https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czd3jvdppmyo
Almost 100,000 drivers caught speeding so far this year
Almost 300 people in Northern Ireland are being caught speeding every day, the police have said.
It comes as the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) launched Operation Lifesaver, a road safety crackdown focused on tackling speeding.
The initiative comes after police said they have detected close to 100,000 people speeding so far this year.
PSNI Ch Insp Celeste Simpson said it is important that people hear this message.
"An R driver was recently caught driving at 137mph – which is insane considering they are restricted to 45mph," she said.
The PSNI said speeding accounts for 10% of serious and fatal road traffic collisions.
Detectives say the public should expect to see officers conducting road safety operations across Northern Ireland over the Easter holiday period.
This will also involve the deployment of road safety camera vans.
Ch Supt Sam Donaldson said the statistics should scare people.
"It is a serious offence and has serious consequences," he said.
"Over the last two years in Northern Ireland 140 people have lost their lives on our roads – and this year alone a further 12 have lost their lives – and speeding is one of those factors."
He said it is an issue drivers do not take seriously enough.
"Somebody hit at 30mph has a 90% chance of dying – somebody hit at 20mph has a 90% chance of surviving.
"Those are the scary differences."
He added that there is a perception speeding is an issue among younger drivers but that is not the case.
"If we look at the statistics in terms of people being caught by road safety vans, it's middle-aged people as well.
"It's mostly men, so let's not say it's boy racers – it's all ages."
by Dodecaheadwrong
16 comments
Good, 3 points and fines.
Teach them a lesson.
What the fuck? So roughly 1 in 20 people (albeit probs a good few repeat offenders) this year alone got caught speeding?
Yea lets just ignore Motorcyclists……..that have families. The car drivers that kill on purpose should by law recieve Full Life behind bars with no parole. Stop protecting car drivers just because they have a pathetic job. What a job hardship over rides a persons life? Fuck that
A hefty fine might sort out the finances
Put a van on the Westlink those numbers would be small
Where does all the money from these fines go?
If the police were there every time someone was speeding that number would be A LOT higher, the amount of buck eejits on the road these days is shocking.
Not condoning speeding, but where is the responsibility of the DFI / Road service with regards to maintaining the roads. They are a disgrace!
Are there consequences for them?
There are probably plenty of people get away with it too, it’s sickening behaviour
Wait a second…how many drivers are there in NI? That number cannot be.
Unless they mean people within the margin (what is it, the speed limit + 2mph or something?).
Although anecdotally, I’ve honestly started to wonder if speed limits are just a suggestion, there’s people going 10mph+ over the limit all over the place on the motorways.
“An R driver was recently caught driving at 137mph” The technical term for that is fucking flying sir
The fucks causing the other 90% then ?
Wouldn’t the money be better spent there ?
That number simply cannot be correct, the population here is ~ 2 million.
My experience regarding the PSNI road safety strategy is that they like to wait until the weather is nice and then sit at the bottom of a hill in a wide open 30 zone and slap fines on safe drivers doing entirely reasonable speeds for the conditions.
10% of serious RTCs have excessive speed as a contributing factor, and you get this, while 62% are blamed on driver error and there is radio silence about addressing the fundamental incompetence of so many drivers on our roads. Plenty of them are twice as deadly at half the speed, but that is no problem to the police or anyone else.
Speeding accounts for 10% of all accidents, but 70% of all drivers once you exclude those stuck in traffic.
300 people being caught per day, over 107 days would mean 32,100 have been caught so far. Not 100,000. Thats closer to 1000 per day
BBC can’t count. 300 a day for 3.5 months is nowhere near 100,000.
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