Local authorities take road safety message to Emerald Park
With more than 100 people having lost their lives on Irish roads so far this year, Meath County Council and An Garda Síochána joined forces for a Road Safety Awareness Day at Emerald Park.
The event, held last week and supported by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and Emerald Park’s management team, featured the RSA’s Interactive Shuttle Bus, Roll-Over Car and Virtual Reality Road Safety Goggles — all designed to be engaging and interactive to best educate the public on keeping themselves and others safe on our roads.
Gardaí from the Mounted, Roads Policing and Community Policing Units were joined by Meath County Council’s Fire and Rescue Service, while the Garda Band provided live music for visitors.
Meath County Council Road Safety Officer Audrey Norris said Emerald Park was the ideal venue to reach a wide audience.
"With so many people heading through the doors of Emerald Park every day, it really was the perfect place to deliver these important, life-saving messages to as many people as possible and I would like to say a big thank you to Charles Coyle (CEO of Emerald Park) and all his team for accommodating this event,” she said.
"The engagement we had with people of all ages was fantastic and shows the very real appetite people in Meath and all over the country have to change road-user behaviours and mindsets."
Superintendent Yvonne Murphy of An Garda Síochána said: "This was a great collaboration of all of those involved working together to keep people safe."
Meanwhile Paul Flynn, Operations Manager at Emerald Park said: "We were proud to host and support Meath County Council and An Garda Síochána for this Road Safety Awareness Day and we were delighted to see the event receive such a terrific reaction from Emerald Park visitors.
"Our modes of travel might all be different, but we are all road-users, so learning more about road safety will always be a universal lesson."