IRHA urge retrofit of blind-spot mirrors

The Irish Road Haulage Association has urged the Government to continue with their plan to make all truck drivers retrofit blind-spot mirrors on their vehicles.

Such schemes are already implemented in some European countries and IRHA spokesman Jimmy Quinn believes that the move should be made sooner rather than later.

“It is simple, practical and cheap. The cost of such mirrors is minimal in the overall context of an E80,000 truck. If it saves one incident such as bending a panel on a car, never mind preventing an accident, it will have paid for itself,” said Quinn.