Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

On the question of the varying of speed, I had to pass through Kilreekil before I had a motorway to go to Galway. One could drive at 100 km/h and shortly before the village this was dropped to 60 km/h, and less than 100 yd later this dropped again to 50 km/h. It seemed a little crazy that one would slow to hit 60 km/h but a person could be breaking the speed limit because of the short distance between the limits.

This is pertinent on rural roads. As Senators, we travel every road in the country to meet our electorate and I really try to work out in my head some of the speed limits. There are 100 km/h limits on sections where nobody would do the speed but on others there is a limit of 80 km/h on stretches that seem perfectly safe for a slightly faster speed. I digress.

There was a problem where if people did not receive a notice of a road traffic violation, the person would be called to court. That would happen where the fine was not paid. If people had not received the notice properly, the case would be struck out. Has the Garda done anything to improve the delivery of notices of breaches of traffic law and stop this happening?