Judge tells man caught driving at 184km/h: ‘You would have made mincemeat of a child’
A 25-year-old man was disqualified from driving for two years and fined after being caught driving at 184km/h in Co Cavan. The judge condemned the dangerous behavior, noting the potential for fatal consequences.
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A Co Cavan man who drove at almost twice the speed limit has been told by a judge that if he had his way he would “ban him for life”.
Michael McCooey (25), of Duncollig, Lisboduff, Cootehill appeared before Judge Raymond Finnegan at Cavan District Court on Thursday charged with dangerous driving at Killyduff, Virginia, Co Cavan on September 3rd.
Sgt Damien Galligan told the judge that McCooey had been recorded driving at 184km/h.
Finnegan disqualified McCooey from driving for two years and fined him €500.
He asked McCooey what would have happened if a child had crossed the road at the time of his offence. McCooey said he would have been driving “too fast” to stop in time.
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