Complaint to RSA and Feedback to RTE 20 05 2026

Complaint to FIOSRU the RSA and An Garda Síochána and Feedback to RTE 20 05 2026

To the Leadership Teams led by:

Justin Kelly Commissioner at An Garda Síochána, established 104 years ago in 1922.

Sam Waide, Road Safety Authority RSA Chief Executive Officer CEO.

Sheila McClelland, Fiosrú Chief Executive Officer CEO, and

Feedback to Kevin Bakhurst Director General Radio Teilifis Éireann RTE and Ads.

Subject: The one-way road Rules of the Road Emergency Stopping Distances are incorrect.

On 31 07 1946, 80 years ago, the UK Government owned Transport Research Laboratory TRL incorrectly designed the Highway Code stopping distances for one-way road emergency braking distance standard after thinking time of 0.67 seconds (s).

In 1996, TRL was privatised and on 13 02 2007 provided the Garda Forensic Road Crash Investigators with one-way road emergency braking distances after 2.20s reaction time.

TRL was now providing the Rules of the Road, Gardai, RoSPA, BRAKE and researchers worldwide with different one-way road emergency braking distances after different Thinking Times.

Representatives of:

• The Gardai Ref: TB2/254/01were notified of TRLs stopping mistake on 09 11 2001.

• The UK Government referred me to the USA.

• TRL and the Gardai referred me to the RSA.

• The RSA Commissioned TRL who provided Report RPN2213 for SRA, (Not RSA).

• The RSA misled the Government by using RPN2213 to answer Parliamentary Questions.

• GSOC now Fiosrú, on 19 06 2015, promised to respond in due course.

• GSOC/Fiosrú caused a Data Breach by sending me another person’s file in error which I agreed to delete if they dealt with my queries, as promised 10 years earlier.

• Fiosrú Solicitors threatened High Court Action, so I deleted the file sent in error.

On 01 05 2026, Fiosrú, Ref: 010021-05-26 promised to look at my complaint but have failed to do so by 20 05 2026 as 10 more fatalities occur and 100 Serious Injuries, due to TRLs mistake.

By 2025, Gardai, RSA and others had stopped using Transport Research Laboratory TRL research and TRL was offered for sale in a confidential deal.

The name Transport Research Laboratory Limited changed to THIRLMERE DORMANT 1 LTD which was dissolved on 18 11 2025, according to the Register of Company Names.

The TRL stopping mistake was possibly the greatest mistake made since the invention of the motor car.

My research is based on VBOX measurements, outlined at drivingscorecard.com and I invite any rule maker worldwide to disprove my finding by demonstration.

TRL remains the source of the Rules of the Road one-way road emergency stopping distances.

Mainly Because of TRLs Stopping Mistake Fatalities and Injuries in Ireland Continue, as follows:

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Tot	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total	Removed	Serious Injury This     or   This
2006	40	31	27	38	136	31	32	39	17	23	32	27	31	368		653	907
2007	22	25	34	30	111	24	29	31	28	28	26	23	38	338		618	860
2008	25	32	20	19	96	19	28	26	28	19	22	22	19	279		613	835
2009	18	15	24	20	77	28	15	19	20	14	22	25	18	238	+ 14	452	640
2010	15	14	12	19	60	28	11	21	19	13	36	14	10	212		384	561
2011	21	18	15	8	62	11	15	18	16	13	15	18	18	186	+ 14	335	472
2012	10	13	12	16	51	13	26	15	12	10	15	8	12	162	+ 17	488	474
2013	19	14	15	12	60	17	13	18	19	17	13	16	17	190		468	508
2014	15	12	16	14	57	18	18	19	16	11	18	19	16	196		444	759
2015	12	13	11	7	43	12	13	19	14	17	11	13	20	162		365	827
2016	15	10	17	14	56	20	12	21	13	18	20	10	18	186	+ 2		965
2017	17	11	20	7	55	8	13	16	10	13	10	14	16	155	+ 4		1052
2018	12	10	12	17	51	4	17	8	12	10	8	11	15	136	+ 10		1359
2019	15	14	11	9	49	11	11	8	8	18	10	11	15	141	+ 17		1506
2020	9	19	17	7	52	6	12	10	16	17	13	11	8	145	+ 5		1145
2021	3	5	9	18	35	7	9	17	21	11	12	3	19	134			1360
2022	14	13	16	9	52	12	13	12	12	10	12	17	15	156	+10		1696
2023	19	13	12	11	55	20	10	17	26	9	23	14	10	188	+12		1473
2024	19	21	19	10	69	10	15	21	13	13	10	18	15	184	+13		1424
2025	14	12	13	13	52	15	11	16	17	17	16	21	23	188	+6		1880e
2026	13	12	18	12	55	10								65		X 10	550e

Summary;

In 2026, fatalities are higher than in 2012, when 17 fatalities were deleted.

At 31 12 2025, Serious Injuries are twice as high as in 2006 and 4 times higher than in 2011.

• The aim of my research is to eliminate road crashes worldwide.

• I again invite TRL and their 1,000 clients to disprove my findings by demonstration.

Frank Cullinane.

Email: frankcullinane@outlook.com