Gardai warn: M7 speed vans 'not shooting fish in a barrel'

Kildare Gardai have reiterated that deploying two GoSafe speed vans on the M7 roadworks zone from Monday is to save lives and not 'shooting fish in a barrel'.

From 7am on November 26, Go-Safe speed detection vans will be deployed, sometimes in pairs, in the area of the road works on the M7 between junctions 8 and 11.

Gardai said: "The reason for the additional deployment is that more than 500 fixed charge notices have been issued for speeding, 32 people have been prosecuted for dangerous driving and still there have been several collisions where it is only good fortune has prevented serious injury or loss of life."

Gardai added: "Please obey the speed limits through the works, avoid causing injury or loss of life and avoid fines, penalty points or possible prosecution.

"We don't want anyone to get caught so that is why we are putting this on all local and national media. Please share.

"We know that some people will say "shooting fish in a barrel" or "revenue generation" It's not. It's about saving lives."