to change the speed limits on several stretches of road across the county.

Ireland rolled out a key element of its new road safety campaign this week, and, as expected, there was huge interest where the Gardai's new mobile traffic cameras (think emissions), operated by private contractors, were to be posted - so much so the Garda website crashed several times.

A new network of mobile camera units commenced operations throughout the country last Monday morning. The speed cameras will be positioned in areas where road fatalities have occurred in the past.

TomTom tells us that it will help drivers to drive safer and more responsibly with new speed enforcement zone alert in conjunction with the Road Safety Authority.

Imagine if tomorrow morning your local authority decided to remove all yield, stop, and other such signage as well as traffic lights, pedestrian crossings, etc, from your village, town, or city? Well up until last Monday, I would have cringed at such a prospect.

Delegates attending the annual Automotive Forum, organised by the Irish Motoring Writers Association and sponsored by Semperit Tyres, heard how overloading the motorist with traffic lights and road signs can increase road crashes in urban areas and that handing more responsibility to the driver can result in a spectacularly positive change in behaviour.

Imagine if tomorrow morning your local authority decided to remove all yield, stop and other such signage as well as traffic lights, pedestrian crossings etc, from your village, town, or city? Well up until last Monday, I would have cringed at such a prospect.

Parents and teachers at Claregalway primary school are calling for traffic calming measures and a pedestrian crossing to be provided to prevent further accidents happening on the busy stretch of road on which the school is situated.

An AA survey of more than 7,000 Irish motorists has shown that mobile phone use and failure to indicate at roundabouts are the most common examples of everyday bad driving.

Tragically 39 people have died on Irish roads so far this year. For the upcoming Easter weekend Garda resources will be deployed with the aim of increasing compliance among road users and improving road safety.