So got stopped by the gardai today ................

CoalBucket

As the title says I got stopped by the Gardai today whilst driving a work van. The van doesn't have any advertising on it and is a 10 reg transit. This is how the conversation went.

Garda: Can I see your Licence.

Me: No problem (handing Garda licence)

Garda: Why were you on the phone while driving ?

Me: No I wasn't

Garda: Are you calling me a liar ?

Me: what ? No I'm telling you I wasn't on the phone

Garda: Are you saying I'm seeing things ? I saw you with the phone up to your ear.

Me: I don't know what you saw but I wasn't on the phone.

Garda: (Looking into the van) Well then whats that in the passanger seat ?

Me: A phone.

Garda: So you were on the phone and put it down when you say me coming

Me: I have a car kit (pointing to the parrot) There would be no point with me having the phone up to my ear as the sound comes through the speakers and I speak into the mic (pointing to the mic above my head )

Garda: Right (Proceeds to walk around the van, first checking the tax and insurance were up to date and then checking all the tyres. Walks around again to the driver window throws in the licence and says "Go on" and walks away in disgust.

Is this just a revenue raising attempt ? Did he think I was a traveller and just giving me a hard time? Or just an di**head ?

ChunkyLover_53

CoalBucket wrote: »

Me: I have a car kit (pointing to the parrot) There would be no point with me having the phone up to my ear as the sound comes through the speakers and I speak into the mic (pointing to the mic above my head )

Dude...wait...what?

HavingCrack

CoalBucket wrote: »

As the title says I got stopped by the Gardai today whilst driving a work van. The van doesn't have any advertising on it and is a 10 reg transit. This is how the conversation went.

Garda: Can I see your Licence.

Me: No problem (handing Garda licence)

Garda: Why were you on the phone while driving ?

Me: No I wasn't

Garda: Are you calling me a liar ?

Me: what ? No I'm telling you I wasn't on the phone

Garda: Are you saying I'm seeing things ? I saw you with the phone up to your ear.

Me: I don't know what you saw but I wasn't on the phone.

Garda: (Looking into the van) Well then whats that in the passanger seat ?

Me: A phone.

Garda: So you were on the phone and put it down when you say me coming

Me: I have a car kit (pointing to the parrot) There would be no point with me having the phone up to my ear as the sound comes through the speakers and I speak into the mic (pointing to the mic above my head )

Garda: Right (Proceeds to walk around the van, first checking the tax and insurance were up to date and then checking all the tyres. Walks around again to the driver window throws in the licence and says "Go on" and walks away in disgust.

Is this just a revenue raising attempt ? Did he think I was a traveller and just giving me a hard time? Or just an di**head ?

He was looking for a reaction from you i.e. calling him a liar. You did the right thing and didn't fall for his bait. I don't know if you've any grounds for making a complaint against him, probably not I'd imagine.

rebel10

The majority of time, when i see a guy in a white transit van, they do have phones up to their ears. Maybe he just decided to check.

squeakyduck

ChunkyLover_53 wrote: »

Dude...wait...what?

It's a handsfree kit. It acts like a handsfree mic for your phone, sits on your visor. Sounds like the copper was acting the prick. Hate that

freyners

ChunkyLover_53 wrote: »

Dude...wait...what?

its a type of car phone kit

Seriously, the garda sounds out of bounds

larry1

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galwayrush

State needs money real bad.........:rolleyes:

XxMCRxBabyxX

CoalBucket wrote: »

As the title says I got stopped by the Gardai today whilst driving a work van. The van doesn't have any advertising on it and is a 10 reg transit. This is how the conversation went.

Garda: Can I see your Licence.

Me: No problem (handing Garda licence)

Garda: Why were you on the phone while driving ?

Me: No I wasn't

Garda: Are you calling me a liar ?

Me: what ? No I'm telling you I wasn't on the phone

Garda: Are you saying I'm seeing things ? I saw you with the phone up to your ear.

Me: I don't know what you saw but I wasn't on the phone.

Garda: (Looking into the van) Well then whats that in the passanger seat ?

Me: A phone.

Garda: So you were on the phone and put it down when you say me coming

Me: I have a car kit (pointing to the parrot) There would be no point with me having the phone up to my ear as the sound comes through the speakers and I speak into the mic (pointing to the mic above my head )

Garda: Right (Proceeds to walk around the van, first checking the tax and insurance were up to date and then checking all the tyres. Walks around again to the driver window throws in the licence and says "Go on" and walks away in disgust.

Is this just a revenue raising attempt ? Did he think I was a traveller and just giving me a hard time? Or just an di**head ?

Strange. Similar happened to my mum in her car a week or two ago. Guard started shouting at her to get off the phone and she was never on it! She point blank refuses to use her phone when driving

bonerm

Pigs may lie.

KeithM89_old

It was clearly just an attempt to get your number :rolleyes:

00112984

So, were you on the phone?

Cheap Thrills!

CoalBucket wrote: »

Is this just a revenue raising attempt ?

Yea, sure it's a short quarter with Christmas comin! Targets to be met!

Rented Mule

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjOSLCR2hE

CoalBucket

00112984 wrote: »

So, were you on the phone?

No, I'm in sales so the phone is going all day hence the car kit. I'd be off the road over penalty points without it. It's getting fairly bad when they are trying to give you points for not being on the phone !

galwayrush

00112984 wrote: »

So, were you on the phone?

What's that got to do with it?:D

DoubleD

A garda?

Being unreasonable and stupid?

Well I never........

starbelgrade

CoalBucket wrote: »

No, I'm in sales so the phone is going all day hence the car kit. I'd be off the road over penalty points without it. It's getting fairly bad when they are trying to give you points for not being on the phone !

Let me guess.... you sell phone car kits and this a clever marketing ruse to get people to buy more in case the Gardai pull you over for being on the phone.

King of Kings

got stopped 3 weeks ago on a fri night by an unmarked garda car.
3 of them got out and started giving me the ****e that I was on the phone - which I wasn't.
Gave them the phone to check - which they refused - walked away saying I'd hear from them. Still waiting.

Seems odd the amount of people this is happening too.

bonerm

So what are the pigs up to now? Have their arrest quotas been raised this month or something?

Rented Mule

Wuz he a big culchie gard ?

CoalBucket

King of Kings wrote: »

got stopped 3 weeks ago on a fri night by an unmarked garda car.
3 of them got out and started giving me the ****e that I was on the phone - which I wasn't.
Gave them the phone to check - which they refused - walked away saying I'd hear from them. Still waiting.

Seems odd the amount of people this is happening too.

Maybe they'll ring you when you are driving

CoalBucket

Rented Mule wrote: »

Wuz he a big culchie gard ?

Is there any another kind ?

Bodhisopha

I'd have gone straight into the the phone log on the phone and proved him wrong. Simple as that.

MagicSean

galwayrush wrote: »

State needs money real bad.........:rolleyes:

You'd swear we worked on commission.

Absurdum

probably saw you scratching your head or something

starbelgrade

You should have said, "No, how could I possibly drive, **** & answer the phone at the same time?" in a Cork accent.

Gyalist

There was a Garda crackdown a few weeks ago on vans that were being used privately without paying the higher rate of motor tax. Maybe they assumed that the van was being used privately because it didn't have any logos on it.

CoalBucket

starbelgrade wrote: »

You should have said, "No, how could I possibly drive, **** & answer the phone at the same time?" in a Cork accent.

strangely I had taken some nurofen + earlier

bonerm

starbelgrade wrote: »

You should have said, "No, how could I possibly drive, **** & answer the phone at the same time?" in a Cork accent.

Nothing like having a nice long prendeville while driving.

charlemont

thats a disgrace but they get away with whatever they want, i haven't had it happen me yet though..