LIVE: Three shocking speeding incidents in Tipperary detected as part of major operation
Members of An Garda Síochána conducted speed checkpoints across the country on Thursday as part of the first National Slow Down Day of 2024.
Members of An Garda Síochána conducted speed checkpoints across the country on Thursday as part of the first National Slow Down Day of 2024.
This co-ordinated day-of-action targeting speed offences is aimed at reducing the number of people being killed on roads in Ireland.
In the first 59 days of 2024, 36 people have been killed in fatal road traffic collisions on Irish roads.
That is four more lives than on this day last year.
There were three Tipperary speeding incidents reported as part of the operation with some shocking examples of high speeds detected in the Premier County.
In the first two hours of National Slow Down Day, GoSafe detected 33 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit but none were in Tipperary.
In the first five hours of National Slow Down Day, GoSafe detected 106 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.
This included a detection of 118km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N62 Gortnagowna, Roscrea, Tipperary.
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.
In the first ten hours of National Slow Down Day, GoSafe detected 261 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.
This included a detection of 132km/h in a 120km/h zone on the M7 Derrymore, Roscrea, Tipperary.
In the first fourteen hours of National Slow Down Day, GoSafe detected 423 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.
This included a detection of 78km/h in a 60km/h zone on the Waterford Road, Clonmel, Tipperary.
Speeding and mobile phone use by drivers are some of the main contributing factors to serious road crashes over the past year, according to a senior garda.
Gardaí have appealed to appeal to drivers to comply with speed limits in order to reduce the number of speed related collisions, save lives and reduce injuries.
As part of an appeal by gardaí, they marked National Slow Down Day on Thursday morning off the M9 near Danesfort, county Kilkenny.
Garda Inspector Paul Donohoe from Kilkenny’s roads policing unit said: “We’re always asking people to slow down and drive within the speed limits. You don’t have to drive at 100km/h,” Donohoe said.
“You drive whatever in the weather conditions, the traffic conditions and keep a safe distance from the car in front of you. That all reduces the risk of a collision and possible injury or fatality.”
He added: “We’d always say that speed is a major contributing factor to a really high proportion of fatalities.”
Driving without a seatbelt or while using a mobile phone were cited as areas of concern by gardaí.