Gardaí launch crackdown at south Dublin speeding blackspot

Detection vans set up at Loughlinstown roundabout following a number of complaints

Gardaí have launched a crackdown at one of the State’s speeding blackspots, after detection vans clocked cars going over the speed limit there at a rate of nearly one a minute.

After a number of complaints, a Garda speed van was set up at Loughlinstown roundabout in south Dublin earlier this month.

The junction joins the M11 to the N11, where the speed limit drops dramatically from 80km/h to 50km/h.

Over the course of five-and-half hours spread over two days, 242 cars were clocked speeding at the roundabout.

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Gardai said 36 motorists were caught doing over 100km/h and three were speeding in excess of 120km/h as they approached the roundabout.

Fixed charge notices were issued to all those detected.

Traffic monitoring

Gardaí said they are putting speed vans back on the roundabout to monitor the traffic.

“We urge drivers to slow down, drive safely and avoid the fixed charge penalty notice,” a Garda spokesman said.

PA