Driver to face court after gardaí clock car travelling at over 190 km/h

Traffic officers also dealt with a souped-up motorbike in Wicklow this afternoon.

Galway Traffic: Speed check on the M6 Galway/Ballinasloe
East. Car detected at 191km/h Prosecution to follow.#slowdown pic.twitter.com/OkexAdNpCg
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) July 18, 2017

An Garda Síochána / Twitter

GALWAY GARDAÍ HAVE urged drivers to slow down after they clocked a car travelling at over 190 km/h on a motorway.

The traffic corps operated a speed check on the M6 and caught the Audi driver travelling 71 km/h over the limit.

The driver was pulled in at the junction of Galway and Ballinasloe East. Gardaí said that the driver will now face a prosecution for driving so fast.

Traffic gardaí have also been busy in Wicklow. Officers spotted a souped-up mountain bike fitted with a petrol engine. The cyclist had no insurance, licence or helmet when pulled in.

The bike was seized and the cyclist now faces court.

DIY enthusiast! with petrol engine on mountain bike @ M11 no
Ins/d.licence/helmet Bike seized & Ct to follow Stick to Mountain &
not m/way pic.twitter.com/3K2iM2HpbR
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) July 18, 2017

An Garda Síochána / Twitter

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