18.07.2008

Hauliers advised to drive carefully as anti-speeding campaign gets underway

Gardai plan another five two-day operations targeting speeding hauliers and single decker buses, hgvireland.com can confirm. Gardai launched the Go Cúramach (with care) anti-speeding operation on Wednesday and Thursday and promised that five similar operations will be carried out between now and the end of the year. Members of the Garda Traffic Corps were deployed in large numbers on national roads checking that single-deck buses and goods vehicles were staying with the speed limits.

Assistant Commissioner Eddie Rock, the head of the Garda Traffic Corps, assured the haulage industry that the Go Cúramach operation was not quota-driven or aimed at raising revenue through speeding fines. "We want people to slow down," he said. "Some of the fatal crashes we've seen in recent times have involved very high speeds and we're trying to get drivers to moderate their driving habits and take more care."



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