Have your say: What do you think can be done to prevent wrong-way motorway driving?

Last Sunday morning, five teenagers lost their lives when their car, driven on the wrong side of the M9, collided head-on with another vehicle carrying three women and a child. The three women and the child were seriously injured in the incident. This marks the second head-on collision due to wrong-way motorway driving within a week.

Just last week, a car carrying eight teenagers veered onto the M50 in Dublin, driving the wrong way before crashing into another vehicle head-on. In response to these alarming incidents, gardaí have commenced specialized pursuit training with a British police force and will continue to train their colleagues in high-speed and dangerous pursuits by the end of the year.

There have also been calls for additional measures to prevent wrong-way motorway driving, including the sharing of such footage on social media platforms. The news seeks your input on this pressing issue. What measures do you propose could curb the trend of driving the wrong way down motorways? Have you personally encountered such instances, and have these incidents altered your perspective on utilizing the State's motorways?

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