Multiple motorists detected speeding on National Slow Down Day
A NUMBER of motorists were detected speeding throughout Limerick on National Slow Down Day.
The detections were made by members of the Roads Policing Unit this Tuesday as part of the 24-hour operation which continues until 7am on Wednesday.
In the first 10 hours of National Slow Down Day, GoSafe checked the speed of 113,272 vehicles and detected 405 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.
Supported by the Road Safety Authority, the aim of National Slow Down Day is to remind drivers of the dangers of speeding, increase compliance with speed limits and act as a deterrent to driving at excessive or inappropriate speed.
On Blackboy Road, a driver was detected travelling at 59km/h in a 50km/h zone while another was caught doing 74km/h similarly in a 50km/h zone on the R522 Woodfield, Dromcollogher.
On the R515 Garrynderk, south Kilmallock a driver was found doing 72km/h in a 60km/h zone and on the R513 in Herbertstown, a motorist was travelling at 115km/h in a 80km/h zone.
Finally, a motorist was detected driving at 121km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N21 Rineroe Adare Limerick.
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.