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Tue 06 Jun 2004Roads are safer due to penalty points - BrennanThe Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, yesterday insisted that the penalty points system was having an effect on road safety despite a spate of recent fatalities.He said: "In the 19 months since penalty points came in, there have been 100 fewer road fatalities than in the 19 months immediately before they came in. The last month has been bad and worse than last year but last year was the lowest for 40 years, This is the second-best year in 40 years, even though it's worse than last year.