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The highest speed detected by gardaí today was 30km per hour over the limit

A vehicle in Sligo was found to be travelling 130km per hour in a 100 km per hour zone. Slow down everyone, it’s the weekend.

Updated 22:40

GARDAÍ HAVE SAID that more than 74,500 vehicles have been checked for speeding in 782 detections across the country already today, as part of its National Slow Down Day.

The highest speed detected so far in this operation was 130 km per hour in a 100 km per hour zone on the N15 Mount Temple in Sligo.

Some other notable speeds included:

  • 100km per hour in a 60 km per hour zone on the R188 Doocassan, Drung, Cavan
  • A vehicle travelling at 82 km per hour in a 50 km per hour zone R752 Ballyfree, Glenealy, Wicklow;
  • A vehicle travelling at 127 km per hour in a 100 km per hour zone on the N25 at Ballyadam, Carrigtwohill, Cork;
  • 128 km per hour on a 100 km hour zone on the N7;
  • 86 km per hour in a 50 km per hour zone on the R390 at Grange Mullingar Westmeath.

Gardaí are appealing to motorists to drive safely and stay within the speed limits at all time, especially over this bank holiday weekend. In the words of @GardaTraffic: Bsafe.

Originally published 19:25

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    Sep 13th 2014, 4:01 PM

    hope she is not too hurt

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    Sep 13th 2014, 4:52 PM

    But you hope she’s a little bit hurt?

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    Sep 13th 2014, 5:07 PM

    Scary stuff. I once had a Lancer and i had to hard wire the radio and i forgot to tape up the live wire properly it a pot hole and a short melted the wiring loom while i was driving smoke everywhere scary stuff

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    Sep 13th 2014, 5:17 PM

    Full stop.

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    Sep 13th 2014, 5:30 PM

    Misleading headline. The car ploughed into the barrier on the slip road and then burst into flames.

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    Sep 13th 2014, 5:51 PM

    Was thinking the same Brendan. Headline seemed to suggest that the car had randomly just burst into flames.

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    Sep 13th 2014, 8:21 PM

    Hope she isn’t hurt at all

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    Sep 13th 2014, 9:30 PM

    Ah lads, The Journal wouldn’t mislead us with a headline…. would they??

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    Sep 13th 2014, 4:14 PM

    Slightly misleading headline. It suggest car just spontaneously burst into flames. What appears to have happened is she crashed into barrier at exit; likely driver error. Hope she isn’t seriously hurt. A lesson for us all how drivers need to pay the utmost attention all the time.

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    Sep 13th 2014, 4:22 PM

    What’s the lesson derived from this accident for all us other drivers then ? You must have all the facts ?

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    Sep 13th 2014, 4:30 PM

    Smoke might have blinded her view hence crashing into barrier

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    Sep 13th 2014, 4:33 PM

    A lot of assumptions. …?

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    Sep 13th 2014, 7:03 PM

    3monkey perhaps you can’t read. My message was the importance of paying attention when driving.

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    Sep 13th 2014, 9:15 PM

    Well I never !!

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    Sep 13th 2014, 6:40 PM

    Women drivers

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    Sep 13th 2014, 10:56 PM

    A woman spontaneously burst into flames on the M50? Mad.

    Now, I’m off to speed read some more articles and post some snappy but insightful comments.

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    Sep 13th 2014, 8:10 PM

    Barrier blinded her an she crashes into the smoke

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    Sep 13th 2014, 5:27 PM

    Cool

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