Kildare drivers fined and hit with penalty points on National Slow Down Day which runs until 7am on Saturday

Gardaí are continuing to urge road users to comply with speed limits on National Slow Down Day which runs until 7am tomorrow (Saturday) morning. 

Between 07:00 and 12:00 today, GoSafe checked the speed of 40,943 vehicles and detected 64 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.

Examples of high speeds include:

• 77km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Mullingar Road Ballivor Meath

• 87km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the R267 Portnason Ballyshannon Donegal

• 85km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the Clones Road Monaghan Monaghan

• 110km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the N2 Drumcaw Monaghan Monaghan

• 82km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the R463 Gortatogher Parteen Clare

• 78km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the R188 Doocassan Drung Cavan

• 76km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the Rathdown Road Greystones Wicklow

• 63km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Main Street Newtownforbes Longford

• 63km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Clogher Road Dublin12 Dublin

• 121km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N11 Mt Kennedy Demesne Newtownmountkennedy Wicklow

• 149km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M6 Killavally Tyrrellspass Westmeath

• 61km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the R212 Legarhill Clones Monaghan

• 137km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M18 Ballyconneely Newmarket On Fergus Clare

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.