Driver going at 118 km/h in 50 zone detected on National Slowdown Day
By Bairbre Holmes, Press Association
A driver travelling at 118km/h in a 50km/h zone was one of 676 people found breaking the speed limit so far on National Slowdown Day.
They was spotted on the North Circular Road in Dublin 7 on Tuesday as part of An Garda Siochana and the Road Safety Authority’s (RSA) national speed enforcement operation.
Gardai using GoSafe mobile and static safety cameras detected other drivers over the speed limit, including in Kilcock, Co Kildare, where one was driving at 109km/h in an 80km/h zone on the R148.
Nearby on the M4 in Enfield, another person was caught at 148km/h on a 120km/h section of the road.
Another was spotted at 121km/h on the 80km/h limit R478 in Liscannor, Co Clare.
Other vehicles were found to be over 110km/h in 100km/h zones on the N15 in Keeldrum, Co Donegal, and N17 in Miltown, Co Galway.
National Slowdown Day runs for the full 24 hours of December 23 and Gardai say the initiative is to “promote safer driving and reduce speed-related collisions nationwide, coinciding with increased road use for Christmas holidays”.
