The Minister, realises deaths on N11 are wrong.

Well it appears the Minister of transport Noel Dempsey has finally begun to realise that the deaths on the N11 should not be happening, he has finally conceded that Dual Carriage ways are safer than single lane roads.

The Minister said: “The projects announced today are built to various scales and are located throughout all regions. What is common to all of these projects, however, is that they make for safer roads. As Transport Minister, road safety is of paramount importance to me and better quality roads make for easier, safer, road journeys in less built-up traffic. High quality dual carriageways/motorways have been proven to be seven times safer than the roads they replace. By opening over 100km of new roads in 2008, we are adding significantly to the safety of our national road network.”
Department of Transport Press Office - Olive Stephens 01-6041089/ NRA Press Office - Sean O’Neill (086 8230600)

A little step backwards from a previous mail to myself when he said that,

“Unfortunately, no matter what action we as a Government take in terms of improving our roads the primary cause of almost 90% of all road accidents remains driver behaviour – mainly speeding. It is my understanding that the accidents statistics for the N11 as a whole do not indicate any significant deviation from this norm”

So is the Minister blaming bad drivers or bad roads?, or is it all political rhetoric to subdue the gullible voters.

So as a plea to the minister, please could you be more honest and a little less political, then the next time there is an election the voter won’t be voting for the devil they know and more likely to vote for the politician who gives a damn about the voters.

John