District court judge slams speed vans after taxi driver caught five times in 70 minutes

A district court judge has slammed the operators of a speed camera, after a taxi driver was detected driving over the speed limit on five separate occasions in the same spot in the space of 70 minutes.

Orhan Yilmaz, from 16B Avondale Rd, Highfield Park, was going to and from the city centre, dropping off fares and driving back into town to collect more on the night he was detected.

At Galway District Court Judge Mary Fahy said that the issuing of five speeding summonses in these circumstances was “totally disproportionate” and was “bringing the entire speed detection system into disrepute”.