'Operation Iompar' involves Gardaí using a lorry tractor unit fitted with blue lights to spot motorists using their phones or not wearing seatbelts
' Operation Iompar ' involves Gardaí using a tractor unit fitted with blue lights to spot motorists and HGV drivers using their phones or not wearing seatbelts.Advertisement
It will see two Gardaí in the lorry - a driver and an observer - with the observer spotting any offending drivers. "When in use on a targeted operation, the HGV will allow Gardaí to observe drivers in any make, model or size vehicle from a more elevated position and therefore help them to enforce the key lifesaver offences."Superintendent Stephen McCauley said the new approach will help detect unsafe driving.
"Operations like this are important because they mean that those that are detected for a road traffic offence must consider their unsafe driving.
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