Unmarked cars to tackle speeding

GARDAÍ are to increase the use of unmarked patrol cars to clamp down on dangerous driving and speeding.

Assistant Garda Commissioner Eddie Rock, who has responsibility for traffic policing within the force, said this would lead to greater law enforcement measures over the coming years.

Mr Rock told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport yesterday that the use of high-visible garda patrol cars was less effective in tackling the problem of dangerous driving as motorists modified their behaviour when they saw garda vehicles on the road.