A busy Dublin city centre Garda checkpoint saw a vehicle seized and another driver prosecuted after they tried to drive away from officers.
The crew were set up on Hume Street recently, where they tested a total of 17 drivers.
None of them were intoxicated - but there were a couple of noticeable incidents.
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Firstly, one car was seized under section 41 of the Road Traffic Acts - which relates to underage driving.
But even more intriguing was a driver spotting the checkpoint and driving away.
While driving away from a checkpoint is not an offence, it does raise suspicion for Gardai, and on this occasion, the motorist committed a driving offence while turning away from the stop.
A spokesperson explained: "Gardaí from Pearse Street performed a checkpoint on Hume St recently. 17 drivers were tested, no intoxicated drivers were detected.
"However, one vehicle was seized under Section 41 RTA and another driver to be prosecuted for a driving offence after turning away from checkpoint."
Meanwhile, over 400 drivers were caught speeding by Garda GoSafe speed vans earlier this week- just weeks after the introduction of the vans on 61 new routes across the country.
The new zones are spread across 23 counties, 49% on Regional Routes, 31% National Routes and 20% on other routes (Motorway, Local Roads etc.).
So far in 2022, there have been 96 deaths on Irish roads.
The highest speeds detected, per speed limit zone, were:
- 85km/h in 50km/h Leopardstown Road Dublin18 Dublin
- 105km/h in 60km/h Katherine Tynan Road Dublin 24 Dublin
- 133km/h in 80km/h N4 Ballydowd Lucan Dublin
- 148km/h in 100km/h N25 Parkeennaglogh Newtown Waterford
- 167km/h in 120km/h M8 Fermoy Fermoy Cork
Speaking as the vans were introduced, Superintendent Thomas Murphy, Garda National Roads Policing Bureau said: "When someone decides to speed they put themselves and members of their community at risk, particularly children, older people, cyclists and other motorists.
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