New speed safety cameras being trialled on M7 motorway after data shows four in ten drivers are breaking speed limits
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A new speed safety camera system is to be trialled on the M7 motorway which runs through Laois because nearly 40% of motorists are breaking the limit while many don't slow down in bad weather, according to Gardaí
As part of a pilot project in Limerick, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the Roads Safety Authority and An Garda Síochána have confirmed the installation of motorway average speed safety cameras.
Gardaí say that analysis of traffic data by TII shows that speeding is typical of driver behaviour on low traffic volume sections of the motorway network throughout the country. They say this type of driver behaviour is very dangerous, and it is compounded during rain or hail showers increasing the potential of serious accidents.