Speed limit reductions not enough without more enforcement, campaigners say

Road safety campaign group Parc welcomed the new speed limit reductions but said they will only work if more gardaí are assigned to road traffic duty. Picture: PA

Cutting speed limits will fail to tackle a spike in road deaths unless enforcement measures are also introduced, safety campaigners and politicians have warned.

New speed limits, which will see the maximum speed allowed on national secondary roads drop from 100km/h to 80km/h, are to be rolled out in a bid to reduce fatalities and accidents.