Laois Gardaí seized 13 cars and arrested a number of people at the weekend
A Garda Inspector described the level of uninsured drivers as ‘disappointing’
A total of 13 vehicles were seized from uninsured drivers in Laois during the August Bank Holiday weekend.
There were additional Gardaí out policing the roads throughout the county as part of a nationwide operation over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Laois Offaly Roads Policing Garda Inspector Ralph Holmes said “it is disappointing that we detected 13 people just over the course of the weekend driving without insurance. That’s an awful lot of detections over one weekend,” he said.
The operation over the long weekend was focused on speeding, mobile phone use, intoxicated driving and non use of seatbelts.
Members of An Garda Siochana who might not normally carry out traffic duties were required to assist with roads policing during the long weekend.
Throughout Laois there were 33 checkpoints carried out over the weekend and 24 drivers were caught exceeding the speed limit. They included a BMW X5 driver who was detected travelling at 172kph and a motorist who was clocked at 127kph in an 80km zone at Kylebeg, Stradbally. Gardaí also caught 12 people driving in Laois while using mobile phones at the weekend.
Insp Holmes said the majority of the activity which was detected took place in Portlaoise town or its environs.
Gardaí arrested three people for driving under the influence of an intoxicant in Laois over the weekend.