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Bank Holiday road crime blitz
14.03.08
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INISHOWEN motorists are
being urged to drive with care as Gardai plan a
major crackdown for the extended holiday period this
weekend and next.
With St. Patrick’s Day falling on Monday and the
following weekend being the Easter Bank Holiday
thousands of road users will be on the move. Gardai
yesterday urged them to be vigilant and to ensure
their own safety and that of others. |
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Extra Garda checkpoints
will be set up throughout the peninsula over the
next two weekends to tackle speeding, dangerous
driving and drink driving. The checkpoints will
include random mandatory breath testing of drivers.
"Inappropriate speed is the single greatest
contributory factor to road deaths and serious
injuries," said a Garda spokesperson. |
Drivers are being urged
to slow down and remember that as a general rule a
1km/h drop in average speed results in a 2%
reduction in injury collisions, a 3% reduction in
serious injury collisions and a 4% reduction in
fatal collisions.
"A culture of drink driving still exists. Garda
enforcement activity over the two holiday periods
will therefore also focus on drink driving.
Additional resources will be deployed to combat
drink driving and extensive use will be made of
mandatory alcohol testing checkpoints," added the
spokesperson.
The message to drivers is:
• Never drink and drive and nominate a non-drinking
driver or use public transport, taxis/hackneys if
going out for a drink.
Those going on long journeys should also remember
that tiredness contributes to road fatalities and
injuries and so journeys should be planned and
drivers should stop in a safe place if they feel
tired and take a short nap or break away from the
road. |
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