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Drove on footpath

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  • 23-10-2015 7:13pm
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    Bykobap
    Registered Users Posts: 250 ✭✭


    Saw the guards parked and thought i will be fine if i drive past them at snails pace on footpath with my scooter 50 cc. Guard stoped me and fined me €60 for it but no fine arrived yet after 20 days. At the time guard said i wont get any penalty points if i pay the fine on time but google says its a point for the offence. When i presented my drivers licence at the station i was told i could get 3 penalty points by different guard presumably for careless driving. So is the fine coming and where can i check whether its issued. Cheers


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    Skill Magill
    Registered Users Posts: 2,569 ✭✭✭Skill Magill


    Why were you driving on the footpath, especially in front of guards!


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    Blondie919
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,454 ✭✭✭Blondie919


    Bykobap wrote: »
    Saw the guards parked and thought i will be fine if i drive past them at snails pace on footpath with my scooter 50 cc. Guard stoped me and fined me €60 for it but no fine arrived yet after 20 days. At the time guard said i wont get any penalty points if i pay the fine on time but google says its a point for the offence. When i presented my drivers licence at the station i was told i could get 3 penalty points by different guard presumably for careless driving. So is the fine coming and where can i check whether its issued. Cheers

    Crazy driving!!!


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    sonofenoch
    Registered Users Posts: 2,162 ✭✭✭sonofenoch


    Got a court summons for similar a few years back (when they were doing the Luas lines on Abbey str) was literally walking the bike with both feet on the ground when some b**** ban Garda stopped me and said you're going to court, 60 euro donation to the VDP was my sentence :D


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    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,177 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Ah! The lesser-spotted Psychopath. Those Kerrymen were right! :D


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    Bykobap
    Registered Users Posts: 250 ✭✭Bykobap


    Yeah stupid i know, won't do it again.


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    Keith186
    Registered Users Posts: 3,202 ✭✭✭Keith186


    Some times they say they are going to do something but they won't follow through with it. That's been my experience a couple of times anyway. But at 20 days you are not out of the woods yet! If it doesn't come soon I doubt you'll get anything.


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    Jimmy Bottlehead
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    I've only done this when popping into Megabikes as it's a pain in the hole to turn in with the traffic (esp cyclists) at the junction.


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Op thread title should be changed to RIDIN ON DA PATH.


    Were you riding up to park or taking a short cut or trying to bypass a traffic light?.


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