Calls to bad driving hotline slump to lowest ever level

The number of calls to the Garda national Traffic Watch phoneline, where motorists can report cases of bad driving, dropped to its lowest ever level last year.

Figures show there were 2,185 incidents recorded last year in the scheme, and a Garda spokesman said they could not say whether anyone was prosecuted as a result of the calls.

That equates to 182 complaints a month, or an average of seven per county each month.