Animal abusers need locked up

The aim of yesterday’s initiative was to warn motorists of the dangers of speeding and the results show many certainly needed reminding.

Revelations showing penalty points are being clocked up at a startling rate and drivers are still not taking road safety seriously.

As well as driving too fast in many cases motorists are behaving recklessly.

Gardai have revealed is not uncommon for cars travelling at more than 100kmh to be only a few metres from the vehicle in front, making it next to impossible to prevent a collision if that car brakes.

On one occasion a motorist was recorded travelling at 208kmh in a 100kmh zone and another was detected doing 132kmh on a 50kmh section of road.

Gardai are again appealing to motorists to protect their community by abiding to the limits and by driving with extreme caution.

One of the earliest road safety campaigns reminded drivers accidents don’t happen, they’re caused. It’s as true now as it was then.

While there has been a sharp reduction in the number of people killed on our roads in recent years, 58 people have lost their lives since the start of January – up two on 2018 – so there is no room for complacency. FOR a nation that claims to love animals the latest cruelty figures would prove otherwise.

In the past five years the number of calls to the ISPCA about neglect has continued to grow, with more than 17,000 reports to the charity in 2018.

The ISPCA does an incredible job on very small resources, but needs more funding.

On top of that those who are found guilty by the courts need to be handed longer sentences.

At the moment there is no suitable deterrent for the sick people who carry out such horrendous abuse.