Gardaí are clamping down on speeding today, as 'National Slow Down Day' begins.
The 24-hour operation will target drivers who are speeding - and aims to increase compliance with speed limits.
Last year, saw an increase in road deaths in this country - 195 people lost their lives.
Pearse St Traffic give a thumbs Up for Operation Slowdown which starts tomorrow so SLOWDOWN pic.twitter.com/wL7kGstMHi
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) August 27, 2015
As part of the campaign, gardaí released figures showing more than 100,000 speeding fines were issued by Gardaí in the first six months of the year.
90% of motorists fined were travelling more than 10 kilometres over the speed limit, and the majority of speeding fines are issued in 50 kph zones.