During the first five hours of National Slow Down Day, An Garda Síochána and GoSafe have checked the speed of 41,035 vehicles and detected 237 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.
Notable speeds include:
• 97km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the R680 Cork Road Waterford Waterford
• 94km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the N20 Commons Road Cork Cork
• 83km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the N6 Baile An Phoill Gaillimh Gaillimh
• 74km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the R352 Cloghleagh Ennis Clare
• 71km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the R612 Knocknagore Crosshaven Cork
• 88km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the N25 Lemybrien Lemybrien Waterford
• 70km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the N52 Ballycollin Lower Kilcormac Offaly
• 137km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N7 Brownsbarn Dublin 22 Dublin
• 82km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the N24 Powerstown Demesne Clonmel Tipperary
• 68km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the R527 Ballysimon Road Limerick Limerick
• 67km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the N69 Cloonalour Tralee Kerry
• 65km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the R446 Bunnavally Athlone Westmeath
• 123km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N3 Lavey Stradone Cavan
• 96km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R157 Bennetstown Dunboyne Meath
• 92km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the N59 Knappaghmanagh Westport Mayo
An Garda Síochána and the Road Safety Authority (RSA) continues to appeal to drivers to increase compliance with speed limits in order to reduce the number of speed related collisions, save lives and reduce injuries on our roads.
Our next scheduled update will be at 4:30pm today.
