George Lawlor: N25 camera penalising drivers with poor signage
George Lawlor raises concerns about a static speed camera installed on the N25, arguing inadequate and poorly placed signage is unfairly penalising drivers. He cites thousands caught by the camera and an example of a driver who received three penalty notices in a week, and asks authorities to improve signage to protect road users.
Location and problem
George Lawlor details the situation on the N25 between Wexford and Waterford, where a static speed camera has been installed. He says the camera itself is intended to assist road safety, but the lack of adequate signage means drivers have no reasonable opportunity to reduce speed before entering the camera's range.
Personal impact and evidence
Lawlor highlights local consequences: motorists from South Kilkenny and Wexford are receiving frequent notices, and he recounts a case where a woman received three penalty notices, totaling nine points, within a week. He stresses that the volume of tickets suggests a systemic signage problem rather than isolated incidents.
Call to the authorities
While reiterating that speed is dangerous-Speed kills-Lawlor calls on relevant authorities to review and upgrade signage on the N25. He frames the change as both a fairness issue for law-abiding drivers and a practical measure to support road safety enforcement.
Wider implications
The address places the signage issue within a broader road safety debate: static cameras are described as a tool to help reduce dangerous driving, but their effectiveness depends on proper implementation. Lawlor urges prompt action to prevent further unfair penalties and to ensure enforcement focuses on improving safety, not catching unprepared drivers.
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Tánaiste, last year the N25 around the area of Glenmoor and Carnegie County was the recipient of a much welcome static speed camera, however because of the lack of signage, inadequate signage and poorly placed signage, this static speed camera is really penalising even the most safest of drivers. Literally thousands of drivers have been caught by this static speed camera because there is no adequate signage. People are coming from a hundred into, and by, when they hit the 80, when they see the 80 sign, within a matter of 50-60 yards they're straight into the camera with no chance to adjust their speed properly. I spoke to a woman recently who received three, sorry, three penalty notices, so nine points in the space of a week as a result of the poor and inadequate signage. It is energised, as the last Ciann Comhairle will probably agree, that people of South Kilkenny and Wexford, a hundred tickets a week going to Wexford people who use this on the main Wexford to Waterford road. So is it something that we could we could ask the relevant authorities to improve upon because people are really suffering and being penalised rather unfairly? I don't mean to be argumentative, but that woman in Wexford received the penalty points because she was speeding, not because there was a lack of signage. Speed kills, speed kills. I'd encourage people to put up correct signage, but we are living through a road safety crisis in our country. The static cameras are an effort to try and really assist. Nobody likes getting a penalty point, but if you obey the rules of the road you won't get penalty points.
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