Garda Traffic on Twitter

I'm glad most of you can take such a flippant regard to your fellow motorist, to your fellow human being. An ex of mine was involved in a road collision which wasn't her fault and the other party died on scene. Despite all the counselling, all the attempts to reassure her that the other person "took their life into their own hands." She can't shake the question "what if I hadn't been there?" I doubt she'll ever be the same again. (And no, it's not the cause of our break up)

So in summary, I'm glad the Gardaí and the courts are doing all they can to save people like my old girlfriend the pain of horrible Road accidents.

It was a car according to the twitter comments. 236 kph (146mph), I wonder what they were driving.

My money is on a Nissan Micra.

That's a keep going turn a corner burn the car and run moment. Then say you know nothing.

punisher5112 wrote: »

That's a keep going turn a corner burn the car and run moment. Then say you know nothing.

Fred Swanson wrote: »

The law would have nothing that could catch that from a standing start.

Except the one that's waiting five km down the road waiting for a call on the radio.

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Except the one that's waiting five km down the road waiting for a call on the radio.

Then out run that i30 also....

Small island but plenty get away.

selectamatic wrote: »

Tbf a car would have a job travel in the opposite direction and then turn right crossing directly into your path on a relatively quiet motorway on a Sunday morning.

Speeding in a built up area or on a national primary road with crossroads and T junctions and speeding on a relatively quiet motorway are simply not comparable.

Going at 218km , do you fancy you chances to react and stop in time if you come around a bit of a bend to be met with a couple of carsenal stopped after crashing in to each other?
6 foot of bike embedded in to the back of the golf from the earlier pic is going to cause as much pain as it is in the side.

pablo128 wrote: »

A mark 5 Golf GTi would do that speed no bother at all.

pretty much any 2L diesel will do that speed.
I believe the spot where the driver was clocked is the downhill section before the Fermoy exit heading southbound on the M8

JC01 wrote: »

*Hopefully this is considered on topic as its directly about the Garda and their work.

If your driving a car at that speed you know full well that stopping means at least a ban and you also know you can outrun almost every vehicle the gardai have bar maybe the bikes. Keep the foot in and you'll cross 20-30 miles of the country in very very little time and arguably be out of the guards reaction net. Then fly off down a backroad from the next slip road and your home safe. Is all of that dangerous? Yes but needing to react like that or else loose your license is an inherent risk when doing that speed in the first place.

But at the end of the day its fair enough to say that about a bike, the reg being only on the back, usually smaller and sometimes covered by the tax disc :pac: If its a car all they need is the reg number surely?