Scorching speed as Laois gardaí target notorious road
One of the cars recorded on the notorious 60kph road was doing 105kph. Image: An Garda Síochána Laois Offaly
A DRIVER doing 105kph in a 60kph zone was among a series of motorists caught exceeding the speed limit, when gardaí targeted a notorious road in Laois.
Other speeds recorded during the garda crackdown this weekend ranged from 85kph to 96kph.
The culprits included a disqualified driver doing 95kph in a Renault Clio, which was pulled in and seized by gardaí.
The radar speed check was mounted on Saturday on the L3976 at Tankardstown near Barrowhouse, following ongoing complaints from residents. The speed limit was reduced from 80kph to 60kph last year.
Gardaí said members of the Laois Roads Policing Unit (RPU) were ‘responding to local concerns’ when they carried out speed enforcement in the area on Saturday.
Posting a series of images on social media, gardaí said: ‘One Renault Clio brought plenty of Va Va Voom … clocked at 95kph in a 60kph zone.
‘A quick check showed the driver was already disqualified from driving and had not surrendered their licence.’
The Clio driver was arrested and charged to appear before Athy District Court and the car was seized, according to a post on the An Garda Síochána Laois Offaly Facebook page.
Fixed charge penalty notices will be issued to other drivers recorded speeding during the enforcement.
The Tankardstown-Barrowhouse road has seen a litany of crashes, including two within the past nine months where vehicles crashed into the front garden of the same house.
As reported at the time, the force of the latest crash on Friday 13 February sent bricks flying into the family home, after a car ploughed through a front hedge and wall.
