Traffic whistle-blowing scheme to be extended across country

MOTORISTS are being asked to blow the whistle on those who drive dangerously, speed or litter, under a programme piloted in the south-east which is going nationwide.

The Traffic Watch programme, set up in Waterford, Wexford, Tipperary, Kilkenny and parts of Wicklow, is being extended across the country. For the past two years, motorists have been phoning a hotline to report dangerous, reckless driving or bad behaviour on roads.

Calls are being received at Thomastown Garda Station, Co Kilkenny. Training for other officers has taken place and regional centres are being set up in Birr, Mallow, Tuam, Carrick-on-Shannon and Harcourt Square.