Can Military Police issues speeding ticket?

Discovering

Between Fermoy and Mitchelstown in Cork there is a large army barracks.

Today I saw them at the side of the road with the olde hair dryer and they had just caught a ford focus.

I was sure Military Police had no jurisdiction over the public.

Anyone know any different?

Fudger

no idea but i saw them on that stretch of road about a year ago and i went past them hell for leather..........

uberwolf

I'd say it was the lads taking the piss

sharkman

I dont think they have any authority on civilian roads ..

Nuttzz

sharkman wrote:

I dont think they have any authority on civilian roads ..

They do to a point..They can stop traffic on public roads when they have a convoy, there is a place in Cork (kilworth?) where I have seen them stop traffic while a convoy pulls out especially in the summer, they can also pull army trucks for speeding on public roads too, so what you saw was probably them practicing with one of their own in a civilian car, but they cant pull a regular joe for speeding.

sharkman

Perhaps the revolution has begun ......


Military law imposed in Cork !

Discovering

I was sure they could not stop the public for speeding either but this really looked like the real deal.

As Nuttzz said they can stop traffic for convoys and I have seen this many times.

Because the Gardai are under pressure to stop speeding maybe they are thinking of getting the army to help and what I saw was a trial run.

I hope not!!

Borzoi

Discovering wrote:

Between Fermoy and Mitchelstown in Cork there is a large army barracks.

Today I saw them at the side of the road with the olde hair dryer and they had just caught a ford focus.

I was sure Military Police had no jurisdiction over the public.

Anyone know any different?

eh no thay don't at best theay 'are an aid to the civil powers'

Chances are they're trying to catch their own squaddies, who may be telling the local plod that they can't touch military vehicles/ vehicles driven by military personnel

aidan_walsh

sharkman wrote:

Perhaps the revolution has begun ......


Military law imposed in Cork !

You knows its a coup de tat when the army is out doing the services of civil agencies... next thing you know, army doctors will be in the hospitals, and air corp pilots flying for Aer Lingus...

Sha

Discovering wrote:

Between Fermoy and Mitchelstown in Cork there is a large army barracks.

Im Pass that Barracks every Morn and there rarely there, it wouldnt, be the military Cops that wud be there it,d be the fermoy or M Town Gardai. I was caught few weeks ago at that spot, got points in the post !!

Thats the cops usual hang out spot , so watch out !!! :eek:

woody

Discovering wrote:

Between Fermoy and Mitchelstown in Cork there is a large army barracks.

Today I saw them at the side of the road with the olde hair dryer and they had just caught a ford focus.

I was sure Military Police had no jurisdiction over the public.

Anyone know any different?

No they can't it is for military vehicles and Fermoy barracks is no more but kilworth is close by

Sha

woody wrote:

No they can't it is for military vehicles and Fermoy barracks is no more but kilworth is close by

Woody you Talk a load of **** !!!!

Robbo

sharkman wrote:

Perhaps the revolution has begun ......


Military law imposed in Cork !

As long as they start the purges down there, I don't mind.

And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.

Interceptor

Robbo wrote:

As long as they start the purges down there, I don't mind.

And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.

Unfortunately you will be one of the first to go into the stock-pot. You mis-read the book where it actually says 'The GEEK shall inherit the earth', it just wasn't specific about which one, but I reckon he is over on the Games forum right now.

'c

Paulw

Nuttzz wrote:

They do to a point..They can stop traffic on public roads when they have a convoy, there is a place in Cork (kilworth?) where I have seen them stop traffic while a convoy pulls out especially in the summer, they can also pull army trucks for speeding on public roads too, so what you saw was probably them practicing with one of their own in a civilian car, but they cant pull a regular joe for speeding.

The military have no power to stop traffic nor issue speeding tickets. No more than any joe bloggs. As for them stopping traffic to let a convoy out, that's the same as a builder stopping traffic to allow a truck pull out. It's just people stopping.

Unless there is a Garda there, the military have no legal powers. Oh, and they can't even pull over a soldier speeding on the road, unless he's in uniform and on official army business.

Nuttzz

Paulw wrote:

The military have no power to stop traffic nor issue speeding tickets. No more than any joe bloggs. As for them stopping traffic to let a convoy out, that's the same as a builder stopping traffic to allow a truck pull out. It's just people stopping.

Unless there is a Garda there, the military have no legal powers. Oh, and they can't even pull over a soldier speeding on the road, unless he's in uniform and on official army business.

Thats what I meant

"they can also pull army trucks for speeding on public roads too"
I would assume that the driver of the truck would be in uniform and on offical army business if he was driving an army truck. He'd hardly be taking it home for the weekend......

Occidental

Nuttzz wrote:

He'd hardly be taking it home for the weekend......

Being the Irish army I wouldn't be so sure, though most of our local army personnel spend their weekends as doormen, driving taxis, or catering weddings.

Hagar

Come on lads get with the program!
Has anybody ever seen a military vehicle speeding?
I have the greatest respect for our valiant defenders but they are not reknowned for rushing themselves.

Peacekeepers - Yes
Pacesetters - No

woody

Sha wrote:

Woody you Talk a load of **** !!!!

I was in the army you stupid c*nt, what the f*ck would you know.

Army vehicles speed sometimes they are humans and the MP's police they f*ck of ya moron

Seth Brundle

@both sha and woody - no need for that!

jayok

Nuttzz wrote:

"they can also pull army trucks for speeding on public roads too"
I would assume that the driver of the truck would be in uniform and on offical army business if he was driving an army truck. He'd hardly be taking it home for the weekend......

Reminds me of the story in the UK about a Tank Sergeant that had just qualified! He decided to take the tank home to show him Mum! Needless to say the Gatso camera's wouldn't have known what to do there.

Borzoi

kbannon wrote:

@both sha and woody - no need for that!

Indeed

Sha - you're banned for a week for being a muppet
Woody - you banned for a week for not knowing better than to rise to it

PM next week for access

Canis Lupus

doesnt the smiley after the sentence denote what sha said was what I'd call piss taking?

Discovering

Ok just to recap

Woody - yes Kilworth is closer

Sha - I pass by there regularly too. In fact go from Mictchelstown to Cork city a few time a week so boy do I know what a Gardai speed check looks like.
This was a military jeep with a guy in army uniform with a hairdryer.

Thanks for all replies they must have been checking the speed of army vehicles - I hope

<rant> so much for the promise of less speed traps on long straights and more on secondary roads - the Gardai are on the Watergrasshill bypass every day of the week and I have never seen an accident there yet.</rant>

parsi

Discovering wrote:

This was a military jeep with a guy in army uniform with a hairdryer.

Maybe he was just drying his hair ;-)

Zulu

No. Not unless the country is under marshal law. Which it isn't.

Solis

parsi wrote:

Maybe he was just drying his hair ;-)

You know now that you mention it

woody

Lads my a/c was messed with by a colleague having a laugh here hence the rather colourful response.

Yes I was in the army and also MP's are used to stop speeding FFRs, Transits and any vehicle as some soliders have been done by the civil police for speeding

woosaysdan

Hagar wrote:

Come on lads get with the program!
Has anybody ever seen a military vehicle speeding?
I have the greatest respect for our valiant defenders but they are not reknowned for rushing themselves.

Peacekeepers - Yes
Pacesetters - No

yes i have, just because they are in the army doesnt mean they dont speed like everyone else!!! there all human afterall!!! afaik they cant stop civilian vehicles but they can stop military vehicles!!! they are out to catch them not civilians!!! though like all police they too are pigs!!!

woody

They are sure bacon brigade but not as fat as coppers :eek:

Capt'n Midnight

jayok wrote:

Reminds me of the story in the UK about a Tank Sergeant that had just qualified! He decided to take the tank home to show him Mum! Needless to say the Gatso camera's wouldn't have known what to do there.

What about that about bit on salvage squad about the squaddie who took a stalwart back home from Germany without using a ferry !!

Victor

Discovering wrote:

I was sure Military Police had no jurisdiction over the public.

They have jurisdiction on military property, over military vehicles anywhere and on-duty military personnel in civilian vehicles.

Nuttzz wrote:

They can stop traffic on public roads when they have a convoy,

The legal basis for this is probably as banksman, not MPs.