Gardaí highlight 3 notable speeding instances as almost 165,000 vehicles are checked on National Slow Down Day

Gardaí reported three notable incidents of excessive speeding in the final hours of their National Slow Down Day initiative that was conducted between 7am on Friday morning and 7am this morning.

In total, An Garda Síochána and GoSafe checked 164,032 vehicles, detecting 276 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.

Three of the notable incidents highlighted by Gardaí were in Kildare, occurring in Broadford, Newbridge and Castledermot.

Notable speeding instances in Kildare:

104km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R148 Moyvally Broadford Kildare

99km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R445 Morristown Upper Newbridge Kildare

126km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the R448 Prumpelstown Castledermot Kildare

Chief Superintendent Finbarr Murphy, of the Roads Policing Bureau said "National Slow Down day is about making our roads and our communities safer. When someone decides to speed they put members of their community at risk, including children, older people, cyclists and other motorists.

Chief Superintendent Murphy continued: "I would like to thank the drivers who were monitored and were driving safely within the speed limits. These drivers were behaving responsibly and did not put other road users at risk.

“We would appeal to all road users to ALWAYS drive safely and within the speed limit not just on National Slow Down Day.”