Posted on 09/05/2023 12:37:57 PM PDT by Olog-hai
865 drivers in the space of 24 hours have been detected going over the speed limit on National Slow Down Day.
Each of the drivers will now receive a €160 fine and have three penalty points applied to their driving licenses, An Garda Síochána have said.
The detections were all recorded between 7 am yesterday morning and 7 am this morning.
Garda members and GoSafe Safety Cameras were deployed in a bid to encourage drivers to reduce their speed, and a total of 149,488 vehicles were checked.
Gardaí gave a number of examples of “motorists putting themselves and others at risk” over the period. In one case, a driver was detected going at 121 km/h in an 80 km/h (zone) on the N2 at Drumcaw in County Monaghan. In Carlow, a motorist was detected traveling at 163 km/h in an 120 km/h zone on the M9 near Moanmore.
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and Minister of State at the Department of Transport Jack Chambers have met this evening to discuss road safety following a number of recent tragic road fatalities. The ministers believe that stronger policy and increased enforcement can help reduce road deaths following the recent worrying trends. …
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Ireland -gone like the others.
Finishing the job England started in 1847.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owq7hgzna3E
The drummer is out front for once.
The Irish are fortunate that they can still drive.
I like those little signs that tell you your speed. If I’m tooling along, and I see one of those flashing red, it’s a game to bring my speed down into the green. Much nicer than getting a ticket.
Ireland isnt gone, it just went full retard like most of the white world.
Ireland isnt gone, it just went full retard like most of the white world.“
Well that’s what l meant. Scotland led the way, they were even ahead of England. I was in a Glasgow church twenty 27 years ago and the Sermon was pure globalist pap.
I guess that's 865 people that don't buy the vision of unicorns and rainbows they're selling.
Marketing a day to slow down is not much different than putting up a gun-free, or nuclear-free sign.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owq7hgzna3E
The drummer is out front for once.
The Irish are fortunate that they can still drive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owq7hgzna3E
The drummer is out front for once.
The Irish are fortunate that they can still drive.
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