Cork motorist detected driving at 194km/h in Castlemartyr
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A motorist in Cork has been detected driving at 194km/h in a 100km/h zone on National Slow Down Day.
The driver was recorded doing almost double the speed limit on the N25 Loughaderry in Castlemartyr on Friday.
In the first 10 hours of the operation, GoSafe vans checked the speeds of 115,017 vehicles. So far, 174 vehicles have been caught travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.
Another Cork motorists was earlier caught driving at a speed of 112km/h in a 50km/h zone on the Main Street in Charleville.
More examples of high speeds include:
- 87km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the Swords Road, Dublin 9
- 78km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the N84 Castlequarter, Cloonboo, Galway
- 84km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the R139 Belcamp, Dublin 17
- 69km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the James Larkin Road, Dublin 5
- 109km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R314 Rathroeen, Ballina, Mayo
- 81km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the N4 Drishoge, Carrick-On-Shannon, Roscommon
- 108km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R158 Readstown, Trim, Meath
- 132km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N13 Teevickmoy, Stranorlar, Donegal
- 102km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R772 Moyne Lower, Enniscorthy, Wexford
- 127km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N13 Listellian, Letterkenny, Donegal
- 121km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N21 Rineroe, Adare, Limerick
As part of the operation, there will be high visibility speed enforcement patrols across the country's road network until 7am on Saturday.
So far this year, 63 people have already died on Irish roads. That is 14 more than the same day last year.
Gardaí say the figure is "worryingly high" and "must be prevented from rising further by working together to keep road users safe".
In 2023, there were 184 fatalities resulting from 173 fatal collisions on Irish roads. This represented a 19% increase in road deaths compared to 2022.
It is the highest number of fatalities since 2014, when there were 192 deaths.
The aim of National Slow Down Day, which is also supported by the Road Safety Authority, is to promote safer driving behaviour among motorists, and to encourage all of society to help prevent road traffic collisions.