'Crazy speed in a van' - Driver caught travelling 50km/h above speed limit
Motorist one of half a dozen detected travelling above the limit by garda motorcyclist in one hour on same road
Gardaí are urging motorists to slow down following an increase in speeding detections including in parts of the west of Ireland.
A driver of a van who was caught travelling 50km/h above the speed limit was one of six motorists detected speeding by a garda motorcyclist all in the same hour in Galway city Tuesday afternoon.
As of this Wednesday, October 16, 140 people have been killed on Irish roads this year.
In a post on social media highlighting the detections in Galway gardaí said: "The driver of this van clocked travelling 50km/h above the speed limit was one of six detected speeding by a Garda Motorcyclist during the same hour in Galway City this afternoon."
According to a photograph accompanying the Facebook post, the driver was caught travelling at 150km/h in 100km zone.
The post, which was been seen by thousands of people across Facebook and Twitter/X has left members of the public outraged by the rate of speed the driver was travelling at with one person commenting: "Crazy speed in a van"
Another said: "Keep on checking and do even more controls. It seems to be the only way how people learn to drive at the right speed and reduce risk on our roads."