More than 130 motorists have been arrested so far this Bank Holiday weekend for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.
Drug and alcohol testing on drivers is being carried out at garda checkpoints around the country since 7am on Thursday as part of An Garda Síochana's Bank Holiday Road Safety plan.
Supt Geraghty said gardaí"consistently focus" on speed during enforcement campaigns, adding that two of the notable speeding detections this weekend were a motorcyclist travelling at 146km/h in an 80km/h zone in Co Wicklow and another vehicle detected at 190km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N4 in Mullingar.Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, he said:"It is better to arrive home a little bit later and safely, than to not arrive home at all.
Meanwhile, a system that will allow the public upload video evidence, including that of dangerous driving caught by road users, to garda systems could be in place within the next two years. "We will be extending that system to allow members of the public to provide us with video footage that they may have retrieved. That's not just in terms of road safety and driving on the road, but also in terms of our appeals for people with dashcam footage or video footage in terms of major crimes," he said.
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