REVEALED: The shocking number of Kilkenny drivers gardaí detected speeding in one day...

As part of #Slowdown Day gardaí detected a speeding driver in Kilkenny. 

An Garda Síochána, supported by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and other stakeholders, is conducting a national speed enforcement operation - National #Slowdown Day – which runs for 24 hours from 00:00 to 23:59 today, Wednesday, February 26.

Gardaí disovered a drivers going 105km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the Freshford Road Kilkenny and 70km/h in a 50km/h Zone on Main Street Urlingford Kilkenny.

Up until 5pm on National #Slowdown Day, members of An Garda Síochána, along with GoSafe Mobile and Static Safety Cameras, have detected a total of 484 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limits.

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Examples of other high speeds detected include:

• 136km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N3 Stradone Cavan
• 98km/h in a 80km/h Zone on the R446  Craughwell Galway
• 142km/h in a 120km/h Zone on the M6 Athlone Westmeath

An Garda Síochána conducts a number of high profile National #SlowDown Days every year.

The aim of National #SlowDown Days is to remind motorists of the dangers of speeding, encourage a national conversation on the impact of speeding, to increase overall compliance with speed limits in place nationwide and to deter and detect those that are intent on driving at excessive or inappropriate speed.