Gardaí and the Road Safety Authority have urged motorists to slow down ahead of this bank holiday weekend as part of National Slow Down Day, with one motorist in Dublin today detected traveling at 140km/h in an 80km/h zone
A 24-hour speed limit enforcement operation is under way from 7am this morning until 7am tomorrow as part of National 'Slow Down Day'.
At one checkpoint in Galway city, one of over 1,300 high-visibility speed enforcement zones in the 24-hour operation, found 121 people exceeding the speed limit within two hours of getting under way. "New in vehicle safety assist technology such as Intelligent Speed Assistance and the roll out of average speed cameras will also contribute to preventing speed related harm.
The RSA said studies have repeatedly shown that drivers overestimate the amount of time they can gain by speeding in what is known as the speed fallacy.
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