problem with gardai

faceoff2k9

On friday 19th of february at 22.50 i got pulled over by gardai , i had no tax so i knew i was in trouble. they were questioning me for speeding but i denied, both gardai checked my cars tax nct insurance and tyres ... they asked me where i was coming and going and was i in a rush, i had no tax i said its been tough times and i had my insurance this week to pay. one of the gardai was not in full uniform and was checking the outside of the car vigorously. the second garda had a full uniform and questioned me what was his job , i was surprised and unaware what to say so i just said prevent crime , then suddenly he said you've a bad attitude and im confiscating your car . at this point i asked my 3 passengers to leave my car which was situated on a dark country road a mile outside the village with no lighting ,.then the garda without full uniform drove off in my car with the other garda following him in the traffic corp jeep .... these gardai never told me there name station or what to do in gettin my car back.. i feel like my car was robbed is this legal

and toady i paid my tax and compound fee to receive my car back

kwalshe

Jebus, You are lucky that using paragraphs and proper English grammar is not an offence too.
How do expect people to read your post man?

Hooch

faceoff2k9 wrote: »

On friday 19th of february at 22.50 i got pulled over by gardai , i had no tax so i knew i was in trouble. they were questioning me for speeding but i denied, both gardai checked my cars tax nct insurance and tyres ... they asked me where i was coming and going and was i in a rush, i had no tax i said its been tough times and i had my insurance this week to pay. one of the gardai was not in full uniform and was checking the outside of the car vigorously. the second garda had a full uniform and questioned me what was his job , i was surprised and unaware what to say so i just said prevent crime , then suddenly he said you've a bad attitude and im confiscating your car . at this point i asked my 3 passengers to leave my car which was situated on a dark country road a mile outside the village with no lighting ,.then the garda without full uniform drove off in my car with the other garda following him in the traffic corp jeep .... these gardai never told me there name station or what to do in gettin my car back.. i feel like my car was robbed is this legal

and toady i paid my tax and compound fee to receive my car back

Ok....so lets get this straight.

You didnt tax your car. Your car was siezed under Section 41 RTA and impounded. You paid your tax and paid the fee for release??

You point so is the Gardaí did their job and removed an un taxed car from the roads according to law??

I await the thread for when you receive the summons to court for no tax!!!!

KamiKazi

nice guy always wrote: »

Ok....so lets get this straight.

You didnt tax your car. Your car was siezed under Section 41 RTA and impounded. You paid your tax and paid the fee for release??

You point so is the Gardaí did their job and removed an un taxed car from the roads according to law??

I await the thread for when you receive the summons to court for no tax!!!!

I think his point was that he didn't get any information from the Gardai on when / how he could get his car back. Doubt he even took their badge numbers from the sound of it.

faceoff2k9

this happened so fast it was unreal , i got info on this from people outside of here but ye don't seem to be helping me sorry i asked

Reloc8

He can seize the car while not wearing uniform only if he speaks Irish to you...wait...sorry wrong thread.

Hang on...this is your second thread on this one isn't it ?

Anyway, as per your other thread, whether he's got his uniform on does not affect any of his powers and yes a car which is out of tax for 3 months can be seized by a member.

As you probably realise, the point is it can be seized...they don't have to seize it and you might think to yourself, isn't it unfair that they might have exercised a power against me where they might not have.

Just because its unfair, or perceived as unfair, doesn't mean its not however lawful.

If you want to fully appreciate why you ended up in this position, you could revisit your reply 'preventing crime' to being asked what your job was.

You might feel they had no right to ask...in fact they have every right to ask but you have no obligation in these circumstances to answer. You were at the scene, did you feel that this answer in some way 'tipped' them over a certain point where they might have been willing to slide you away with a caution and potentially a summons in the post (or perhaps no summons) if you had given a less confrontational/wierd answer ?

I suspect you might have had some chance.

I know you say you gave the answer because you were 'surprised and unaware what to say' but be honest with yourself, you can see how its a smart arse thing to reply with.

I agree, you wern't under an obligation to answer, but think about it. You've no tax and you know it, and then you get pulled by the police. It would have been in your best interests to have put on a better attitude (whether you were obliged to or not).

Basically you took a bad situation and made it worse. And yes it was all lawful.

dermot_sheehan

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