A driver in Galway was caught doing almost 150km/h in one of the worst offences detected so far in Gardaí’s National Slow Down Day.
An Garda Síochána is carrying out a 24-hour traffic operation before Christmas to detect speeding and encourage safer driving.
In the first five hours of National Slow Down Day, GoSafe checked the speed of 28,569 vehicles.
From that, they have detected 120 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.
One of the worst offenders so far was a driver doing 149km/h in a 120km/h zone on the M6 at Carnmore.
An Garda Síochána continues to appeal to drivers to comply with speed limits in order to reduce the number of speed related collisions, save lives and reduce injuries on our roads.
