Limerick motorist caught driving 20km over the speed limit
The highest detection so far on this National Slow Down Day was 62km over the limit
TODAY is National Slow Down Day with GoSafe vans positioned in areas all around Limerick City and County to check drivers’ speeds.
One motorist on the N21 at Rineroe, Adare, was caught driving at 121km/hour in a 100km zone.
The highest speeding offence so far has been in Charleville, on the main street with a driver caught doing 112km/hour in a 50km zone.
In the first two hours of the operation, 21 vehicles out of 16,344 were driving above the speed limit.
Some examples include;
• 84 km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the R139 Belcamp Dublin 17
• 109 km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R314 Rathroeen Ballina Mayo
• 132 km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N13 Teevickmoy Stranorlar Donegal
• 64 km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Dublin Road Kilkenny
• 63 km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Monivea Road Galway
• 95 km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the N55 Lissoy Glasson Westmeath
• 113 km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N30 Ballymackesy Enniscorthy Wexford
By 12 noon, with five hours of the operation completed, 81 vehicles out of 41,630 were detected driving over the speed limit.
Some of the detections include;
• 112km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Main Street Charleville Cork
• 75km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the N84 Castlequarter Cloonboo Galway
• 63km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the James Larkin Road Dublin 5 Dublin
• 121km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N21 Rineroe Adare Limerick
• 60km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the R742 Parknacross Courtown Wexford
• 95km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R418 Aghanure Athy Kildare
• 95km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R772 Moyne Lower Enniscorthy Wexford
In a statement to Limerick Live, gardaí said; “An Garda Síochána would like to thank drivers for their compliance during ‘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.”
National Slow Down Day started this morning at 7am and will continue until 7am tomorrow.