UPDATE: Gardaí issue update on national speed checks around the country
National Slow Down Day sees 75 drivers caught driving over the speed limit 5 hours into operation
In the first five hours of ‘National Slow Down Day’, GoSafe has checked the speeds of 35,802 vehicles on December 20.
75 vehicles were detected travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit," according to a press release.
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.
Gardaí have said that they "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."