Guy in limerick jailed for 164kmh.

[lightning]

Seems a bit crazy, reading around it it was a bright evening, clear motorway, no previous and he has 3 kids at home. 2 year ban and 2 months inside.


Jail sentence for man caught speeding on Limerick motorway

 

[G N K]

Any link?

That's ridiculous, and very worrying...

 

[lightning]

Any link?

That's ridiculous, and very worrying...

Is the link showing up now?

 

[G N K]

Is the link showing up now?

Yes it is indeed Simon

 

[chris_b]

Got to be more to it surely ? 100mph and straight to prison ?

 

[Burt2000]

Thats a very harsh punishment for doing the ton on a motorway, considering the hood rat *******s up here get off with a tap on the wrist for stealing cars and terrorising people.

 

[G N K]

Got to be more to it surely ? 100mph and straight to prison ?

It's the same as here, over 100 is automatic licence gone.

That judge sounds like an absolute idiot though, I don't fancy jail so I'm slowing down lol.

 

[Chris666]

Stiff lesson there. Your licence is a revokable privilege, not a right to hold even if you plead hardship.

 

[Woodcutter]

Seems a bit crazy, reading around it it was a bright evening, clear motorway, no previous and he has 3 kids at home. 2 year ban and 2 months inside.


Jail sentence for man caught speeding on Limerick motorway

That is seriously harsh!

Must be more to this than is being reported.

 

[AMG]

There has to have been more to it than meets the eye there, jail for little over 100?

 

[FM155]

The report says that his driving was brought to their attention so he must have upset someone with his speed? Gawd knows, seems very harsh indeed, crazy!!

 

[Coog]

I was caught down there a fair bit over that and just got a bollocking & fine. Unless it's changed a lot in the past few years?

 

[FM155]

It has, they are talking about bringing in very steep fines and disqualifications for very little over. Looks like this judge was trying to get ahead of the game.
New speeding laws proposed in Ireland

 

[Phil_EK9]

Flip me, that's mad. I've got caught at that sort of speed in the north before and just got a bit of grief and 3 points.

 

[soccersmyth]

That's nuts.

What good is he in jail to his family and financial commitments.

Usual banana republic way to use a sledgehammer to crack an egg.

My journeys down the M3 to Dub will be a lot more reserved in the future.

 

[mike150]

…..………..so he looses his job, house, marriage breaks down all for doing 100mph!?!?

 

[Big Pimp]

I know it’s limerick and a bit of a drive, but if you were close you’d definitely make a break for the border

 

[DriftnSlide]

I would say his appeal will have an element of success, given his family/work circumstances.
That was way too harsh.

 

[BarryPort]

I would say his appeal will have an element of success, given his family/work circumstances.
That was way too harsh.

Has to. Sure his wife doesn’t even drive.

I noticed the magistrate was a woman ‍

Maybe that answers a lot of your questions.

 

[Nigelo]

Like mentioned above, all this thing does is cause a situation were 'the middle' lose even more faith in the fairness of the justice system as they watch the scum and the elite of society get away with far worse.

 

[saxo_man]

Like mentioned above, all this thing does is cause a situation were 'the middle' lose even more faith in the fairness of the justice system as they watch the scum and the elite of society get away with far worse.

Agreed, normal working man, the one with the most to lose.

 

[ciarandeery1]

I know someone very close to me caught at 186kmph.. went to court, the right solicitor had him 5points and a 250€ fine.

I kid you not lol couldn’t believe it

 

[Gavlar]

Alot of it depends on the judge, you're at their mercy really

 

[ciarandeery1]

Alot of it depends on the judge, you're at their mercy really

The first thing the solicitor done was ask the guard who was in charge of case to lower from dangerous driving to careless I think, this was before the court even started..

 

[andy9eleven]

Flip me. That is more than harsh.

Appears I was extremely lucky when I was stopped leaving Dublin the other day. In fact if I wasn’t on NI plates I could well have been in there with him.