More than €32 million in fines have been issued for speeding on Irish roads in the last 2 years. The new Garda figures show that between November 2010 and December 2012 408,000 offenders were detected.

The number of 'Go Safe' camera locations around the country are being increased by over 200 to 727. These can be found on a new interactive map on the garda website. Vans containing the cameras are regularly deployed along stretches of road with a history of collisions.

The gardai say the cameras

• Increase compliance with speed limits across the entire road network
• Reduce speed at locations that have a speed related collision history
• Act as a deterrent to driving at excessive speeds

Since the introduction of 'Go Safe' camera vans in 2010 there has been a steady reduction in the number of speeding offences along collision blacksopts.

Last year set a new historic low for road deaths when 161 people lost their lives on our roads. This was down from 186 in 2011. So far this year 43 people have died in accidents which is an increase of 15 on the same period last year.

This weekend marks the first bank holiday of the year with tens of thousands of motorists set to take to the roads around St. Patrick's Day.

Assistant Commissioner Gerard Phillips is in charge of the Garda Traffic Bureau.