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Council 4x4 with emergency lights

  • 29-06-2011 1:02pm
    #1
    Bodhan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,011 ✭✭✭


    Today I saw a CoCo 4x4 driving through traffic in Portlaoise, it had red flashing lights built into the front of it and he was going through traffic like the Guards. He was undertaking and overtaking, there was no sirens or escort for him.
    Is he allowed to do this? Surely there's nothing that a council jeep needs to get to that can be that urgent?


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  • #2
    kildare.17hmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,615 ✭✭✭kildare.17hmr


    haha iv seen the same thing in kildare!! dont you know they are very important people:rolleyes:

    I cant imagine they have any more right to do it than you or me but maybe a car dissapeered into a pot hole somewhere?


  • #3
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    He was going for his breakfast. Council workers will stop at nothing to get a bargain breakfast roll.


  • #4
    Bodhan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,011 ✭✭✭Bodhan


    It looked like a Laois version of Hawaii 5 O, with all the swerving through traffic! Urgent pothole maybe?


  • #5
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    ...a pipe probably stopped leaking somewhere, so he was going out to put a hole in it, so they matched all the other ones..............:D

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  • #6
    mickdw
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    Perhaps on fire service duty?


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  • #7
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Two guys were working on a trench but as you know, the Council can't do any work without someone standing beside them just watching so they were rushing to get there

    The council employ people just to stand around and watch. They probably earn good money at it, difficult work


  • #8
    Atomic Pineapple
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    mickdw wrote: »
    Perhaps on fire service duty?

    Thats what I was thinking, I've seen non emergency services cars with red lights flying by traffic to get to the fire station for a call out before, might have been that?


  • #9
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,688 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    draffodx wrote: »
    Thats what I was thinking, I've seen non emergency services cars with red lights flying by traffic to get to the fire station for a call out before, might have been that?

    The councils run the fire service so it could have been an actual fire call out. Usually the fire service jeeps would be marked up but perhaps another council jeep was being used temporarily and it did have the emergency lighting so?


  • #10
    knifey_spoonie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,648 ✭✭✭knifey_spoonie


    Ive come across the same jeep, your man who drives it is complete twat on the road, he works for the environmental dept. of the council. Hench the warning lights.

    He is also a retained firefighter (little badge on the front grille).I would be pretty sure that the lights are only as warning marker as he may be parked on the roadside, not for emergency use, can't be sure tho'.


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