'The BMW that Shook the Barley': Gardaí Arrest Motorist Travelling at 172kp/h on M7 Motorway

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On the motorway, the nights of the holiday hunt-crossing can switch into very high speed scenes. In Haute-Savoie, a driver has just been checked at 266 km/h on the A40 motorway, in the first weekend of August, at the wheel of a white BMW M3. The gendarmes of the Departmental Flight Control Squadron of Haute-Savoie had mobilized 106 soldiers for this device. In total, 41 excess speeds were recorded, three of which were greater than 50 km/h. The s…