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Penalty Points

  • 07-06-2008 2:43pm
    #1
    Dead__Meat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭


    I recived my 11th and 12th Penalty points in the post yesyerday. How many does eveyone have

    How Many Penalty Points have you got?? 39 votes

    1
    0% 0 votes
    2
    2% 1 vote
    3
    58% 23 votes
    4
    5% 2 votes
    5
    15% 6 votes
    6
    0% 0 votes
    7
    5% 2 votes
    8
    0% 0 votes
    9
    0% 0 votes
    10
    0% 0 votes
    11
    2% 1 vote
    12
    0% 0 votes
    Like Ireland at the eurovision, nil points
    10% 4 votes


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Comments

  • #2
    Maddison
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,594 ✭✭✭Maddison


    I thought that once you get 12, your banned from driving. Excuse me if Im wrong!!:p


  • #3
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    You off the road now?


  • #4
    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    I have 0, and I intend to keep it that way.

    Good job clocking up 12 though, you'd have to be a pretty awful driver to do that. Lets hope your insurance takes another hike,eh?


  • #5
    DanGerMus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭DanGerMus


    Last monday i got 2 put on for speeding in like jan or feb and they won't be taken off til they 18 june 2011 so they're pretty much giving me an extra 5 months w@nkers. But funnily enough i got a letter in the post on the wed taking my last 2 off. lol. So at 2 now.


  • #6
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    Dead__Meat wrote: »
    I recived my 11th and 12th Penalty points in the post yesyerday. How many does eveyone have

    12 and your'e off the road i thought?

    and oh.ive 2 points,got them more than 2 years ago


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  • #7
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,507 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    No 0 option


  • #8
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    No points option added. For some reason it doesn't allow you to enter 0.


  • #9
    BJC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 731 ✭✭✭BJC


    No reply from OP....hmm.


  • #10
    NiSmO
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,670 ✭✭✭NiSmO


    This post has been deleted.


  • #11
    BJC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 731 ✭✭✭BJC


    NiSmO wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    Terribly embarassing that :p


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  • #12
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    NiSmO wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.
    That would be lolerific.


  • #13
    The Artist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,676 ✭✭✭The Artist


    im carrrrrrrefulllllllllll driver but have a terrible road rage.
    is there such thing as road rage point system.
    that should be another law.
    this


  • #14
    Clare Bear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,613 ✭✭✭✭Clare Bear


    I drive quite a lot and have no points (yet!!)....I really think some people are just unlucky though. Like getting points for doing 55 in a 50 mile limit or something like that, bit out of order?


  • #15
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Got two points for speeding, and €80 fine. Will be up at Christmas.


  • #16
    chopperbyrne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,040 ✭✭✭✭chopperbyrne


    Clare Bear wrote: »
    I drive quite a lot and have no points (yet!!)....I really think some people are just unlucky though. Like getting points for doing 55 in a 50 mile limit or something like that, bit out of order?

    Why is that out of order?

    It's speeding.

    That kind of attitude is why we have so many road accidents and deaths.


  • #17
    Todoquetengo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 123 ✭✭Todoquetengo


    Clare Bear wrote: »
    I drive quite a lot and have no points (yet!!)....I really think some people are just unlucky though. Like getting points for doing 55 in a 50 mile limit or something like that, bit out of order?


    Like me! Got 2 on the N3 last week, outside the county club where it goes from 100 to 60 and then 50, got caught a the edge of the 50 and I'm usually very careful, annoying thing was the car ahead of me and the car behind me were doing same speed and we all stopped but he came over to me :(

    But at least it's just 2, would not like to get anymore!


  • #18
    Duiske
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭Duiske


    Rb wrote: »
    I have 0, and I intend to keep it that way.

    Good job clocking up 12 though, you'd have to be a pretty awful driver to do that. Lets hope your insurance takes another hike,eh?

    Pretty awful driver could well be used to describe someone on maybe 8 points.
    The op was on 10, and managed to get another 2 to put himself off the road ? Sheer [insert appropriate word].


  • #19
    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    Sherifu wrote: »
    That would be lolerific.
    Absolutely.

    One of the funnier things to happen round here in a while :)


  • #20
    Davidius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,893 ✭✭✭Davidius


    If you're caught speeding you should have your license taken away. :)


  • #21
    Thrill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    BJC wrote: »
    No reply from OP....hmm.

    The OP is going to have less time for Boards now that he will have to walk everywhere.

    I don't know if that's a good thing or not.


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  • #22
    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭luckat


    Davidius wrote: »
    If you're caught speeding you should have your license taken away. :)

    Was reading recently about some country where your car's taken away if you're caught driving drunk or stoned.


  • #23
    Todoquetengo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 123 ✭✭Todoquetengo


    Davidius wrote: »
    If you're caught speeding you should have your license taken away. :)

    you serious? you might change your mind if you're ever caught slightly over the limit, i dont condone speeding but sometimes you go over 50 very easily or dont slow down quickly enough,

    So i think the system is very fair, repeat offenders eventally get punished and it's a warning for others


  • #24
    Clare Bear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,613 ✭✭✭✭Clare Bear


    chopperbyrne wrote: »
    Why is that out of order?

    It's speeding.

    That kind of attitude is why we have so many road accidents and deaths.

    So you've NEVER driven a mile or two over the limit ever? God aren't you great!


  • #25
    Duiske
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭Duiske


    Davidius wrote: »
    If you're caught speeding you should have your license taken away. :)

    Damn cycamalists :p

    Oh yea, had 2 points, gone since Febuary.


  • #26
    knird evol
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭knird evol


    chopperbyrne wrote: »
    Why is that out of order?

    It's speeding.

    That kind of attitude is why we have so many road accidents and deaths.

    Driving at 55mph on a main road does not lead to accidents and deaths.
    The places on the roads where you see fixed speed cameras and mobile garda speed guns and gatso vans - are all places where there are very few accidents and very few fatal accidents.


  • #27
    Todoquetengo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 123 ✭✭Todoquetengo


    knird evol wrote: »
    Driving at 55mph on a main road does not lead to accidents and deaths.
    The places on the roads where you see fixed speed cameras and mobile garda speed guns and gatso vans - are all places where there are very few accidents and very few fatal accidents.

    + 1 the place where I was caught is the only spot on the N3 between Navan and Blanch that is not a 100 limit, easy money in terms of fines, never been an accident there

    Not saying I didnt deserve it but surely the people doing 120/130 on the rest of the road are more dangerous


  • #28
    Holsten
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,971 ✭✭✭Holsten


    I have zero thankfully.


  • #29
    ImDave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭ImDave


    None here either. I was going to the airport the other day and passed a speed camera, looked down at the spedo and was bang on the limit. Happy days :)


  • #30
    Davidius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,893 ✭✭✭Davidius


    knird evol wrote: »
    Driving at 55mph on a main road does not lead to accidents and deaths.
    Just because you've never witnessed it doesn't mean it hasn't happened. That's actually a very famous excuse I've heard while in the car with somebody who's speeding.

    Also, mph? Tsk.


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  • #31
    knird evol
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭knird evol


    Davidius wrote: »
    Just because you've never witnessed it doesn't mean it hasn't happened.

    Also, mph? Tsk.

    Ok, I won't even ask you for statistics and figures, just give me ONE example of when it happened. Your stating that it does happen and that I have not witnessed it. When did it happen. Location, date, time of the traffic accident and your evidence to link the cause of the accident to the speed of one or both of the cars involved in this particular incident.
    I'll measure speed in whatever units I see fit to measure it in. It's great to be able to think for yourself rather than have eu bureaucrats and gay byrne telling you what to think.


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