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08th Jan 2019

Learner driver arrested after being caught speeding at 115km in a 50km zone

Paul Moore

learner drivers

Extremely dangerous.

A learner driver in Kildare has been arrested after being caught speeding at 115km in a 50km zone. The arrest was made by the Naas Roads Policing unit during a checkpoint last night.

The Garda Twitter account shared the information this morning.

Aside from the speeding offence, the motorist was also driving with a learner permit and had no L-plates displayed in their car.  The driver was also not accompanied by a qualified driver.

Since the arrest was made, the vehicle has been seized and the motorist now faces a court charge.

Earlier this week, Gardai in Limerick made two similar arrests after a recent road operation stopped several drivers that were exceeding the speed limit by significant amounts.

As part of their recent Christmas and New Year road safety campaign, An Garda SĂ­ochĂ¡na revealed that their speed cameras caught over 800 drivers in total breaking the speed limit.

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