Portlaoise Court: Musical motorist ‘oblivious’ to doing 160kph
The case was heard at Portlaoise District Court
A MOTORIST who pleaded guilty to travelling at 160kph on the M7 in Portlaoise was disqualified from driving at a sitting of Portlaoise District Court.
Garda Stephen O’Hanlon told the court that, on 17 September last, he pursued a car for over three kilometres that was being driven at 160kph in the fast lane of the M7 at Ballymacken, Portlaoise.
He said that when the vehicle eventually stopped, driver Frankie Barr with an address at 58 Finn Eber Fort, Finglas, Dublin 11 “seemed oblivious to the speed that he was doing, because he was listening to music at the time”.
Gda O'Hanlon told the hearing on 20 March that Mr Barr had no previous convictions.
Judge Andrew Cody convicted the defendant, fined him €500 and disqualified him from driving for six months.
