Driver doing 179kmh in 60kmh zone is just one of more than 2,800 caught speeding over weekend

Independent.ie - 22/04
A driver caught doing 179kmh in a 60kmh zone in Co Longford was just one of more than 2,800 people caught speeding over the Easter bank holiday weekend.

Gardai have released details of the worst offenders clocked over the course of their road policing operation that kicked off on Thursday morning.

Other drivers breaking the speed limits included one who was travelling at 165kmh on a 100kmh stretch of the N18 Ballinacurra (Weston), Co Limerick.

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Another was detected while driving at 139kmh in a 80kmh zone on R157 Dunboyne, Co Meath, while one driver was spotted breaking the 50kmh speed limit on the R394 Milltown Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath by going at 125kmh.

Between 7am on Thursday, April 17 until 7am on Tuesday, April 22, gardai carried out more than 912 Mandatory Intoxicant Testing (MIT) checkpoints.

More than 4,500 breath tests and 213 oral fluid tests were performed that led to 149 arrests for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.

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