Gardaí said the sheer volume of road traffic breaches is so great they cannot respond to each one. Photograph: Gainne Ni Aodha/PA Wire
However, news that the new cameras have identified far more offending than the Garda force can cope with will come as a disappointment to road safety campaigners especially at a time when road deaths are increasing, with 79 killed to last Friday, six higher than the same time last year. “If our brilliant roads policing members are expected to do their job properly, then they must have the manpower, equipment and instant access to vital information on vehicles and driving licences at their fingertips for roadside checkpoints.”
According to the Garda, ANPR technology “can read number plates at a rate of six per second on vehicles travelling up to 180kmh” and also “include a speed detection capability”. Neither the Garda Representative Association or Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors replied to a request for comment on the situation.
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