Worried Passing Checkpoint??

Kermitt

Hi guys,

A litttle concerned, this morning i was driving to work when i came upon a garda stopping cars for tax/insurance. The stretch of road is a motoraw slip road to the n7 in naas, but it's a two way road due to an access road i use at one end beside the motorway. Anyway he had his back to me and as i slowed down appproaching him he did not acknowledge my presence in any way and continued to watch the cars coming opposite. So i moved off again. I'm just wondering could he have taken my reg for failing to stop at a checkpoint? Worries me as i have a clean driving record and don't fancy a summons for this sort of thing. Should i mention it at garda station or just wait and see?

jhegarty

Kermitt wrote:

Hi guys,

A litttle concerned, this morning i was driving to work when i came upon a garda stopping cars for tax/insurance. The stretch of road is a motoraw slip road to the n7 in naas, but it's a two way road due to an access road i use at one end beside the motorway. Anyway he had his back to me and as i slowed down appproaching him he did not acknowledge my presence in any way and continued to watch the cars coming opposite. So i moved off again. I'm just wondering could he have taken my reg for failing to stop at a checkpoint? Worries me as i have a clean driving record and don't fancy a summons for this sort of thing. Should i mention it at garda station or just wait and see?

Unless someone motioned you to stop I can't see any law you could have broken...

Henry Ford III

Sounds ok to me too.

miju

yeah i'd say your cool also, same thing has happened to me once or twice never heard anything either

mike65

This happens all the time, some people come to a stop when a garda is busy with a vehicle in the other lane and they wait and wait and wait and....GET GOING MAN! If not motioned to stop carry on and smile!

Mike.

is_that_so

Did that once because I wasn't asked to stop. The ban garda let a roar out of her. "When you see a Garda you stop" :rolleyes:

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Henry Ford III wrote:

Sounds ok to me too.

Agreed

mike65

is_that_so there is always one (was she new and shiny?)

Mike.

seamus

You are not required to stop unless indicated to do so by a Garda. Unless there's a big sign up saying "STOP. Garda Checkpoint", there's nothing they could do you for by not stopping in the above case.

I think we've just driven on at some point.

is_that_so

mike65 wrote:

is_that_so there is always one (was she new and shiny?)

Mike.

She was

Doodee

They can be fairly intimidating alright.

Especially when they are outside a prison :E

Savman

Nah unless you're a good psychic, don't stop on any stretch of road unless signalled to do so, clearly

JohnCleary

Yer grand, sometimes Guards are only pulling traffic coming one way. If he's not facing you, and doesnt look at you, yer grand

Our man in Havana

Happened to me as the OP described and I drove on. 2 mins later there is the septre of a Garda car in full flight chasing me down. Got told off for not stopping.

mike65

Jesus it must have been a quiet day for that cop.

Mike.

Kermitt

Cheers lads, spoke to a garda bout it and he ran a checkon my car, The guy took my reg but did nothin about it yet so the gard i was talking to cancelled the check! Feel better now.

drdre

you only have to stop once indicated by a garda.and if you donot stop you get 2 points. and a fine of 80 yoyos.


http://www.transport.ie/upload/general/7262-0.pdf

Seth Brundle

is_that_so wrote:

Did that once because I wasn't asked to stop. The ban garda let a roar out of her. "When you see a Garda you stop" :rolleyes:

Maybe thats the one who (in civvies) spoke to me at the Esso petrol station on the N4 inside the M50. According to her, I had passed her car in the left lane (she was in the center lane) of the N4/M50 roundabout doing over 80mph.
She wasn't able to account for the fact that the double decker bus in front of me was doing the same speed for the previous hundred metres or so! :rolleyes: