Thousands of motorists escape speeding fines

THOUSANDS of motorists have been wrongly fined and given penalty points for speeding, it emerged last night.

Gardaí confirmed they are “looking into the situation as a matter of urgency” after a number of speeding cases were thrown out by a district court judge who said he could see no legislation in place to convict motorists.

Solicitor Jerry Healy said he had studied legislation for speed limits on the former main road between Fermoy and Watergrasshill, in Co Cork, and found that in 2006 the then minister for transport, Martin Cullen, had signed an order placing a 100km/h limit on the road.