GOTCHA! Car clocked at 152km/hr on Kildare motorway

Naas Roads Policing Unit were conducing speed checks on the M4 in North Kildare when they detected an unaccompanied learner driver with no L-plates displayed.

A fine was issued and court proceedings will follow.

The state-of-the-art devices are manufactured in the US.

According to the specifications of one device, the TruCAM II laser gun, it can measure speed up to a maximum distance of 1,200m - and so is suited to long, straight stretches of road such as on the motorways network.