A driver in Donegal caught at over 1.5 times the speed limit has been labelled “especially dangerous” by Gardaí, as part of their Bank Holiday Weekend roads policing efforts.
The driver in question was recorded doing 157 km/h in a 100 km/h zone on the R238 at Tromaty, Quigley’s Point – the highest speed any of the nearly 300 drivers caught speeding in the last day nationwide.
Another driver in Donegal was also listed by Gardaí amongst the worst offenders nationwide, being caught doing 95 km/h in a 60 km/h zone on the N13 in Bridgend.
Gardaí are warning drivers to be especially cautious, as two people have already lost their lives on the Republic of Ireland’s roads in the last 24 hours – along with two elderly pensioners also killed in a road crash in Northern Ireland yesterday afternoon.
Gardaí say that of the over 127,000 vehicles checked for speeding since 7am on Friday morning, 283 were caught over the limit.
An Garda Síochána have also provided a list of the most egregious speeding offences detected nationwide in the last day:
– 86km/h in a 50km/h zone on the R436, Kilcoursey, Clara, Offaly.
– 95km/h in a 60km/h zone on the N13, Carrowreagh, Bridgend, Donegal.
– 146km/h in an 80km/h zone on the R339, Glenrevagh, Oranmore, Galway.
– 157km/h in a 100km/h zone on the R238, Tromaty, Quigleys Point, Donegal.
Commenting on these detections, Chief Superintendent in the Garda National Roads Policing Bureau, Jane Humphries said, “Our October Bank Holiday roads policing operation has been underway since first thing Thursday morning and while we are generally seeing good levels of compliance with speed limits on roads around Ireland, I am gravely concerned by the risks taken by some drivers and the two fatal road traffic collisions.”
“Please slow down and drive safely today and over the rest of the long weekend as so many of us take to the roads.”
