Gardaí launch Easter road safety campaign

Updated: 20:02, Tuesday, 7 April 2009

Gardaí are to undertake a range of additional enforcement activities on the roads in the lead-up to the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.

1 of 1Gardaí - Extra checkpoints in Dublin
Gardaí - Extra checkpoints in Dublin

Gardaí are to undertake a range of additional enforcement activities on the roads in the lead-up to and over-the-course of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.

The operation will run from Thursday 9 April to Tuesday 14 April and aims to reduce the number of deaths on our roads.

Vehicle checkpoints will be in place at a number of locations throughout the country.

All checkpoints will operate mandatory alcohol testing.

Gardaí say excessive speed, drink-driving and non-wearing of seat belts continue to remain the key contributory factors to death and serious injury.

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