Meanwhile on the Roads...

the learner permit needs to expire - if you don't sit the test you have to go back and do your theory test and pay again.

similarly anyone who fails more than X times (3 maybe?) should be made go back for an extra set of lessons.

and obviously more enforcement of the accompanied rule.

Its enshrined in EU legislation - a speedometer can never display less than actual speed and not more than 110% of actual speed + 10km/h.

So assuming Hayes figure of 150 km/h is correct, then his speedo would have been displaying anything between 150 km/h and 175 km/h. Due to manufacturing tolerances, wear etc, no manufacturer is going to have the device at either extreme, so somewhere in the middle would be a reasonable assumption.

My vehicle seems to be a consistence 5km/hr over GPS.

All of which assumes that a phone or sat-nav GPS system is completely accurate for instantaneous speeds

They are accurate if sitting at a constant speed for a while but not much use if accelerating or decelerating due to the lag in the system

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2024/0723/1461370-kyle-hayes/

Hayes's barrister Liam Carroll, acting for solicitor Sarah Ryan, indicated to the court that there would be a willingness on the part of Hayes to enter a plea to the lesser charge of careless driving.

Judge Colm Roberts said: "This is the trick that goes around, with a summary of the facts. I want to hear all of the facts and make up my mind. I have a strong view of what is dangerous driving.

"I can only hear an application to bring it down to careless driving once I’ve heard the full facts. I’ve been stung by this before, the tolerance for dangerous driving is now much less so than it used to be."

Interesting. Maybe he should let Martin Nolan know?

I think that's judiciary speak for "you got the hop the ball when not being jailed for extreme violence, I'm fçucked if I'm sticking my neck out for you now you çunt"

On the N5 (driving) yesterday between Frenchpark and Castlebar. Two drivers intent on passing whatever was in front whether it was viable or not. Plenty of overttakes of multiple cars at once, overtakes into oncoming traffic which had to take evasive action. Crazy stuff. One of them turned into Swinford about 10 seconds up the road of me. The other got to the 1st new roundabout coming into Castlebar about 10 seconds ahead of me. Both came from many vehicles behind me on the road, was mental to see such driving for no "gain"

it's nearly alway for "no gain" though. Anytime someone overtakes me in a hare-brained manner, 99% of the time I catch up and go past them again at the next set up lights or roundabout. People get behind the wheel of a car and any slight delay becomes a catastrophe.

Unfortunately Assholes can get a driving licence , we met one today too, we were cycling 2 abreast on a decent straight road with plenty of opportunities to overtake. Asshole decided to continously blow his horn, whilst frantically waving his arm out his window when overtaking us. 100 meters ahead he had to slow down in traffic going through a village. Mind boggling stuff.