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Bank Holiday road crime blitz 14.03.08

INISHOWEN motorists are being urged to drive with care as Gardai plan a major crackdown for the extended holiday period this weekend and next.
With St. Patrick’s Day falling on Monday and the following weekend being the Easter Bank Holiday thousands of road users will be on the move. Gardai yesterday urged them to be vigilant and to ensure their own safety and that of others.

Extra Garda checkpoints will be set up throughout the peninsula over the next two weekends to tackle speeding, dangerous driving and drink driving. The checkpoints will include random mandatory breath testing of drivers.
"Inappropriate speed is the single greatest contributory factor to road deaths and serious injuries," said a Garda spokesperson.
Drivers are being urged to slow down and remember that as a general rule a 1km/h drop in average speed results in a 2% reduction in injury collisions, a 3% reduction in serious injury collisions and a 4% reduction in fatal collisions.
"A culture of drink driving still exists. Garda enforcement activity over the two holiday periods will therefore also focus on drink driving. Additional resources will be deployed to combat drink driving and extensive use will be made of mandatory alcohol testing checkpoints," added the spokesperson.
The message to drivers is:
• Never drink and drive and nominate a non-drinking driver or use public transport, taxis/hackneys if going out for a drink.
Those going on long journeys should also remember that tiredness contributes to road fatalities and injuries and so journeys should be planned and drivers should stop in a safe place if they feel tired and take a short nap or break away from the road.
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