A DRIVER WAS caught going 105kph in a 50kph zone this weekend, as garda\u00ed carried out a special roads policing operation for the bank holiday.<\/p>\n
Since Thursday, two people have died in collisions, bringing the total number of road fatalities so far this year to 153.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, just over 1,570 drivers were detected for speeding offences during the first two days of the operation.<\/p>\n
One driver was going 105kph in a 50kph zone on the Monread Road in Naas, Co Kildare.<\/p>\n
Another was going\u00a093kph in a 60kph zone on the L3976 at Tankardstown in Ballylinan, Co Laois.<\/p>\n
Other notable speeds detected since Thursday include:\n<\/p>\n
111kph in an 80kph zone on the R147, Commons of Lloyd, Kells, Meath.
\n156kph in a 100kph zone on the N4, Lecarrow, Ballinafad, Sligo.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, garda\u00ed arrested 40 people driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.<\/p>\n
More than 200 drivers were found to be holding a mobile phone while driving or not wearing a seatbelt.<\/p>\n
An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na is urging road users to be mindful of and take extra care around vulnerable road users, in particular pedestrians and cyclists.<\/p>\n
\u201cCyclists and pedestrians should ensure they are clearly visible in darker conditions and always observe their surroundings,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cRoad safety needs to be a priority for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
The specialised policing operation will continue into Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A DRIVER WAS caught going 105kph in a 50kph zone this weekend, as garda\u00ed carried out a special…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,107788,61,60,43,2733,114540,11318,103402],"class_list":["post-664157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-bank-holiday","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-october","tag-road-fatalities","tag-road-safety","tag-speeding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}