Issue Date: 27th October 2024
Since 7am yesterday morning, Saturday 26th October, 2024 Gardaí are out detecting poor driving behaviours such as driving above the speed limit as part of the October bank holiday road safety operation.
There have been no fatal road traffic collisions in the last 24 hours of the October bank holiday weekend road policing operation.
A total of 79,742 vehicles have been checked for speeding.
It is positive that the majority of motorists are travelling within the designated speed, however, 136 drivers have been detected and some have been especially dangerous:
- 88km/h in a 50km/h zone on the Newcastle Road, Galway
- 90km/h in a 60km/h zone on the Callan Road, Kilkenny
- 167km/h in an 80km/h zone on the R162, Leggagh, Castletown, Meath
- 122km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N13, Maghera Beg, Manorcunningham, Donegal.
An Garda Síochána advises all drivers to please slow down and drive safely today and over the rest of the long weekend as so many of us take to the roads.
