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Update 1 - National Slow Down Day - 7am on Friday 20th December 2024, to 7am Saturday 21st December 2024 2024

Issue Date: 20/12/2024

In the first five hours of ‘National Slow Down Day’, GoSafe checked the speeds of 35,802 vehicles, and detected *75 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.

Examples of high speeds include:

  • 67km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the R188 Drumbear Monaghan Monaghan
  • 122km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R680 Butlerstown North Waterford Waterford
  • 136km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N18 Ballinacurra (Weston) Limerick Limerick

An Garda Síochána would like to thank drivers for their compliance during the first five 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.   Further updates will issue throughout the day.