12/17/2004
Irish Survey Finds Insurance Points Do Not Affect DrivingMore than half of drivers in a survey said insurance points against their license are not an incentive for better driving.
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Camera advocates and insurance companies argue that the lucrative business of assessing points against licenses for camera violations results in more careful driving. A new survey finds a majority of drivers don't allow insurance points to affect their driving. Moreover, despite speed camera enforcement, the fatality rate on Irish roads is on the rise.
Key Statistic:
While 98% of drivers interviewed were aware of the system, only 42% were now driving more carefully compared with 54% at the same time last year.
Article Excerpt:
Eddie Shaw, National Safety Council chairman, said when penalty points came in, in a remarkable four-month period between November 2002 and February 2003, the average monthly road death figure fell to 20.Source: Irish Independent (Irish Independent (Ireland), 12/17/2004)
That had since risen to above 30, and deaths, as the year draws to an end, are ahead of last year's toll.
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