Cardboard Cops

smokingman

Was driving in to work this morning and noticed a lifesize cardboard cutout of a cop car with a garda leaning out the window with a speed camera at the side of the road....

Is this the new solution to low garda numbers??!!

Max_Damage

You just know they are going to be vandalised or stolen!

Slig

Hell have a moustache, glasses and horns when you see him on your way home.
Alternatively he could be engaged in a high speed chase around Tallagh stuck to the side of a Honda Civic

Homer

smokingman wrote: »

Was driving in to work this morning and noticed a lifesize cardboard cutout of a cop car with a garda leaning out the window with a speed camera at the side of the road....

Is this the new solution to low garda numbers??!!

Pics or it never happened! New one on me?

biko

See thread in AH
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055325492
or
http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0630/roads.html

Homer

'the car is a heavy robust wood cut-out and is not cardboard by any means' according to police spokesperson!


only in kildare so far? where did you spot yours OP? I stand corrected!

smokingman

industria wrote: »

'the car is a heavy robust wood cut-out and is not cardboard by any means' according to police spokesperson!


only in kildare so far? where did you spot yours OP? I stand corrected!

Funny enough...in Kildare a few miles before the M9/N7

pburns

O yeah that's a fantastic idea:rolleyes:

Until somebody panics, jams on the brakes and ends up being hit from behind...

What's the betting that the sneaky bastards will wait until the locals get used to the sign and then replace it with a REAL cop car:D;)...

Stephen

Another sure sign of a downward economy, replacing cops with bits of wood :pac:

Run_to_da_hills

Max_Damage wrote: »

You just know they are going to be vandalised or stolen!

These would also make a great rave prop.

tw0nk

Have had these in Austria for years, some of them are like the manicans you see in shops

ojewriej

industria wrote: »

'the car is a heavy robust wood cut-out and is not cardboard by any means' according to police spokesperson!


only in kildare so far? where did you spot yours OP? I stand corrected!

It's Kildare Town Council's initiative, so it will be only there all right.

Here is the article about it.

chickenhawk

What's the point? After the first day people will know it is cardboard and just keep speeding.

ojewriej

chickenhawk wrote: »

What's the point? After the first day people will know it is cardboard and just keep speeding.

Not if they'll be moved around and replaced with real guards every once in a while.

I think they will just be vandalised/stolen.

_feedback_

Is it just the photo, or is the car in mid-air??!!

Flying garda cars?

Bluefoam

pburns wrote: »

O yeah that's a fantastic idea:rolleyes:

Until somebody panics, jams on the brakes and ends up being hit from behind...

Great logic, using that thinking we should take all Garda cars off the road in case people react to them... :rolleyes:

RobAMerc

Feckin stupid idea if you ask me.

Judging by the amount of cars doing less than the speed limit on the M50 jamming on the brakes when passing the Camera - this is going to cause a big one on the roads of Kildare somewhere.

Accidents are caused by bad driving not speeding and this will cause bad driving.

Max_Damage

elviscostello wrote: »

Is it just the photo, or is the car in mid-air??!!

Flying garda cars?

The Jetsons! :pac:

JimmyCrackCorn!

I just can t help but want to go there and mount it upside down late at night.:D

Lots of bad ideas so little time:D

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Zube

chickenhawk wrote: »

What's the point? After the first day people will know it is cardboard and just keep speeding.

That's the idea. It means the real cops can show up every now and then and make loads of money in fines.

You'll even ignore flashers coming the other way: "Hah, it's just that cardboard car again..."

RobAMerc

RobAMerc wrote: »

Accidents are caused by bad driving not speeding and this will cause bad driving.

Ridiculous statement tbh.

Dunno where to begin taking it apart.

mondeo

A copper car made of wood?? Who's the plank who came up with that idea??

alo1587

Anyone got a photo if it?

RobAMerc

Deleted User wrote: »

Ridiculous statement tbh.

Dunno where to begin taking it apart.

I'd like to hear what you have to say about it so ?

Let me guess - the usual RSA rhetoric "Speed Kills Slow Down" bs.

Homer

alo1587 wrote: »

Anyone got a photo if it?

Last post on page one of this thread... :rolleyes:

Steve

I think this is a great idea - fair play to them.

It beats the balls off guards hiding in bushes and covert gatzo's that do absolutely nothing for road safety.

ART6

Let's all drive 2-dimensional wooden cut out cars. No engine, no CO2, no VRT:D

Anan1

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

These would also make a great rave prop.

Was just thinking that same thing myself!

HungryJoey

This was in the paper the other day, it was first introduced in mayo .. or the likes.

It gave me a great laugh personally.

Yakult

I wonder how long it will be before theirs one on ebay haha!

Thats brilliant!

Omcd

Zube wrote: »

That's the idea. It means the real cops can show up every now and then and make loads of money in fines.

You'll even ignore flashers coming the other way: "Hah, it's just that cardboard car again..."

Rule of thumb : If it looks like he's trying to tazer a squirrel, then it's probably a cut out....

G Luxel

There was something similiar in the UK, but was using a cutout of a motorcycle rather than a car.

CPG

industria wrote: »

'the car is a heavy robust wood cut-out and is not cardboard by any means' according to police spokesperson!


only in kildare so far? where did you spot yours OP? I stand corrected!

At last a material to match their sense of humour

WHITE_P

stevec wrote: »

I think this is a great idea - fair play to them.

It beats the balls off guards hiding in bushes and covert gatzo's that do absolutely nothing for road safety.

+1

Far more cost effective than wasting 10's of thousands of Tax payers money on real cars with real guards in them, who do nothing for road safety.

I think they are used in the Isle of Mann prior to the TT races's starting, to stop all the wannabe racers killing themselves.

Anyway Kildare's Road Safety Officer Declan Keogh says, its main objective to deter drivers from speeding is in fact working.

Atomic Pineapple

It looks as funny as hell though!!

Bluefoam

This concept has been used and has worked for years in the UK. People do tend to watch their speed & manners when they see a garda car - I'm happy enough with the idea, once they use it in varied locations etc...

DonalN

I heard on the radio a while back about a similar setup in Oz, except it was a lifesize manaquin (sp?) of a cop. They are so realistic, one trucker was seen pulling up and getting out to have a chat with it. :rolleyes:

Edser

A couple more from the Clane - Celbridge road..








Ted

Omcd

Ah, a bit of cardboard with some intelligence at last. This one is not trying to speed check the trees :rolleyes:

nialler

Stephen wrote: »

Another sure sign of a downward economy, replacing cops with bits of wood :pac:

There's a difference?

Bluefoam

Its obvious its fake - Garda cars don't have alloys...

Nam_Man

:eek: :pac::pac:

Our man in Havana

From the looks of it it would take a few lads to steal it. Looks alot heavier than just a piece of wood.

D_murph

nialler wrote: »

There's a difference?

LMAO

blastman

Omcd wrote: »

Ah, a bit of cardboard with some intelligence at last. This one is not trying to speed check the trees :rolleyes:

Well the one on the Clane-Celbridge road looks as if it's speed checking the cows in the field across the road.

Marcus.Aurelius

Bluefoam wrote: »

Its obvious its fake - Garda cars don't have alloys...

The larger-engined ones often do, the 3.0 mondeo in our district has alloys. (Sh*tty looking ones, albeit)

Bluefoam

I think its a shame...

you used to be able to recogise a Garda car by the hub caps zip tied to the wheels...

Marcus.Aurelius

The obvious thing now is the three aerials on the roof, the last one being very short. If you look at the back, you can see the LED repeaters, also on the front wings on the bumper and the LEDs behind or attached to the grill. OR the control box on the centre dash. Or the lights stuck on the dash. Or the guys with the vis jackets driving it.

Honestly, what do you want from us?

Steve

Marcus.Aurelius wrote: »

Honestly, what do you want from us?

Pics or GTFO.

superjosh9

I used to love it when 'unmarked' cops only drove dark navy/blue Sierra Sapphires or... Montegos! No wheel trims either. It was fairer back then... And they didn't have any of these silly speed guns and all that nonsense.

Now people seem to pay as much attention to their speedo as the road - can't be good. Surely it's only a matter or time before we get a thread about this with the same results as MadsL's Dorset St. one..!

Marcus.Aurelius

SteveC wrote: »

Pics or GTFO.

No dey is supa sekrit. :pac: