The number caught driving while using a mobile phone up by 200%
The number of detections for people not wearing seat-belts in Co Donegal has risen by 77 this year compared to last year.
Insp Michael Harrison, head of the Garda Traffic Corps for Co Donegal, said the trend for overall traffic violations in the county was rising. Drink-driving detections are also up from 43 detections in the first two months of last year to 68 detections in the first two months of this year.So far five people have lost their lives on Donegal’s roads this year, including the four friends killed in a single-vehicle crash at the end of January.
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