Safe driving education programme to begin in secondary schools

A safe driving education programme will begin in secondary schools next month.

It aims to teach transition year students how to drive and raise awareness of unsafe behaviour behind the wheel.

The Road Safety Authority is introducing the programme amid a rise in road deaths, with 119 people killed on Irish roads so far this year.

Junior Transport Minister James Lawless says it’s just one measure being taken to target young drivers:

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