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# national slow down day

This year
2024
Speeding and mobile phone use cited as concerns by gardaí amid spike in road deaths
Last year
2023
Gardaí detect motorist driving 139km/h in an 80km/h zone on National Slow Down Day
Use of speed cameras to increase by 20% following 'worrying increase' in road deaths
127 vehicles found to be speeding in first five hours of National Slow Down Day
'117km/h in a 50km/h zone': More than 600 drivers caught speeding by Gardaí in past 24 hours
All time
Motorist caught driving 135km/h in 80km/h zone on National Slow Down Day
Motorist caught driving 90km/h in a 50km/h zone on National Slow Down Day
Gardaí catch 316 motorists speeding during first eleven hours of National Slow Down Day
Gardaí catch 532 motorists speeding during first nine hours of National Slow Down Day
'Lowering speed is crucial': Gardaí detect motorist driving 138km/h in an 80km/h zone
'154km/h in 100 zone': Gardaí catch 304 drivers above speed limit on national slow down day
'143km in 100 zone': Gardaí catch 130 speeding drivers on national slow down day
'171km in 120 zone': Gardaí catch 226 drivers above the speed limit on national slow down day
341 drivers caught speeding in 24-hour garda crackdown