Next Monday’s bank holiday, June 1st, is seen as the starting point for what is normally considered to be the most dangerous time on Irish roads.
Local authorities as well as the police force set up a speeding safety alert in an attempt to underline once again the dangers of speeding, particularly now after some Garda divisions revealed that motorists have been caught travelling at up to three times the speed limit on some very busy roads.
According to independent.ie sources, one motorist was clocked travelling at 140kmh on the Cappagh Road in Dublin 11, where the maximum limit is 50kmh. Unfortunately this is not the only case: a driver was caught doing 178kmh on the R563 at Faha East in Kerry (that actual speed limit is 60kmh) and another was travelling at 195kmh at Ballacolla in Laois, where a 120kmh limit applies, followed by 189kmh at Keadue in Donegal, where the limit is 100kmh.
The Gardaí are trying to enforce controls and rules more effectively in light of these episodes which only prove just how poor the awareness of safety issues such as speeding is—one of the major causes of accidents leading to serious injuries and fatalities.
According to Garda National Traffic Bureau sources, more than 7,500 drivers have already been caught speeding in 2015 (where speeding means travelling 30 km/h or more above the designated speed limit).
Last year during the same long weekend, road traffic accidents led to 11 serious injury cases and 2 fatalities.
