Christmas road safety campaign begins

Updated: 22:20, Monday, 24 November 2008

Gardaí are beginning their Christmas road safety enforcement campaign today.

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Six One News: Conor Mark Kavanagh reports that the garda campaign will include regular speed checkpoints and mandatory alcohol tests
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One News: Conor Mark Kavanagh reports that drivers can expect speed checkpoints and mandatory alcohol testing
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Gardaí are beginning their Christmas road safety enforcement campaign today.

The aim is to discourage and detect instances of drink driving and speeding, and to challenge bad driver behaviour.

Gardaí say they will use overt and covert policing, and motorists could expect to see mandatory alcohol tests and speed checkpoints.

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