Please comment leaving your name and ill add you to the petition! all names please! this will be sent to the Dail.
AIM TO GET 100 or MORE
1. Lisa Earls. Limerick
2. Sharon Fitz. Limerick
3. Sinead Gibbons. Galway.
4. Rachel Prior. Co.Clare
5. Owen Harkin. unknown area
6. charlotte wolfe,kildare
7. Sarah Cronin,Cork
8. natalie wolfe kildare
9. Jacqlyn Tierney Waterford.
10 Tanya Bray, Waterford
11 Graham Harris,Cork
12 cian o connor, cavan
13 Barry Sheehan Cork
14 daniel maguire longford
15 mary power, waterford
16 des lyons , Limerick
17 mark ryan, limerick
18 alan leahy, limerick.
19 Natasha Duffy Meath
20 Aoibhe Devlin, Co. Dublin
21 ron cooper, co cork
22 regina ryan, tipp
23 jenette collins, cork
24 ann mcHale dublin
25 roisin, waterford
26 Ellen Murray,Co. Cork
27 Ger Madeley, Limeick
28 steph McGrath, Limerick
29 kenneth stewart limerick
30 brien Mullins, cork
31 Jonathan Lambe,Cork
32 tricia doyle, dublin
33 amanda savage, cork
34 nicole o riordan, cork
35 annmarie kiely, limerick
36 sarah butler, cork
37 mark o regan, cork
38 paul walsh, limerick
39 paul duggan, limerick
40 kerry ryan, waterford
41 jennifer gardiner, limerick
42 mark doyle, waterford
43 darragh carson, tipperary
44 calvin hayse, limerick
45 laura power, Waterford
46 aoife walsh, cork
47 andrea daly, limerick
48 Éinne Naughton , Co.Galway
49 leah wallis- Waterford
50 darren hayes- cork
51 tony long, limerick
52 orla casey, cork
53 tom o rourke, Waterford
54 david o brien – cork
55 steven frost – clare
56 sarah dore, cork
57 Anne Lysaght Charleville
58 gavin malony cork
59 laura Farrell, Kildare
60 lee lowndes, Dublin
61 Bláithín Black, Cork
62 eve o toole, cork
63 ciara Clinton, cork
64 paul courtney, cork
65 Karyn Hanlon, Waterford
66 geoff cole, cork
67 matthew o brien, Waterford
68 shane butler, Waterford
69 carly daly,Waterford
70 jessie croinin, cork
71 Kevin MC Donagh – Limerick
72 emma o connell, cork
73 catherine o reilly,cork
74 Andrew O Mahony Togher Cork
75 denise o mahony, cork
76 Conor Dawson Cork
77 Joyce Jordan-kildare
78 Brian Clarke Dublin
79 gemma hayes,cork
80 Paul Martin Co.Cork
81 Dean O Callaghan Cork
82 David Hayes, Cork
83 gemma nolan Waterford
84 ciara o halloran , cork
85 Sarah Power, Waterford
86 Oliver O Sullivan Co.Limerick
87 Linda Rawley,Cork.
88 wendy oke cork
89 diane mc namara, clare
90 Shelly Larkin, Waterford
91 michelle mcgovern,kildare
92 Laura Kelly, Limerick
93 Tara Browne.Kildare
94 Diarmuid Angland Cork
95 Shane Power...Waterford.
96 katherine ward kilkenny
97 Tara Coleman, Waterford
98 Jerome Reynolds, Co. Donegal
99 David Reynolds, Co.Cork
100 Ciaran Elmore, Louth
101 sinead o riordan, cork
102 eldon o mahony, cork
103 emma friel, meath
104 william o sullivan, cork
105 tara kirwan, clare
106 shane griffen, limerick
106 susan harris, cork
107 jennifer cunningham, dublin
108 venessa radcliff, limerick
109 tasha lawless, waterford
110 erin cosgrave, limerick
111 laura beglin, waterford
112 jerry lynch, cork
113 ruth parsons, sligo
114 yvonne andrews, cork
115 Kari Fullam, Portlaoise
116 Niamh O Callaghan, Cork
117 sinéad corcoran,Kilkenny
118 Jennifer Murphy, Cork
119 Simon O'Shea, navan
120 Kristen OShea, navan
121 donna griffin,co.limerick
122 kevin barry, cork
123 Mark McAuliffe. cork
124 amy byrne, meath
125 Kim Mac Namara. laois
126 seamus murphy, carlow
127 Charlene Bergin Waterford
128 Daryl Bolger, Wicklow
129 Melissa Daniels, Waterford
130 Ruth O Brien,Co.Cork
131 Deirdre Waugh Co.Cork
132 Carmel Ring Co.Cork
133 Diana Kellher Co.Cork
134 richard harris,cork
135 Jackie o' Herlihy-Cork
136 Michelle Geary, Cork
137 Michelle Scanlon...Cork
138 Erin Mcgowan.Cork
139 Elise McMahon. clare

A new road safety regulation affecting drivers on a second provisional licence will not now come into effect until June next year.

Minister Noel Dempsey said on RTÉ's This Week programme that he was deferring the introduction of the accompanied driver provision until 30 June 2008.

The proposed scheme would have meant that motorists on a second provisional driving licence would no longer be able to drive alone from midnight tomorrow.
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Under the scheme, motorists on second licences would need to be accompanied by drivers who have held full licences for at least two years.

Mr Dempsey said he was deferring the rule to make sure that the 122,000 people affected have plenty of notice to apply for and sit their test.

He added that anyone applying for a driving test would have it on demand.

Meanwhile, the Chief Executive of the Road Safety Authority, Noel Brett, has confirmed that the necessary provisions are already in place to ensure that current applicants will be offered a driving test by March 2008.

He said those who have applied for a driving test since Thursday last will also be dealt with.

The Green Party Transport Spokesperson, Ciarán Cuffe TD, welcomed the announcement regarding the deferral of the new rules.

He said that the longer lead-in time for the regulations would enable provisional drivers who use their cars to commute to work to make alternative arrangements.

Fine Gael called on the Minister to consider his position following his handling of the issue.

The party's Transport spokesman Fergus O'Dowd said the handling of the launch of the new road safety strategy was shambolic.

The Automobile Association has called on the government and Road Safety Authority to now get on with implementing what it says is an otherwise very good new road safety strategy.

Public Affairs Manager, Conor Faughnan, said the decision by the Minister to defer the implementation of the new rules for second provisional licence holders could have been avoided.

Mr Faughnan said the Government could have applied the new measures to holders of the new learner permits.

In this way, he said, the new rules would have been phased into effect over a two-year time frame, as existing provisional licences expire.

A statement from the Dept of Transport said that from Tuesday next all new applicants for driving licences will be issued with a learner permit.

The rules applying to a new applicant's learner permit will stipulate that:
· The holder must be accompanied by a driver who has had a full licence for at least two years;
· The holder must have the permit for a minimum of 6 months of supervised practice before applying for a test.

From 30 June 2008 all provisional licence holders must be accompanied by a fully licenced driver of at least two years experience.