2F   Functions of the Authority relating to traffic arrangements etc

(1)  The functions of the Authority include the following:

(a)  reviewing the traffic arrangements in the State, including arrangements in connection with the movement, regulation and control of traffic and the parking of vehicles,

(b)  formulating or adopting plans and proposals for the improvement of those arrangements,

(c)  establishing general standards and general principles in connection with:

(i)  the design, construction, erection, affixing, marking, maintenance, repair, alteration, operation or removal of traffic control facilities, and

(ii)  the design of intersections and the approaches to them or the approaches to railway level crossings,

      for purposes connected with traffic safety and the movement, regulation and control of traffic,

(d)  promoting traffic safety,

(e)  co-ordinating the activities of public authorities so far as those activities relate to:

(i)  the carrying out of plans and proposals formulated or adopted by the Authority for the improvement of traffic arrangements, or

(ii)  the design, construction, erection, affixing, marking, maintenance, repair, alteration, operation or removal of traffic control facilities, or

(iii)  traffic safety, or

(iv)  any other matter connected with the Authority’s functions under this Part.

(2)  The Authority may:

(a)  promote traffic safety measures or activities, including measures or activities for:

(i)  the safety and protection of the public, including pedestrians, on roads or road related areas, and

(ii)  the prevention of accidents on roads or road related areas, and

(iii)  the minimising of the effect of accidents on roads or road related areas, and

(iv)  the protection of property from damage from accidents on roads or road related areas, and

(b)  promote or engage in the dissemination and publication by suitable media of advice and information resulting from research or otherwise for the education and guidance of, and observance by, drivers of or persons travelling in vehicles, or persons on roads or road related areas, or manufacturers of, repairers of, or dealers in, vehicles or vehicle parts, and

(c)  make reports or recommendations to the Minister, or any other person or body, in relation to the following:

(i)  traffic arrangements, and the movement, regulation and control of traffic, on roads or road related areas,

(ii)  traffic planning,

(iii)  traffic safety,

(iv)  the parking of vehicles,

(v)  the operation, maintenance or alteration of traffic control facilities,

(vi)  any other matter connected with the Authority’s functions under this Part, and

(d)  carry out or promote research or investigations into matters connected with any of the Authority’s functions under this Part including research or investigations into:

(i)  traffic control facilities, and

(ii)  the cause of accidents, their incidence and the ways and means that may be adopted for their prevention or for controlling or mitigating their effects.