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Sunday World
5 days ago
- Sunday World
Gardai nab nine e-scooters in Dublin using 'new technology'
Under new regulations, gardaí have the power to confiscate any device that is found to be too powerful Gardai are rolling out the new Dynamometer technology Some of the e-scooters that were seized Gardai using new speed testing kits have nabbed nine e-scooters in Dublin for a range of offences. Garda Traffic said their Roads Policing members were conducting checks on e-scooters in the city centre using new Dynamometer technology. 'Nine scooters were impounded for a range of offences, including speeding and exceeding the maximum rated power output,' they posted on X. The mobile dynamometer is a device capable of determining the maximum speed an e-scooter, e-bike or e-moped is capable of, rather than having to catch the passenger in the act of speeding. Some of the e-scooters that were seized News in 90 Seconds - 5th June 2025 The dynamometers are being distributed to garda stations across the country, having been acquired by gardaí in recent months from the Netherlands. According to The Journal, gardaí are only the second national police force in the world to use them. Regulations allowing the use of e-scooters in public places that came into effect last year restricts the vehicles to a maximum speed of 20km per hour. They must also meet particular lighting and braking requirements. A maximum speed of 25km/h is allowed for e-bikes, pedal-assisted electric bicycles, but they must have a motor that cuts off once pedalling stops. Under the new regulations, gardaí have the power to confiscate any device that is found to be too powerful. Gardai are rolling out the new Dynamometer technology The new laws also ban the use of the scooters by those under the age of 16, and from having fixed seats on board. It also prohibited the practice of two people riding on one scooter. In Cork, Labour councillor Peter Horgan told The Echo this week: 'These are a legitimate alternative transport but the speeds that some scooters are now able to go is downright dangerous. ''Other cities have mechanisms where scooter speeds were automatically slowed when in pedestrianised zones and we must examine the technology to try and achieve that. 'They are for short hop journeys not designed as a main mode of transport to clock up to 40km per hour.'
RTÉ News
03-06-2025
- General
- RTÉ News
188km/h in a 100km/h zone in Dublin on Bank Holiday weekend
Almost 3,000 drivers were detected exceeding speed limits over the bank holiday weekend, gardaí say. An extensive Garda Roads Policing Operation was in place from 7am on Thursday until 7am today. During this period, gardaí say that there was one road fatality, while fourteen serious collisions resulted in fourteen individuals sustaining severe and life-threatening injuries. Over the course of the operation, An Garda Síochána mounted more than 830 Mandatory Intoxicant Testing (MIT) checkpoints. We were conducting a checkpoint in Lucan when we spotted this driver without valid insurance. Their car was seized and a fine issued. #SaferRoads — An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) June 3, 2025 Over 4,000 breath tests and approximately 270 oral fluid tests were also carried out, leading to 167 arrests for suspected driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Some of the highest speeds gardaí recorded included 188km/h in a 100km/h zone on the M50 at Templeogue, Dublin 24; 99km/h in a 50km/h zone on the R212 at Clones, Co. Monaghan and 114km/h in a 60km/h zone on the R147 at Dunboyne, Co Meath. Fixed Charge Notices were issued to more than 210 people for using mobile phones, to more than 215 unaccompanied learner drivers, and more than 70 people for not wearing seatbelts. Almost 100 vehicles were seized from learner permit holders who were driving unaccompanied A further 380 vehicles were seized for having no tax or insurance. Over the May Bank Holiday weekend, m
RTÉ News
06-05-2025
- RTÉ News
Over 3,000 caught speeding across Bank Holiday weekend
More than 3,000 motorists were detected speeding on the roads over the Bank Holiday weekend, with 187 people arrested for driving under the influence of either drugs or alcohol, garda figures show. A motorist was arrested after they were clocked at 181km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N25 at Ballynamone, Co Kilkenny. In Co Kildare, a motorcyclist was arrested after they were detected driving at 122km/h in a 60km/h zone at Donadea in Co Kildare. In a post on X, gardai said the rider was a learner who had no tax or insurance for nine years. We found this driver speeding at 120km/h in a 60km/h zone while we were carrying out speed checks in Donadea,Kildare over the Bank Holiday. We stopped them and it was found that they were a learner who had no insurance or tax for nine years. They were arrested. Court to follow. — An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) May 6, 2025 In Dublin, a learner motorcyclist, who was not wearing an L tabard as required, was stopped after they were detected driving at 129km/h in a 60km/h zone on the Navan Road. The garda road operation was in place between 7am on Thursday 1 May and 7am this morning. More than 270 Fixed Charged Notices were issued to motorists for using a mobile phone while driving; 340 to unaccompanied learner drivers and 115 issued for not wearing seatbelts. Our Bank Holiday roads policing operation conducted in co-operation with our colleagues at @RSAIreland continues. While conducting a speed checkpoint in Drumfin, Co. Sligo this afternoon, our members detected this driver travelling at a speed of 151km/hr in a 100km/hr zone. — An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) May 5, 2025 Gardaí also seized 147 vehicles from learner drivers who were unaccompanied, and 444 vehicles were seized for not having tax or insurance. Two people were killed in separate incidents on the roads over the holiday weekend. In Co Roscommon, a woman aged in her 80s died after being hit by a truck at the junction of the N5 and R361 in Frenchpark on 1 May, while in Dublin, a man in his 60s died in a collision in Coolock yesterday evening.
