Guy jailed for 102mph on the motorway

[irish boy]

There is a massive crackdown on speeding in the South of Ireland coming in this year, just as a warning to anyone traveling over to be careful and watch their speed.

This judge is getting ahead of the game. Clear bright motorway in the evening, no priors, no stupid excuses and 3 kids at home with a wife that doesn't drive, 2 years ban and 2 months in jail.

Will certainly change the flow of the motorways which are large and fairly fast once you leave Dublin area, I'd be down twice a month and have not noticed much change yet with 120kmh still being slow/middle lane speed but a few more of these headlines will put the wind up people.



https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/358043/jai...

[irish boy]

vonhosen said:

Pica-Pica said:

Tony1963 said:

It looks to me that there might be more to this that the newspaper isn’t reporting.

Agree. He was done for dangerous driving, not (just) speeding. Although I do not know how the Gardaí view these things.

Perhaps they share the interpretation of the Scottish courts.

Under the new rules 30kph over is dangerous driving.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46524583

[irish boy]

macushla said:

Marvib said:

macushla said:

That says proposed rules. Have they been brought into law?

"This judge is getting ahead of the game." From the OP.

Seems that the judge isn’t the only one

irish boy said:

Under the new rules 30kph over is dangerous driving.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46524583

I didn’t say the rules were in play yet but I’ll change it to “under the new proposed rules”. Read my first post and it says coming this year. The bill will be most likely passed within a few weeks.

[irish boy]

The Surveyor said:

Is this guy really going to serve 2 months inside for 102mph, or did he get a suspended jail sentence?

It isn't suspended, depends how the appeal goes.