Motorist clocked at 158kph in Laois during National Slow Down Day
Published 29th Feb 2024, 14:33 GMT
Speeding drivers caught in Abbeyleix, Portlaoise and Borris-in-Ossory
A motorist was detected travelling at 158kmh in Laois during the first National Slow Down Day of 2024.
Laois Offaly Gardaí gave an outline of some of the speeding offences they detected in the district.
“We are out everyday detecting speed, and we are asking you to please slow down.
Help us spread this message among your family, friends, neighbours and colleagues,” Laois Offaly Gardaí said.
At lunchtime Gardaí posted the detections in the two counties so far.
These included a detection in Borris-in-Ossory of 127kmh in a 100km zone, in Abbeyleix 138kmh in a 100 km zone and in Portlaoise 158kmh in a 120km zone.
In Co Offaly, a motorist was detected driving in Banagher at 113kmh in an 80 km zone.