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Driver arrested after car is clocked at 216km/h in a 100km/h zone

A driver has been arrested after they were found to be speeding at 216km/h in a 100km/h zone. The...
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09.33 3 Nov 2016


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Driver arrested after car is clocked at 216km/h in a 100km/h zone

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09.33 3 Nov 2016


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A driver has been arrested after they were found to be speeding at 216km/h in a 100km/h zone.

The car was detected breaching the speed limit on the N7 on Wednesday morning.

The car was stopped by the Naas Traffic Corp.

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Gardaí say the driver was arrested for dangerous driving.

The car was also seized for having no insurance.

A recent slow down campaign over a 24 hour period saw 135,010 vehicles checked. Of these, 341 of these were travelling in excess of the speed limit.

Last year saw the lowest number of road deaths since 2012 - at 166.

Dublin and Cork had the highest record of road fatalities, at 17 and 16 respectively. While Roscommon and Waterford had no road fatalities in 2015.


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