Drivers get seasonal roadwatch warning
Thursday November 26 2009
LAWLESS behaviour on Irish roads will be tackled over the Christmas period, safety chiefs warned.
Motorists who speed, drink or drug drive or use a defective car will be targeted by gardai over the coming weeks.
President McAleese launched the campaign for the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and An Garda Siochana at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire where survivors of car crashes are trying to rebuild their lives.
She asked motorists not to make stupid, life threatening and avoidable bad choices.
More than 530 people were killed in road crashes during the traditional six-week Christmas and New Year periods between 1997 and 2007
The 1,557 people who suffered serious injuries during the decade were also remembered at the launch.
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