Two Louth motorists among those caught speeding on National Slow Down Day

Two motorists in Louth were among the drivers of 592 vehicles detected as travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit on National Slow Down Day, which ran from 7:00 am on Friday 23 December to 7:00 am on Saturday 24 December, 2022.

During the 24 hour period of National Slow Down Day, GoSafe checked the speed of 225,685 vehicles and detected 592 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.

The motorists in Louth were detected as travelling: 

• 84km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the N52 Boharnamoe Ardee Louth
• 141km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M1 Balgatheran Drogheda Louth

An Garda Síochána continues 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 is an initiative to highlight the dangers of speeding, with an aim of increasing compliance with speed limits, deterring motorists from driving at excessive or inappropriate speed and ultimately reducing the number of serious road traffic collisions this Christmas and New Year period in particular.