West Cork road to be surveyed after unfair penalty points claim

Cork County Council engineers are to survey a section of road in West Cork where it is claimed motorists are getting unnecessary speeding fines and penalty points.

West Cork road to be surveyed after unfair penalty points claim

The issue was raised at the council’s western committee by Cllr Joe Carroll (FF), who said he had had numerous complaints from motorists who were caught by gardaí “overtaking slow-moving traffic” on the R586 from Dunmanway to Drimoleague.

Mr Carroll said the problem area was just outside of Dunmanway, where a 700m section of “clear vision” road was marked with a continuous white line.

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