Gardaí stopped a motorbike in Dublin - for doing THREE TIMES the speed limit

The bike was travelling at almost 90 mph when gardaí intervened.

THERE’S BEING IN a hurry, and then there’s being ridiculously unsafe.

This motorcyclist falls into the latter category.

Gardaí stopped this motorbike after following it for a time early yesterday morning in south Dublin.

At the time it was travelling at almost three times the speed limit.

The limit is 50 km/h (31 mph) where the incident occurred – the bike was doing 135km/h (84 mph). Not clever.

DMR South Traffic-Eventually stop Motorbike at 135kph in a 50 zone after following, File to DPP for dangerous Driving pic.twitter.com/7XtYHORvXl
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) October 5, 2015

An Garda Síochána / Twitter

A file has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for dangerous driving.

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