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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Cormac O'Shea

Garda checkpoints: Over 1,000 drivers on Irish roads in the last 48 hours will receive fines - with many a surprise

Were you speeding in the last 48 hours? You could be due a fine with gardai confirming over 1,000 drivers were clocked over the legal speed on Irish roads on Friday and Saturday.

The speed safety vans are scattered all over the country with more than 200,000 vehicles having their speed recorded over the last two days already.

And with some of the vans hard to spot, many people are set to get fines despite not knowing they were caught speeding yet.

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A garda spokesperson said today: "Yesterday, our Road Safety Partners GoSafe monitored over 116k vehicles across the road network. 467 Drivers were detected for speeding & will be issued with Fixed Charge Notices."

One driver due a fine was clocked doing 163km/h in the 80km/h zone along the R162 in Leggagh, Castletown, Meath.

A further 585 drivers were caught speeding by vans on Friday, a spokesperson said: "Road Safety Partners GoSafe monitored over 121k vehicles across the road network. 585 Drivers were detected for speeding & will be issued with Fixed Charge Notices."

Manned checkpoints and speed vans will be out in force again in the next two days as gardai look to clamp down on dangerous driving offences over the bank holiday.

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