Motorist clocked doing crazy speed on local road

A motorist was clocked at 156 kilometres per hour near Ballinahown during the Bank Holiday weekend.

The incident was one of a number singled out by An Garda Siochana as it assessed its St Brigid’s Bank Holiday Weekend - Road Safety Appeal.

The vehicle was found driving at 156 km/h in a 100km/h zone at Doon Demesne outside Ballinahown.

Gardai said that the Garda road safety operation was put in place between 7am Friday, February 3 and 7am Tuesday, February 7

Tragically, one person died in a fatal collision on our roads over this period, and a further nine collisions took place that resulted in nine serious and life-threatening injuries.

Over the February Bank Holiday period, An Garda Síochána carried out 1,248 checkpoints.

196 persons were arrested for driving under the Influence (123 Alcohol/ 73 Drugs).

Fixed Charge Offences for other road offences during the period included mobile phones (216); Learner unaccompanied drivers (123) and seat belts (69)

In addition, 460 vehicles were detained under section 41 Road Traffic Act for offences such as Unaccompanied Learner Driver, No Driving Licence, No Insurance and No Tax.

During this period, Go-Safe checked the speed of 393,626 vehicles.

Notable top speeds detected in each Speed Zone are:

• 113km/h in a 50km/h zone on the N6, Baile An Phoill, Gaillimh, Gaillimh

• 100km/h in a 60 km/h zone on the Navan Road, Dublin 15, Dublin

• 160km/h in an 80 km/h zone on the R178, Redbog, Carrickmacross, Louth

• 156km/h in a 100 km/h zone on the N62, Doon Demesne, Ballinahown, Offaly

• 165 km/h in a 120 km/h zone on the M18, Killeenhugh, Kinvara, Galway