Overview
- The Slow Down Day runs until midnight Tuesday in partnership with the Road Safety Authority and GoSafe mobile and static cameras.
- Nearly 392 vehicles were detected speeding in the first hours, including 139km/h in a 60km/h zone at Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow.
- Other early detections included 119km/h in a 50km/h zone on Dublin’s Drummartin Link Road, 163km/h in a 120km/h zone on the M6 in Co Westmeath, and 118km/h in a 50km/h zone on the North Circular Road.
- Latest reports cite 186 road deaths this year, with Garda appeals urging drivers to slow down and give full attention to the road.
- In the week of December 15–21, enforcement recorded nearly 5,400 speeding offences, more than 2,021 checkpoints, 170 impairment arrests contributing to 444 so far in December, over 650 vehicle seizures, and hundreds of fixed charge notices for phone and seatbelt offences.