{"id":835,"date":"2020-11-16T12:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nifrs.org\/?p=835"},"modified":"2023-04-03T12:32:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T11:32:45","slug":"road-safety-week-theres-no-need-to-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nifrs.org\/road-safety-week-theres-no-need-to-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Safety Week \u2013 There&#8217;s no need to speed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>16 November 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has today urged drivers and riders to slow down and reduce their speed on the road. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mallon made the appeal as Road Safety Week gets underway (16-22 November).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minister Mallon said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cExcessive speed for the conditions is one of the main causes of people being killed or seriously injured on our roads. The Department for Infrastructure is collaborating with road safety partners in the emergency services to remind drivers and riders that there is \u2018No Need to Speed\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe must challenge, and disrupt attitudes of people who think that it is safe to speed.&nbsp; No one can foresee the unexpected. Whatever the circumstances of any collision, whether on a rural or urban road, speeding always makes the consequences worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe all must be mindful that speed limits are set as an absolute maximum and that the weather and conditions need to be taken into consideration when driving on any road. Speed does not need to be high to kill or seriously injure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOver the last five years, 56 people have lost their lives here due to \u2018excessive speed having regard to the conditions\u2019. Many, many more have been seriously injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRoad safety is important for every single road user all year round, not just for this week. We all have a personal responsibility to drive or ride in a way that keeps ourselves and others safe in our community. Every 1mph reduction in average speeds causes, on average, a 5% reduction in collisions. This could be the difference between life and death. So please slow down, take extra care around our schools and act responsibly on every journey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Paddy Gallagher, Assistant Chief Fire &amp; Rescue Officer, NIFRS said:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo far this year, up to the end of October, our Firefighters have attended 451 road traffic collisions and rescued 317 people from their vehicles. Sadly they witness first-hand the carnage on our roads and the lives completely destroyed as a consequence of irresponsible road user behaviour and in particular speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are all responsible for road safety \u2013 we all have a responsibility to \u2018Share the Road to Zero\u2019 and we all have a responsibility to do all we can to ease the pain, loss and suffering to individuals, families and communities caused by road traffic collisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPlease slow down \u2013 one life lost is one too many.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PSNI T\/Assistant Chief Constable Jonathan Roberts said;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSpeeding, drink or drug driving and inattention are consistently the principal causes of the most serious road traffic collisions in which people are killed or seriously injured on roads across Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPolice will continue to robustly enforce the law to make our roads safer, but everyone shares the responsibility to prevent deaths and injuries. Drivers and riders must slow down, pay greater attention to their surroundings, NEVER ever drive or ride a motorbike after drinking or taking drugs and whether you are a driver or passenger, always wear a seatbelt.&nbsp; Pedestrians and cyclists also need to be aware of their surroundings and particularly at this time of year, make every effort to been seen by wearing reflective or hi-vis clothing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rosie Byrne, Director of Operations with the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSpeed remains one of the biggest killers on our roads. Excessive speed is no accident, it is a decision to drive faster than road and traffic conditions allow. It is also a decision to drive beyond your capabilities. Unfortunately if you have an accident when driving too fast, you are much less likely to walk away from it unscathed. Ambulance crews witness too many incidents where lives are lost and families are devastated as a result of decisions to speed. We ask you all, especially at this time of the year, to slow down and consider others when using the road. It is better to arrive late and alive, than to not arrive at all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During Road Safety Week, from 16 to 22 November, DfI with road safety partners, the PSNI, NIFRS and the Ambulance Service, will work to raise awareness of our personal responsibility to behave appropriately, every day, on every journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renewed plea for drivers and riders to slow down and reduce their speed on the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Road Safety Week \u2013 There&#039;s no need to speed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has today urged drivers and riders to be more cautious on the road by slowing down.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nifrs.org\/road-safety-week-theres-no-need-to-speed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Road Safety Week \u2013 There&#039;s no need to speed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has today urged drivers and riders to be more cautious on the road by slowing down.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nifrs.org\/road-safety-week-theres-no-need-to-speed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Northern Ireland Fire &amp; 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