Gardaí clamp down on phone use and speeding in Dundalk patrols

Louth Gardaí have highlighted two recent incidents of dangerous driving in the Dundalk area as the Roads Policing Unit (RPU) carried out patrols.

In one case, the driver of a blue van was spotted using a mobile phone while travelling on the Dundalk to Carlingford Road.

The motorist passed a fully marked Garda patrol car without noticing, which Gardaí say shows just how distracting phone use can be behind the wheel. A fixed penalty notice was issued on the spot.

In a separate incident, a highway maintenance van was detected travelling at 139km/h on the M1 motorway. Gardai noted that the vehicle was carrying multiple items on the back which were not properly secured. Gardaí warned that this posed a serious risk, as the unsecured load could easily have fallen onto the road and caused a collision.

The driver was issued with a fixed penalty notice for speeding and now faces prosecution for the unsecured load offence.