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Gardaí are out in force in Kilkenny and nationwide as part of National #Slowdown Day
A driver in Kilkenny has been detected driving at 112km/h in a 100km/h zone that is known for being an accident blackspot in recent years.
The offending motorist was clocked speeding earlier today on the N10 at Templemartin in County Kilkenny, as part of a major 'National #Slowdown Day'' operation.
An Garda Síochána conducts a number of high profile National #SlowDown Days every year.
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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.
Examples of other high speeds detected in recent hours include:
- 113km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N15 Drumnagahan, County Donegal
- 86km/h in a 60km/h Zone on the R147 Dunboyne, County Meath
- 134km/h in a 100km/h Zone on the N4 Mullingar, County Westmeath
At the halfway mark of the operation (which runs for 24 hours from 00:00 to 23:59 today), An Garda Síochána, utilising both garda personnel and GoSafe mobile and static safety cameras, has detected a total of 350 vehicles travelling in excess of the posted speed limits nationwide.
Further updates will follow.
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