Over 450 people were caught speeding on Irish roads yesterday.
Gardaí have been publishing speeding stats on a daily basis over the holiday period as part of the Christmas and New Year road safety campaign.
Garda safety cameras monitored nearly 110,000 vehicles for speeding yesterday – detecting 458 driving over the limit.
Among the worst offenders was a motorist doing 92hph in a 50kph zone in Newbridge, County Kildare and driver doing 148 kph in a 100 kph zone in Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow.
As part of the Christmas and New Year road safety campaign, the following speeding detections were made yesterday, 28th December.
Out of 109,931 vehicles monitored by the safety cameras, 458 vehicles were detected driving in excess of the speed limit.#slowdown pic.twitter.com/HKchUfFktH
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) December 29, 2018
Gardaí are continuing to urge motorists to slow down in an attempt to save lives over the coming days.
Meanwhile, the Road Safety Authority is warning that four people have been killed on Irish roads over the past week.
Over the past seven days, four lives have been lost on our roads. #WeeklyStats pic.twitter.com/9N9OnXchvc
— RSA Ireland (@RSAIreland) December 27, 2018
