Speeding Ticket

padraiglc

Hi everyone! I was caught doing 130km/h in a 100 zone earlier (yes i know i shouldn't have been) but anyway the guard just took my name and address off my license and said i would get a fine next week!
Is this right?? Shouldn't he have proved i was over the limit and shouldn't i have had to sign something.
Also he was on his own in the car.....i was told there had to be two of them in the car but that could just be a load of rubbish!!
Thanks

ronnie3585

padraiglc wrote: »

i was told there had to be two of them in the car but that could just be a load of rubbish!!
Thanks

Yes that's rubbish.

SV

padraiglc wrote: »

Is this right?? Shouldn't he have proved i was over the limit and shouldn't i have had to sign something.

That's right.
He doesn't have to prove it, if you think he should..enjoy court.(fwiw, don't do this, it's a horrible experience)
You don't have to sign anything.


good luck!

Steve

Call a solicitor if you think you have a case and you want to dispute it.

A Guard does need to have a minimum amount of evidence to prosecute, unfortunately even broken uncalibrated speed detection equipment is enough under current legislation.

lynchie

padraiglc wrote: »

Hi everyone! I was caught doing 130km/h in a 100 zone earlier (yes i know i shouldn't have been) but anyway the guard just took my name and address off my license and said i would get a fine next week!
Is this right?? Shouldn't he have proved i was over the limit and shouldn't i have had to sign something.
Also he was on his own in the car.....i was told there had to be two of them in the car but that could just be a load of rubbish!!
Thanks

yeah your friend is right, there has to be two of them and they have to be wearing their hats too :rolleyes:

Senna

lynchie wrote: »

yeah your friend is right, there has to be two of them and they have to be wearing their hats too :rolleyes:

But if your pregnant you can pee in their hats:pac:

Esel

If he forgot to tell you you'll get points as well, then you can just return the letter when it arrives, and you'll hear no more about it.

Shield

Don't forget he has to be able to explain it all to you in Irish as well. If he can't do that, then everything's null and void.

Fact.

This is completely untrue but also does the rounds

dryle

question for those in the know,

can a garda pull out in front of you in the fast lane of a motorway and slam on his brakes quickly?

EPM

dryle wrote: »

question for those in the know,

can a garda pull out in front of you in the fast lane of a motorway and slam on his brakes quickly?

Only if it's a family of hedgehogs being chased by an irate frog

maddogcollins

dryle wrote: »

can a garda pull out in front of you in the fast lane

Its an overtaking lane to start with..but i cant see how they cant slam on the breaks..any other car driving could do it also..im sure tho that if another normal person driving pulled out in front of them and slammed on the breaks they would have no problem saying twas illegal!

LookBehindYou

dryle wrote: »

question for those in the know,

can a garda pull out in front of you in the fast lane of a motorway and slam on his brakes quickly?

There are NO fast lanes in Ireland,,, only overtaking lanes,,
Lots of people think they are fast lanes,, and drive slow and hold everyone up

Graham_B18C

LookBehindYou wrote: »

There are NO fast lanes in Ireland,,, only overtaking lanes,,
Lots of people think they are fast lanes,, and drive slow and hold everyone up

For gods sake you know what he ment, what was the point of your post?

LookBehindYou

Grahamo999 wrote: »

For gods sake you know what he ment, what was the point of your post?

I meant he may have been holding up the traffic using the "fast lane"

edenbridge146

Let it go to court.
More than likely you'll get the fine via normal mail and not registered post.
You can then defend yourself by saying
'never received the fine, your honour'
A friend of mine saw loads thrown out, as the judge said, unless the gardai can prove that the fine was delivered, it holds no weight in court.

Mr Jinx

edenbridge146 wrote: »

Let it go to court.
More than likely you'll get the fine via normal mail and not registered post.
You can then defend yourself by saying
'never received the fine, your honour'
A friend of mine saw loads thrown out, as the judge said, unless the gardai can prove that the fine was delivered, it holds no weight in court.

This is no longer the case due to a recent circuit court ruling. The gardai only need prove that the letter was posted.

Del2005

Mr Jinx wrote: »

This is no longer the case due to a recent circuit court ruling. The gardai only need prove that the letter was posted.

How do they prove it was posted, as it's not registered? Do they have pictures of someone sticking them in a post box or do they just bring in an empty stamp book and say your notice was the 5th stamp used?

Have we now got to the stage where you can be convicted of an offence without proof, a Garda can testify that they formed an opinion you where speeding or use an calibrated detection device, and no evidence that they even posted the original notice?

Solitaire

Del2005 wrote: »

Have we now got to the stage where you can be convicted of an offence without proof, a Garda can testify that they formed an opinion you where speeding or use an calibrated detection device, and no evidence that they even posted the original notice?

Yes.

Then again... the Gards aren't out to get you. Nor do they simply make everything up just to look good or even hit targets that often. And post doesn't get lost that often... at least not without a little "help" from the receiver :P

horsebox1977

lynchie wrote: »

yeah your friend is right, there has to be two of them and they have to be wearing their hats too :rolleyes:

Is this acutally true?
Has anybody got any information about this law - I'd love to have it handy!

Mena

horsebox1977 wrote: »

Is this acutally true?
Has anybody got any information about this law - I'd love to have it handy!

Funny, I thought the blatant " :rolleyes: " kinda gave the game away... I guess not....