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Pulled over for speeding by a static guard.

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  • #52
    Arbiter of Good Taste
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,200 ✭✭✭Arbiter of Good Taste


    Export wrote: »
    What's a static guard?

    And how was he defiantly putting on his helmet? The rogue!:p


  • #53
    EunanMac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 454 ✭✭EunanMac


    Export wrote: »
    What's a static guard?

    They prevent static build up


  • #54
    Paulownia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭Paulownia


    I was stopped by a guard for passing out at a crossroads about five weeks ago and he told me I would get a fine in the post andtwo penalty points. So far I've heard nothing, my worry is that it got lost in the post. How long is the interval normally between being stopped and getting the letter?


  • #55
    JustAddWater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭JustAddWater


    Export wrote: »
    What's a static guard?

    when your going as fast as the OP, sure everything looks static :D


  • #56
    NUTLEY BOY
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,344 ✭✭✭NUTLEY BOY


    Before allowing the OP to incriminate himself should the Garda not have cautioned him first ?

    I don't like speeding motorists because I have seen the consequences of what they do. If you are a serial speeder OP you should be given a slap :)

    However, you cannot stand over a dud or lazy prosecution if you cannot present the prosecution case with the required evidence at the required standard. To do otherwise brings court practice in to the realms of Judge Judy. Could you imagine her sitting in your local District Court for one week doing traffic cases ??

    BTW why would evidence from a dashcam be inadmissible ? If it is not excluded or excludable can it not be put before the DJ to render a decision on it's merits ?


  • #57
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,353 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    FreudianSlippers wrote: »
    I'd actually disagree with you flat out on this but I don't have an opportunity to pull out individual legislation from the US at the moment.

    Police use both audio (recorded on their person) and video (recorded via dashcam) as evidence in something like 42 States at present.

    Individuals may use video recorded via the dashcam in most states and can use the audio once the person in question being recorded is informed that they are being so recorded and give consent. If an officer refused to consent to recording and they are in uniform, if the person continues to record audio they are frequently threatened pursuant to the state's wiretapping or eavesdropping lawys, however, approximately 12 state courts have ruled that "a police officer at a traffic stop has no expectation of privacy" and that the recording is both lawful and admissible.

    Just for clarity, I was referring to polygraph tests, not dashcam footage.


  • #58
    Bepolite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭Bepolite


    NUTLEY BOY wrote: »
    To do otherwise brings court practice in to the realms of Judge Judy. Could you imagine her sitting in your local District Court for one week doing traffic cases ??

    I imagine there would be a lot less muppets driving around.


  • #59
    FreudianSlippers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,397 ✭✭✭✭FreudianSlippers


    sidcon wrote: »
    was doing 120-130 on n7 in the second overtaking lane.

    Wait a tick, just realised something - isn't the N7 60kph at the moment increasing to 100kph due to roadworks?


  • #60
    FreudianSlippers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,397 ✭✭✭✭FreudianSlippers


    endacl wrote: »
    Just for clarity, I was referring to polygraph tests, not dashcam footage.
    I misread your post - you're right, clearly you were talking about polygraphs, apologies :embarrassed:


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  • #61
    ladyeaston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 63 ✭✭ladyeaston


    hi i was coming home from b and q with wood, and the boot was open but tied down not much sticking out the back, i was coming around the celbridge round about going to leixlip i drove very slow because i did not want anything to fall out, at easton roundabout a guard stopped me as he was there with the car and camera, he yelled at me told me i was speeding and that i was only slowed down and could have caused a crash , i was doing 60 in the 60 zone, i was very nice to him, but he shouted that i only was doing a slow speed because other cars had flashed me to let me know the camera was there , ''do you hear me '' ! he said, i said but i have wood and the boot open so i was going slow, he looked in the back saw it, his face dropped but he still was so angry, he could not say sorry he knew he made a mistake, my respect for these young guards is gone to be attacked like i was, lets hope the new ones going into templemore might learn social studies and how to deal with people, i always was thought respect for the police but time have changed and now after this happened trust is gone and i have seen what other have been saying all along.


  • #62
    Arbiter of Good Taste
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,200 ✭✭✭Arbiter of Good Taste


    Paulownia wrote: »
    I was stopped by a guard for passing out at a crossroads about five weeks ago and he told me I would get a fine in the post andtwo penalty points. So far I've heard nothing, my worry is that it got lost in the post. How long is the interval normally between being stopped and getting the letter?

    You passed out???:eek:


  • #63
    Bepolite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭Bepolite


    TBH if my job involved picking up pieces of people on a regular basis I'm not sure I'd be the most delightful person to deal with on my bad days.

    I do wish people would get a grip. Okay guards can sometimes be rude. Big deal, report it if you think it's a sign of something bigger. Suggesting that there is a break-down of trust because you didn't get a pat on the head and a kind word is bordering on the ridiculous.

    The majority of people, after picking up one dead kid off the tarmac, would probably need to spend some time at the funny farm, the emergency services are involved in this is on a semi-regular basis.


  • #64
    nelly17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭nelly17


    OP you admitted you were speeding it may not have been 150 but you dont know exactly what speed it was, so there is really two possible outcomes here either you are going to take it on the chin or you are going to be an idiot and cause yourself a lot more aggrgvation than its probably worth.


  • #65
    Export
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 429 ✭✭Export


    Bepolite wrote: »
    TBH if my job involved picking up pieces of people on a regular basis I'm not sure I'd be the most delightful person to deal with on my bad days.

    I do wish people would get a grip. Okay guards can sometimes be rude. Big deal, report it if you think it's a sign of something bigger. Suggesting that there is a break-down of trust because you didn't get a pat on the head and a kind word is bordering on the ridiculous.

    The majority of people, after picking up one dead kid off the tarmac, would probably need to spend some time at the funny farm, the emergency services are involved in this is on a semi-regular basis.

    Gardai should not be bringing bias to the table.


  • #66
    Shady Tady
    Registered Users Posts: 543 ✭✭✭Shady Tady


    Peppa Pig wrote: »
    You may want to consciously slow down. At least the third time you've been caught ....


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=71237091&postcount=1

    Never mind

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=82189680&postcount=1

    You are quite the rebel ;)

    It's the baton he needs not a ticket!


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  • #67
    slimjimmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,786 ✭✭✭slimjimmc


    FreudianSlippers wrote: »
    Wait a tick, just realised something - isn't the N7 60kph at the moment increasing to 100kph due to roadworks?

    Not near the weighbridge at Rathcoole, that's still 100km/h. The lower speed limit is east of the Citywest junction.


  • #68
    nelly17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭nelly17


    slimjimmc wrote: »
    Not near the weighbridge at Rathcoole, that's still 100km/h. The lower speed limit is east of the Citywest junction.

    Incidentally on a slightly unrelated note I have seen the guards in the left lane outbound just past the Newlands Cross lights (On the Golf course side) monitoring that 60kpm outbound on a couple of occasions.


  • #69
    Bepolite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭Bepolite


    Shady Tady wrote: »
    It's the baton he needs not a ticket!

    Hopefully it'll not be long before the ban. If we're up at 9 points at this stage OP get a solicitor and take their advice.


  • #70
    FreudianSlippers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,397 ✭✭✭✭FreudianSlippers


    slimjimmc wrote: »
    Not near the weighbridge at Rathcoole, that's still 100km/h. The lower speed limit is east of the Citywest junction.
    Ah ok. But still admittedly OP was at least 20-30kph over the limit.


  • #71
    Little CuChulainn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,624 ✭✭✭Little CuChulainn


    Export wrote: »
    Gardai should not be bringing bias to the table.

    Bias? What bias are you referring to?


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  • #72
    Shady Tady
    Registered Users Posts: 543 ✭✭✭Shady Tady


    Little CuChulainn wrote: »
    Bias? What bias are you referring to?

    You can't have an opinion on boards if you are in AGS.


  • #73
    Paulownia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭Paulownia


    Does anyone know how long it takes for a ticket to be issued from the date you are apprehended, leaving aside the hilarity about my use of english? I would be interested to know if anyone has an idea. Five weeks seems like a long time to wait.


  • #74
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    Paulownia wrote: »
    Does anyone know how long it takes for a ticket to be issued from the date you are apprehended, ?

    Two weeks is normal, but I believe it can take up to a maximum of 6 months.


  • #75
    Paulownia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭Paulownia


    Paulw wrote: »
    Two weeks is normal, but I believe it can take up to a maximum of 6 months.

    Thanks Paul, I will hold my breath so, I was afraid it might have got lost in the post and if I didn't pay the fine I'd be in trouble


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