Driver in Donegal clocked at 194km/h - on National Slow Down Day
The driver was pulled aside in a 100km/h zone on the N56 at Letterkenny on Monday. onee of just over 1,000 vehicles that were found travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit around the country.
A motorist in Donegal was clocked at 194km/h - on National Slow Down Day.
The driver was pulled aside in a 100km/h zone on the N56 at Letterkenny on Monday.
An Garda Síochána, in partnership with the Road Safety Authority and other stakeholders, conducted a national speed enforcement operation – National #Slow Down Day – which ran for 24 hours.
Throughout this National #Slow Down Day, members of An Garda Síochána, along with GoSafe Mobile and Static Safety Cameras, detected a total of just over 1,000 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit around the country.
“An Garda Síochána, with our road safety partner GoSafe, carries out speed enforcement on a daily basis and also conducts a number of high-profile National #SlowDown Days every year,” a spokesperson said.
“The aim of National #SlowDown Days is to remind motorists of the serious risks associated with excessive or inappropriate speed, promote greater compliance with speed limits and support efforts to deter and detect dangerous driving behaviours.
Yesterday’s initiative sought to promote safer driving and reduce speed-related collisions nationwide, coinciding with the first full week of schools reopening across the country when there are higher volumes of traffic on our roads. There was also a specific focus in relation to traffic activity in the vicinity of schools at opening and closing times.”