Slowdown Day News Today

An Garda Síochána is calling on all motorists to support the 24-hour nationwide operation targeting speed, known as ‘Slow Down Day’.

National Slow Down Day kicked off at 7 am yesterday and operated until 7 am today.

Gardai seize €30,000 worth of cocaine and arrest one man following traffic stop on Slowdown Day Updated: 12 Dec 2020, 15:41 GARDAI have seized €30,000 worth of cocaine and arrested one man following a traffic stop carried out as part of Operation Slowdown yesterday. National Slowdown Day was held over a 24-hour period between 7am on December 11 to 7am this morning. 2 2 They arrested one manCredit: An Garda Siochana Gardai attached to Newtownmountkennedy Roads Policing Unit stopped a car on ...

Update: During the first two hours of National Slow Down Day, An Garda Síochána and GoSafe checked the speed of 23,275 vehicles and detected 128 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit. A notable detection occurred in Ennis when a motorist was found travelling at 74km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the R352. Others include 70km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the N68 Lissycasey and a driver found doing 132km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N18 at Clonmoney.     As part of An Garda Síochána...

24-hour Garda speed checks to begin on Friday morning Reporter:  ); As part the Gardas Christmas Campaign to improve road safety, officers will conduct a National Speed Enforcement Operation "Slow Down”, for a 24 hour period from 7am tomorrow [Friday] to 7am on Saturday.   The aim of "Slow Down Day” is to remind drivers of the dangers of speeding, increase compliance with speed limits and act as a deterrent to driving at excessive or inappropriate speed. The overall objective is to redu...