Multiple drivers caught speeding in 50km/h zone in this Kildare town

Naas Roads Policing Unit (NaasRPU) in Kildare conducted a speed checkpoint in Monasterevin recently.

A number of drivers were caught exceeding the speed limit.

Some of the offending speeds detected included:

• 84km/h in a 50km/h zone;
• 77km/h in a 50km/h zone;
• 76km/h in a 50km/h zone;
• 73km/h in a 50km/h zone;
• 72km/h in a 50km/h zone.

Each driver was fined €160 and had three penalty points added to their licence.

A garda spokesperson stated: “That’s €160 gone and three points added — all for saving a few seconds on your journey.

“The message is simple: Slow down. There is no trophy for being first home.

GET THE POINT — NOT THE POINTS.”