Enforcement

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Enforcement Safetyon theRoad Network

• RSA and HSA Road Safety at Work Conference
• Dublin Castle, 15th June 2009.
• By
• Superintendent Declan OBrien, BSc (Mgmt)

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Introduction
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• EU White Paper on Transport 2000. Improving Road
  Safety.
• The European Union should set its self a target
  of reducing the number of victims by half by
  2010
• Road Safety Strategy 2007 2012. Specific
  Target.
• Reduce fatalities to no greater than 60
  fatalities per million by the end of 2012 and 50
  or fewer in the following years with demonstrable
  downward reduction in each year of this strategy.
• The Garda Siochana Corporate Strategy 2007 2009
  Traffic and Road Safety.
• To significantly reduce the incidents of fatal
  and serious injuries and improve road safety.
• TISPOL
• Reduce deaths and casualties on Europe's roads.

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Fatalities By Year
Last year there were 279 fatalities on Irish
Roads, the lowest number on record.
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Enforcement Strategy Purpose.

• To reduce fatalities by making the nations roads,
  safer for Road Users.
• To create a level playing pitch within which all
  Road Haulage Operators and Professional Drivers
  can operate.
• To bring about a greater compliance culture
  amongst all categories of Road Users.
• NB. It is not about catching people.

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The Challenge
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Road lengths in Ireland .v. GB (km)
Infrastructure
EU(27) Road Length. 6m. Km. EU(27) M.Way Length.
67,000 Km. Rural road type network EU 70 ,
UK 46 IRL 91
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The Road Network

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• 5400km National roads
• (620km Motorway / D Cway).
• 1250km Motorway / D Cway by 2010 (23 national
  network).
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• 92,000 km of Non-National roads.
• 12,000kms Regional Roads
• 80,000km Local Roads.

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Strength -v- Km.

• Garda Strength 14,000.
• Length of road infrastructure 97,400 km.
• i.e. 7 km./Garda
• GTC 1200
• 97,400 km.
• i.e. 81km./Garda

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The Operational Environment
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Good Visibility
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Safer on the Inside
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Calm Traffic Flow
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Advance Notice
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No Safe Pull in Zone
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Operate on one side only
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Garda Enforcement of Road Transport Legislation
for 2008, reveals the following

• The most up to date figures indicate 121,697
  goods vehicles completed 26.4 million loaded
  journeys in 2007, a ten year increase of 135.
  This represents a significant proportion of road
  traffic volumes.
• In 2008 there were 6,251 road transport incidents
  recorded on Pulse,
• The DMR had the highest number of incidents at
  2,022 or 32 of the national figure. This
  represents a monthly average of 169 incidents.

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• The vast majority of road transport detections
  occur from Monday to Friday around the hours of
  8am to 4pm. This is in line with goods vehicle
  activity.
• Several haulage companies have had multiple road
  transport offences detected in 2008, the most
  prolific being AN OTHER.

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• Detections between 8am and 4pm account for 81.8
  of all road transport incidents. The most active
  hour is between 11am and 12pm. No exposure data
  is available to compare this with, however it
  would be expected the majority of goods vehicles
  are on the roads during this time.

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Enforcement Strategy
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• Strength.
• Inspection Sites.
• Multiagency Checkpoints.
• Digital Tachograph.
• Risk Register.
• ANPR.
• Cross Border.
• TISPOL

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Changes to Garda Traffic Corps Strengths
2005-2008
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• Provision of Inspection Sites for HGVS
• The National Roads Authority has a programme for
  the delivery of service areas on national roads,
  motorways and dual carriageways.
• 12 different locations on the network.
• Service areas will be located approximately
  50-60km apart.
• At l00kph, travel time 30 40 minutes (approx)
  between service areas.
• All proposals are on-lineie with direct access
  on and off the motorway / dual carriageway as
  opposed to at a junction.
• Within these Service Areas, AGS will have
  inspection facilities. Weight, Height, Digi
  Tacho, Vehicle Standards.

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• The twelve areas are broken into three separate
  tranches as follows
• Tranche 1
• Ml (South) Lusk
• Ml (North) Castlebellingham
• M4 Enfield
• Tranche 2
• N6 Athlone
• N6/N18 Rathmorrissey
• M7 Mountrath
• N7 Moneygall
• Tranche 3
• N8 Cashel
• N8 Kilworth
• N9 Kilcullen
• N9 Paulstown
• N11 Gorey

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Multi Agency Checkpoints (MACs)

• Commenced. November 2008.
• Partnership Agencies. Road Safety Authority.
  Health and Safety Authority. Department of
  Social and Family Affairs. Revenue
  Commissioners. Local Authorities.
• Primary Focus. Un Licensed Haulage Operators.
  Marked Gas Oil in HGVs. Illegal
  Haulage and Disposal of Waste Materials.
  Overweight HGVs. Insecure Loads.
• Time. Week Day Operations conducted during
  daylight on the NPRs
• Briefings. Briefing-Risk Assessment-Debriefing
• Review. March 2009. 2 Issues. H S
  concerns due to large number of enforcement
  personnel on the road. Traffic Tailbacks.
• New Structure. 1 bilateral operation in each
  Division (27) each week. 1 Multi Agency in each
  Region(6) each week. 33 MACs each week.
• Review and Analysis. July 2009

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Digital Tachograpy.

• EU Directive 2006/22 SI 545/2007 Annex ii
  requires that M.S. shall ensure that enforcement
  units (AGS) shall be provided with standard
  equipment (Digital Tachograph) so that we can
  enforce social legislation relating to road
  transport activities.
• RFT completed and ready for publication in EU
  Journal.
• Annex i requires a regime of Roadside Checks and
  Checks at Premises of Undertakings.
• 2008 RSA RTOs assisted AGS in conducting 254
  Roadside Checkpoints.
• For 2009 the figure stands at 131 Roadside
  Checks.

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Risk Rating System Targeted EnforcementArt. 9
EU Dir. 2006/22

• MS shall introduce a risk rating system for
  undertakings based on the relative number and
  severity of any infringements of regulations
  3820/85 and 3821/85 that an individual
  undertaking has committed.
• Undertakings with a high risk rating shall be
  checked more closely and more often.
• ANPR/Risk Register.

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ANPR

• Reads VRNs
• Stores VRN image
• Allows Manual input to watch lists
• ANPR works in background if another application
  in use
• ANPR when integrated with Pulse will assist in
  efficiently identifying vehicles that are
  suspect, stolen, uninsured, untaxed, on a RR or
  vehicles that are flagged on pulse as
  persistently offending through the efficient use
  of automated technology.

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Concerted Checks - Cross Border Enforcement.
Art. 5 EU Dir. 2006/22

• MS shall, at least 6 time per year, undertake
  concerted road side checks on drivers and
  vehicles falling within the scope of Regulations
  3820/85 and 3821/85.
• Such checks shall be undertaken at the same time
  by the enforcement authorities of 2 or more MS,
  each operating in its own territory.
• 2008 Garda/PSNI 28
• 2008 Garda/RSA/NWP/VOSA 3
• 2009 Garda/PSNI 8
• 2009 Garda/RSA/NWP/VOSA 2

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TISPOL

• The TISPOL organisation was established by the
  Traffic Police Forces of Europe in 1999.
• AGS has been a member of TISPOL since
  1999. TISPOL Objectives.
• Bring together Traffic Police Forces in Europe to
  work together and exchange best practice.
• Organise and co-ordinate pan- European operations
  and campaigns.
• Encourage enforcement and education based on
  research, intelligence and information so as to
  establish an effective and targeted education and
  enforcement programme.
• Initiating and supporting research on road
  safety.
• Providing an informed and co-ordinated police
  opinion on road safety issues.

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The Future

• Partnership.
• Inspection Facilities.
• Targeted Enforcement based on Intelligence led
  Road Policing Operations.
• Acquisition and deployment of new Enforcement
  Technologies.
• Cross Border Concerted Checks.
• TISPOL

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Thank You