Issue Date: 07/11/2024
In the first five hours of ‘National Slow Down Day’, GoSafe checked the speeds of 37,777 vehicles, and detected * 68 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.
Examples of high speeds include:
- 94km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the N4 Drishoge Carrick-On-Shannon Roscommon • 113km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R245 Cashelshanaghan Letterkenny Donegal • 127km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N22 Gortatlea Tralee Kerry • 106km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R512 Grange Bruff Limerick • 128km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N4 Culleen Beg Mullingar Westmeath
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.
Further updates will issue throughout the day.
