Gardai and GoSafe vans will target speeding.
Gardaí and Road Safety Authority are asking motorists to slow down.
Driving too fast increases the chance of hurting yourself or those around you.
They are also reminding us that driving conditions are becoming more challenging as we head into winter.
Today’s ‘National Slow Down Day’ runs until 7am tomorrow morning.
A number of motorists have already been caught speeding.
In the first two hours of ‘National Slow Down Day’, GoSafe checked the speeds of 15,029 vehicles, and detected *28 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.
Examples of high speeds include:
• 113km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R245 Cashelshanaghan Letterkenny Donegal
• 69km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the R708 Ballytruckle Green Waterford
• 124km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N22 Gortatlea Tralee Kerry
• 70km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the N25 Grahormack Tagoat 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.
