Issue Date: 01/03/2022
In the first five hours of National "Slow Down Day” (07:00 to 16:00), An Garda Síochána and GoSafe have checked the speed of 89,400 vehicles and detected 454 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.
Examples of motorists putting themselves and others at risk include:
• 94km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Main Street Oola Limerick
• 90km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Cork Street Dublin 8 Dublin
• 90km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the R267 Portnason Ballyshannon Donegal
• 119km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the N4 Doddsborough Lucan Dublin
• 109km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R577 Coolnageragh Castleisland Kerry
• 152km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M7 Mooretown Kildare Kildare
• 122km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N2 Annamarran Carrickmacross Monaghan
• 121km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N18 Ballinacurra (Weston) Limerick Limerick
• 130km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the M50 Tymon North Dublin24 Dublin
• 118km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N4 Clongawny Mullingar Westmeath
• 118km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the M8 Riverstown Glanmire Cork
• 94km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R689 Kilbreedy Killenaule Tipperary
• 68km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the N80 Main Street Stradbally Laois
An Garda Síochána continues to appeal to drivers to comply with speed limits in order to reduce the number of speed related collisions, save lives and reduce injuries on our roads.
Further updates will follow.
Images of enforcement activity from around the country can be found on @gardatraffic. #SlowDown #SlowDownSaveLives #SpeedKills
