Road safety: Multi-agency checkpoint 'about education as much as enforcement'
A multi-agency checkpoint on the M6 included gardaí, Department of Social Protection, Revenue, RSA, and HSA. File picture: Colin Keegan
The man stands forlornly beside his pick-up truck and the trailer it was pulling before he was stopped.
His dog is still in the vehicle. He chats to the Garda traffic officer standing next to him, and stares at the enormous digger shovel he had been transporting. “We’re just doing a deal on the side here,” he says amiably to another garda. He’s kept his good humour anyway.
