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Nearly 900 motorists were detected traveling over the speed limit across the country during the 24-hour National Speed Reduction Day campaign.
One person was detected driving at 162 km / h in a 100 km / h zone on the N21 Castlematrix, Rathkeale, Limerick.
The garda operation began at 7 a.m. yesterday and 892 vehicles were detected exceeding the speed limit between 7 a.m. this morning.
GoSafe has verified the speed of 186,125 vehicles in total.
In Cloonagrasson, Ballintubber, Co Roscommon, a motorist was found to be driving at 161 km / h in a 100 km / h zone on the N60.
Another motorist was detected driving 97 km / h in a 50 km / h zone on the R680 Cork road in Co Waterford, while another was driving 94 km / h in a 50 km / h zone on the N20 Commons Road in Cork.
In Co Cavan, a motorist was detected driving at 123 km / h in a 100 km / h zone on the N3 in Lavey.
A driver was caught driving 132 km / h in a 100 km / h zone on the N18 Clonmoney in North Bunratty, Co Clare.
The latest figures show that the number of people caught speeding on Irish roads increased by 26% compared to last year.
Figures show that 151,055 motorists were speeding between January 1 and October 31, 2020.
So far this year, 137 people have died on Irish roads, an increase of nine compared to this time last year. In 2019, 140 people died in road-related incidents.
National Slowdown Day is over and Gardaí says the goal was to reduce the number of speed-related collisions, save lives and reduce road injuries.
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