Only 60 of 4,800 dangerous driving reports to online Traffic Watch system result in a fine

Meanwhile, gardaí were out on roads across the country as part of a bank holiday roads policing operation which saw 1,030 drivers caught speeding in the first two days. File picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Only a small percentage of the thousands of reports to the garda online Traffic Watch system result in fines being issued to drivers. 

The online Traffic Watch system has received 4,885 reports of dangerous driving in the first nine months of operation, but just 60 Fixed Charge Notices have been issued to drivers so far on the back of the reports.