Issue Date: 19 April 2024
In the first two hours of ‘National Slow Down Day’, GoSafe checked the speeds of 16,344 vehicles, and detected *21 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.
Examples of high speeds include:
• 84 km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the R139 Belcamp Dublin 17
• 109 km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R314 Rathroeen Ballina Mayo
• 132 km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N13 Teevickmoy Stranorlar Donegal
• 64 km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Dublin Road Kilkenny
• 63 km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Monivea Road Galway
• 95 km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the N55 Lissoy Glasson Westmeath
• 113 km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N30 Ballymackesy Enniscorthy Wexford
An Garda Síochána would like to thank drivers for their compliance during the first two hours of ‘National Slow Down Day’, making Irish roads safer for all road users.
We continue 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.
Our next update will be after 12pm today.
