Gardaí have issued a warning after a motorist was caught speeding well above the limit outside Letterkenny.
The driver was clocked at 156km/hr in a 100km/hr zone. They will face a fine of €160 and 3 penalty points.
“Speed kills. Slow down to save lives,” said a garda spokesperson on social media.
The detection was made on Friday, shortly after gardaí issued a Bank Holiday appeal to all road users to think of the life-changing consequences of dangerous driving.
“We dread going to the scene of a serious or a fatal road traffic collision. We really dread having to call to a home to break the worst imaginable news to a family and we do know as we drive up the laneway of a home that what we are about to say will bring their whole world crashing down around them. It is soul destroying and in many cases it is avoidable,” said the powerful appeal from Donegal Gardaí.
A dedicated enforcement operation is underway and will continue until Wednesday.
