Cork driver found travelling at twice the speed limit as gardaí mount checkpoints across the country

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Over 40,000 vehicles checked in first five hours of National Slow Down Day on Irish roads

A driver in Co Cork was found travelling at twice the legal speed limit on Friday, as gardaí mounted checkpoints all around the country for National Slow Down Day.

Some 63 people have lost their lives on Irish roads this year until Friday – up from 49 over the same period last year – and while the long-term trend has been downward from a high of 628 in 1978 to 130 in 2021, the last three years has seen the numbers slowly start to rise again. Insp O’Donovan urged people not to avoid garda checkpoints, saying people doing U-turns are putting their own lives and those of others at risk.

 

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