Longford drug driver detected speeding on National Slow Down Day

Longford Roads Policing Unit working as part of National Slow Down Day clocked a driver travelling at 106km/h in a 50km/h zone close to a primary school this morning. The driver then tested positive on the roadside for cocaine and cannabis.

In the first five hours of ‘National Slow Down Day’, GoSafe checked the speeds of 35,802 vehicles, and detected 75 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.

Examples of high speeds include:

67km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the R188 Drumbear Monaghan Monaghan

122km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R680 Butlerstown North Waterford Waterford

136km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N18 Ballinacurra (Weston) Limerick Limerick

The Garda Press Office said: “An Garda Síochána would like to thank drivers for their compliance during the first five hours of ‘National Slow Down Day’, making Irish roads safer for all road users.

We continue 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.”