# Speeding

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# Road Safety

Penalty points are being increased for some offences in time for the bank holiday

Speeding, not wearing a seatbelt, or using a phone will now incur three points.

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Jul 30th 2014, 10:31 AM

# classroom

This Northern Irish speeding ad has gone viral because it’s just so horrific

The ad has now been banned from pre-watershed broadcast.

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Jun 23rd 2014, 12:04 PM

# It Wasn't Me

'Ignoring' the system gives speeders an 86% chance of avoiding punishment

John O’Brien, the former head of the Garda Traffic Corps, told the PAC that GSOC failed to act on foot of a report he carried out on the penalty points system in 2008.

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Jun 19th 2014, 4:55 PM

# Road Safety Authority

Driver deaths are down, but "more vulnerable" road users are being killed

The Public Accounts Committee was also told that about 130,000 more cars were taxed this year following an end to the practice where vehicles could be declared as “off-road” after the fact.

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Jun 19th 2014, 1:30 PM

# slow down

The highest speed detected by gardaí today was 30km per hour over the limit

A vehicle in Sligo was found to be travelling 130km per hour in a 100 km per hour zone. Slow down everyone, it’s the weekend.

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May 30th 2014, 10:25 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should double penalty points be applied during bank holiday weekends?

A similar rule already applies in Australia.

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May 2nd 2014, 9:39 AM

# GoSafe

Speed cameras record more than 7,000 hours of driving each month

There are 727 “speed enforcement zones” throughout the country.

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Apr 16th 2014, 11:38 AM

# Oireachtas agenda

Why is it difficult for Gardaí to obtain speeding convictions?

Everything happening in Leinster House today.

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Apr 16th 2014, 9:00 AM

# Road Safety

How many drivers did Gardaí catch drink-driving or speeding this afternoon?

Three checkpoints were set up as part of their Christmas Enforcement Campaign.

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Dec 11th 2013, 9:03 PM

# Speeding

Operation Slowdown detects 364 drivers speeding over 24-hour period

From 7am on Friday until 7am this morning, gardaí checked the speed of 96,838 vehicles.

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Oct 26th 2013, 11:24 AM

# Penalty Points

A broken speedometer, a dying cow and a swarm of bees - how some people avoided penalty points

Nearly a quarter of penalty point notices in 2011 and 2012 were quashed, with some flimsy excuses being accepted.

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Sep 30th 2013, 10:31 PM

# Too fast

Excessive speed 'an endemic habit of too many Irish drivers'

An AA survey also shows that male drivers are more likely to speed than women drivers.

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Sep 2nd 2013, 8:23 AM

# Road Deaths

Gardaí urge drivers to slow down as road deaths rise

Motorcyclists who have died in 2013 have already surpassed those killed in 2012.

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Aug 12th 2013, 5:36 PM

# Train Crash

Spanish judge to question driver of train in deadly crash

Francisco Jose Garzon Amo has been discharged from hospital and will appear before a judge today.

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Jul 28th 2013, 9:37 AM

# Operation Slowdown

'32,178 vehicles checked' in first 12 hours of Bank Holiday speed crackdown

Gardaí say they have detected 129 people driving above the speed limit in today’s crackdown.

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May 31st 2013, 8:29 PM

# idiots

Hands down the stupidest thing you're going to see today

Guy speeds straight into a traffic jam.

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May 27th 2013, 4:06 PM

# Road Safety

10 per cent of Irish drivers still don't buckle up

A new survey has revealed that drivers in Ireland are speeding, tailgating and forgetting to dim their lights like nobody’s business.

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May 27th 2013, 10:57 AM

# United Kingdom

Disgraced former minister and ex-wife released from prison early

Former UK cabinet minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce were released from prison this morning and have to wear electronic tags.

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May 13th 2013, 11:19 AM

# fast car

Sorry, m'lud! Benzema was only 116 kmph over the speed limit when caught

Pity he can’t move as quickly on the pitch…

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Feb 28th 2013, 12:57 PM

# United Kingdom

Ex-UK minister faces jail after admitting to perverting course of justice

Chris Huhne made a last minute plea change in court this morning, admitted to perverting the court of justice over a speeding case ten years ago.

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Feb 4th 2013, 3:00 PM

# top down

Topless driver's modesty leads to car chase

The topless speeder said she was on her way to surprise her boyfriend…

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Aug 7th 2012, 6:40 PM

# Penalty Points

Changes to points system will see increased penalties for speeding, using phones

The planned changes could also cut the penalties for driving without a valid NCT – from five points down to three.

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Jun 11th 2012, 1:25 PM

# Boy Racers

Video: Mayo County Council uses CCTV to catch 'boy racers'

Some residents say their lives are being made a misery by late night anti-social driving behaviour.

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May 18th 2012, 12:15 PM

# Speed Cameras

New speed cameras collect €10million in fines

The cameras run by a private operator were introduced in November 2010.

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Feb 8th 2012, 8:36 PM

# Roads

One in five young male drivers 'road race'

One fifth of young male drivers have admitted to racing on the roads, with those aged between 17 and 24 being five times more likely to be killed, the Road Safety Authority has reported.

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Oct 10th 2011, 3:16 PM

# Irony

NASCAR driver loses driving licence for 45 days... for speeding

Kyle Busch, who currently leads the championship standings, was caught driving a borrowed car at 128mph in a 45mph zone.

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Aug 23rd 2011, 9:27 PM

# Roads

In numbers: Thousands more drivers caught speeding

Almost 100,000 drivers have been given penalty points so far this year after new speed cameras were introduced.

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Aug 5th 2011, 9:50 AM

# Motoring

MEPs to vote on punishment for overseas driving offences

EU countries will be entitled to prosecute drivers using other countries’ cars, under a plan being voted on tomorrow.

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Jul 5th 2011, 2:51 PM

# Poll

Poll: Are women more likely to use their mobile phones while driving?

Today we’re asking if women are more likely to have their eyes on their phones while behind the wheel, after a senior Garda said that young females are more likely to be texting while driving.

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Jun 10th 2011, 10:21 AM

# Speed Limiters

Call for mandatory speed limiters for young drivers

A South Kerry coroner, speaking at the inquest into the deaths of four teenagers in a single vehicle collision last August, has called for speed limiters to be placed on cars driven by those under 25 years of age.

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Apr 26th 2011, 5:59 PM