Slow Down Day

2023 - 3 - 1

Post cover — Image courtesy of "Donegal News"

Gardaí issue appeal as National Slow Down Day ends - Donegal ... (Donegal News)

SEVERAL Donegal motorists were among the hundreds of drivers caught speeding across the country during National Slow Down Day.

On the R265 Porthall, Ballindrait a driver was caught travelling at 88km/h in a 50km/h zone. Any place Any time

Hundreds of drivers caught speeding on National Slow Down Day (Donegal Live)

A total of 628 cars were caught speeding on National Slow Down Day, February 28 with some drivers caught doing twice the speed limit. During National Slow ...

This National Slow Down Day, and indeed every day, please remember the faster you drive, the more likely you are to crash which could result in death or serious injury. Mr Sam Waide, CEO, Road Safety Authority, said: "Excessive speed continues to be a leading contributory factor in fatal and serious injury collisions in Ireland and internationally. Last year saw fatal and serious injury road traffic collisions increase with 156 people fatally injured, the largest death toll on Irish roads since 2016.

Over 600 drivers caught speeding in national Slow Down Day ... (Galway Daily)

In the day ending at 7am on Wednesday morning, GoSafd checked the speed of 173,811 vehicles nationwide, with 628 drivers caught speeding. Notable examples in ...

A third was caught doing 71km/h in a 50km/h zone on the N84 at Castlequarter, Cloonboo. Another driver was detected doing 153km/h in a 120km/h zone on the M6 at Carnmore. Notable examples in Galway include a vehicle caught doing 117km/h in a 50km/h zone on the N6 at Ballinfoile.

Laois motorist among those clocked speeding during National Slow ... (Laois Nationalist)

A motorist travelling through The Heath just outside Portlaoise was just one of 628 motorists that was detected speeding during the 24-hour National Slow ...

Galway motorist caught driving outrageously over the speed limit on ... (Irish Mirror)

Hundreds of motorists were found to be in excess of the speed limit in 24 hours on National Slow Down Day.

- 139km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N24 Woodrooff Clonmel Tipperary In Cork, GoSafe detected a road user travelling at 159km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N25 Ballyadam in, Carrigtwohill, while in neighbouring county Limerick, a vehicle was found travelling at 115km/h in a 80km/h zone on the R513 Herbertstown. A motorist on the N4 Drishoge Carrick-On-Shannon Roscommon was found speeding at 92km/h in a 60km/h zone, while another on the Monaghan Road Castleblayney in Monaghan was clocked at the same speed of 92km/h in a 60km/h zone.

628 vehicles clocked doing in excess of speed limits on National Go ... (Cork's 96FM)

628 drivers were caught speeding during the National Slow Down Day. Over 173,000 vehicles were speed checked by Gardai and GoSafe as part of the 24 hour ...

'117km/h in a 50km/h zone': More than 600 drivers caught speeding ... (thejournal.ie)

628 vehicles were detected travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit during the 24 hour period.

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