A driver in Galway doing 141km/h is among the first and worst speeding drivers caught on this National Slow Down Day.
Gardaí are conducting a 24hr speed enforcement operation – National #Slowdown Day – which runs for 24 hours from 00:00 to 23:59 today.
So far this National #Slowdown Day, members of An Garda Síochána, along with GoSafe Mobile and Static Safety Cameras, have detected a total of 125 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.
Examples of high speeds detected include:
• 144km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N11 in Newcastle Co. Wicklow
• 84km/h in a 60km/h Zone in Ashbourne Co. Meath
• 110km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R445 in Portlaoise Co. Laois
• 141km/h in 100km/h Zone on the N67 in Co. Galway
• 153km/h in 120km/h Zone on the M7 in Nenagh Co. Tipperary
An Garda Síochána conducts a number of high profile National #SlowDown Days every year.
The aim of National #SlowDown Days is to remind motorists of the dangers of speeding, encourage a national conversation on the impact of speeding, to increase overall compliance with speed limits in place nationwide.
The operation hopes to deter and detect those that are intent on driving at excessive or inappropriate speed.
