Since 7am yesterday morning, Thursday 1st of August Garda� are out detecting poor driving behaviours such as driving above the speed limit as part of a the August Bank Holiday road safety operation.
So far, almost 85,000 vehicles have been checked for speeding.
It is positive that the majority of motorists are travelling within the designated speed, however, 211 drivers have been detected and some have been especially dangerous:
- 87km/h in a 50km/h zone in Murntown, Co. Wexford
- 106km/h in a 60km/h zone on the Monaghan Road, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
- 141km/h in an 80km/h zone on the N81 at Tullow, Co. Carlow
- 196km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N55 at Kilcogy, Co. Cavan.
Gardai are urging all road users to exercise extreme caution .
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