Traffic Blues

Traffic Blues
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Genre	Motoring, Police
Directed by	Philip McGovern
Narrated by	Steve Wall
Composer(s)	John Walsh
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Philip McGovern Jane Kelly
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Big Mountain
Release
Original network	RTÉ One
Original release	31 May 2009 – present
External links
Website

Traffic Blues is a documentary series broadcast on RTÉ One. It follows various traffic officers from the Garda Síochána.

The first series follows the Garda Traffic Corps in a six-part series. The series was filmed over six months, putting the Dublin Metropolitan division based in Dublin Castle, the Louth division taking in stations in Drogheda and Dundalk and the Donegal division focusing on Burnfoot and Letterkenny areas in the centre of attention.

It is similar in format to the British programmes Traffic Cops or Road Wars. Six episodes were made for the series, which aired on Sundays at 20:30.

Series two

A second series of Traffic Blues returned on 3 July 2011 on RTÉ One. It featured numerous traffic offences such as a speeding Audi A4 on Dublin's M50 and vehicle's seizures on the Naas dual-carriageway. It also featured a drink driver in County Cork at well as a high speed pursuit involving a Ford Mondeo. The main differences between Series One and Series Two are a change in music used and footage from Cork and the N7 in Kildare.

Reception

After the broadcast of the programme on 21 June 2009, concerns were raised when members of the force had stopped a school bus on the M4 motorway. The bus had a broken seat belt, there were unrestrained children and a worn tyre. Following the programme the National Parents Council, asked for supervisors to accompany children on buses.

See also

• Garda ar Lár

External links

• Traffic Blues at RTÉ.ie