Gardaí in Carrigart detected a car driving at 81km/h in a 50km/h zone on St. Stephen’s Day.
The speed detection was one of 414 incident nationally where drivers were travelling over the legal limit.
More than 42,000 vehicles were monitored on 26th December as part of the Garda Christmas and New Year road safety campaign.
“Speeding is a major factor in fatal road traffic collisions. Please slow down to save lives,” warned Gardaí.
Gardaí have also increased drink driving checkpoints this week. Ten people across the country were arrested on suspicion of drink driving on Christmas Day.
A further 12 were arrested ‘the morning after’ on St Stephen’s Day. A number of drivers automatically face a 4 year ban after refusing to give a breath sample.
This Christmas season, the Donegal Road Safety Working Group are also urging drivers to be aware of the effects that alcohol can have the morning after a night of drinking.
Brian O’Donnell, Donegal County Council Road Safety Officer said,” It is very difficult to calculate how many drinks a person can have before being over the limit.
“If you have been out drinking until two or three in the morning, there is a big risk, particularly if you are a learner driver or a novice driver where the limit is lower, not only of being caught but also of being involved in a collision and causing injury or killing someone,” he added.
“The advice and the bottom line is, don’t drink and drive. I would also appeal to passengers, not to take a lift from a driver who has been drinking, if you do, you are putting your life in the hands of a drunk driver.
“Just one drink impairs your driving – that is not an opinion, it is a fact. Christmas and the New Year is a time for enjoying family, friends and social events, one second, one wrong decision and it can change yours and everyone’s lives around you forever.”
