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Dublin traffic cops seize tourist bus for no tax

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    #62
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,272 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    coolemon wrote: »
    I saw this happen. Garda on a motorbike was shouting at the bus driver urging him forward on O' Connell Street
    Odd then that the photo is on Dame Street.


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    #63
    coolemon
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    Victor wrote: »
    Odd then that the photo is on Dame Street.

    Yes, that is odd.


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    #64
    carpejugulum
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    billie1b wrote: »
    I know, its crazy, you'd think it'd more expensive for the buses and trucks and so on that are on the road everyday for the guts of 16/18 hours, and they can claim back expenses on it. But no, they tax the fück out of private vehicles instead.
    tumblr_inline_n48i79U4jx1r4w0t4.jpg


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    #65
    coylemj
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    Victor wrote: »
    Odd then that the photo is on Dame Street.

    +1 which is consistent with the Garda tweet that stated it was seized by the 'DMR South Central Pearse Street Traffic Unit' whom you wouldn't expect to be operating in O'Connell St.


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    #66
    billie1b
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    carpejugulum wrote: »
    tumblr_inline_n48i79U4jx1r4w0t4.jpg

    Thats a nice picture, seems like your helicopter was holding up traffic


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    #67
    audi12
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    tweeting pictures of seized cars you would think the driver was a criminal for letting his tax run out or forgetting to pay not exactly a drug seizure which would be something to be proud off


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    #68
    pablo128
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    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Wow pretty cheap compared to taxing a 2.0 car which is the best part of €900 these days iirc
    It's only 710, or 800 if you tax it per quarter. Still a good chunk of money though.

    We have about 12 vans in work. I sometimes cover the drivers if they are off. I was doing a run to Wexford one day when I got stopped at a checkpoint. The van was 5 months out of tax. I was mortified. I rang the job, and passed the phone over to the guard. It turned out they simply overlooked the matter. Obviously the guard chewed them out of it but was decent enough to let me on my way. The auld codger who normally drives the van got a bollocking off the job for not noticing either.
    These things happen.


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    #69
    BuffyBot
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    Pay heed to Victor's earlier on thread warning folks...


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    #70
    stop
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    coylemj wrote: »
    +1 which is consistent with the Garda tweet that stated it was seized by the 'DMR South Central Pearse Street Traffic Unit' whom you wouldn't expect to be operating in O'Connell St.

    While I have a little understanding of the Dublin Garda regions, I'm fairly sure I've seen on their twitter account arrests/points/road-blocks being done by that unit much further afield (out towards N4, N7)


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    #71
    billie1b
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    stop wrote: »
    While I have a little understanding of the Dublin Garda regions, I'm fairly sure I've seen on their twitter account arrests/points/road-blocks being done by that unit much further afield (out towards N4, N7)

    Thats still the Traffic corps south side juristiction, the northside have their own one


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    #72
    carpejugulum
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    audi12 wrote: »
    tweeting pictures of seized cars you would think the driver was a criminal for letting his tax run out or forgetting to pay not exactly a drug seizure which would be something to be proud off
    Traffic guards focus on drug seizures now?


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    #73
    markpb
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    audi12 wrote: »
    tweeting pictures of seized cars you would think the driver was a criminal for letting his tax run out or forgetting to pay not exactly a drug seizure which would be something to be proud off

    They are.


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    #74
    audi12
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    If they did it would be more useful taking drugs off the street than mickey mouse tax fines


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    #75
    Victor
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    On-topic please. The niceties of policing can be discussed elsewhere.

    Moderator


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