Bank-holiday crackdown on speeding and drink-driving
Drink-driving and speeding will be targeted this weekend as gardaí attempt to ensure road-users are safe over the bank holiday.
After five lives were lost on the last October bank-holiday weekend, officers have promised a hard-hitting road-safety enforcement operation.
Gardaí said the message was simple over this holiday period.
“If you are drinking this bank-holiday weekend, don’t drive. Use a nominated non-drinking driver to do the driving or else use public transport,” a spokesman said.
A large number of breathalysing checkpoints are planned for every Garda division over the three days.
Last October bank-holiday weekend five people were killed in road crashes and 137 were injured.
Around 324 people were arrested for drink-driving offences over the same period.
Gardaí also warned drivers that using handheld mobile phones while driving is a penalty-point offence. Around 260 people are issued notices for breaking the offence every week.
People driving longer journeys over the weekend were urged to take frequent breaks to ensure they do not suffer from deadly driver fatigue.
