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Fries-With-That

Has anyone seen the picture of the 4 Gardai hanging out the windows of a moving squad car.

I seem to remember a few lads from Tipperary getting driving bans for something similar a few months back.
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I heard about this on Joe Duffy today and he has the picture on his website.

MuppetCheck

Is there a story source for this photo?

drunkmonkey

the link doesn't work.

Cuddlesworth

Fries-With-That wrote: »

Has anyone seen the picture of the 4 Gardai hanging out the windows of a moving squad car.

I seem to remember a few lads from Tipperary getting driving bans for something similar a few months back.

[img][/img]http://img.rasset.ie/0005ce65-450.jpg

I see four people hanging out of windows on a straight clear road. Those lads from Tipp if I'm not mistaken where hanging out of Windows driving down some tight country roads around blind bends at speed. No real comparison there.

Fries-With-That

OSI wrote: »

Thanks Osi I can't do that yet.

dilallio

Well - the brake lights are on, so there's also a possibility that the car wasn't moving.

Silly stunt to pull though. Bad example and all that ...

166man

*sighs...


another Garda-Bashing thread...

syklops

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Is there a story source for this photo?

AFAIK, no. The picture appeared out of nowhere and there is no back story to it. There is also no confirmation that it is members of AGS. Its all a bit of a mystery, Course that doesn't stop people from doing some mud slinging. I'm not talking about this thread, but instead the callers to liveline.

MuppetCheck

166man wrote: »

*sighs...


another Garda-Bashing thread...

I fail to see any bashing in the above.

Fries-With-That

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

I see four people hanging out of windows on a straight clear road. Those lads from Tipp if I'm not mistaken where hanging out of Windows driving down some tight country roads around blind bends at speed. No real comparison there.

I see 4 garda in uniform hanging out the windows of a squad car on a narrow country road.

From the angle the picture was taken, there is either a bus or a large van/truck travelling directly behind them.

If the driver on approaching the sharp bend in front of him has to take any kind of evasive action all 4 window hangers could end up on the road,

If nothing else its reckless and stupid in the extreme.

MuppetCheck

syklops wrote: »

AFAIK, no. The picture appeared out of nowhere and there is no back story to it. There is also no confirmation that it is members of AGS. Its all a bit of a mystery, Course that doesn't stop people from doing some mud slinging. I'm not talking about this thread, but instead the callers to liveline.

Thank you for that:)

I tried to find some information but I drew a blank on it really.

Atlantis50

OSI wrote: »

Looks like the saloon Focus facelifted in 05. I think brake lights are on top so car isn't stopped/braking.

Anan1

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

I see four people hanging out of windows on a straight clear road. Those lads from Tipp if I'm not mistaken where hanging out of Windows driving down some tight country roads around blind bends at speed. No real comparison there.

You're kidding, right? I don't expect the picture to be genuine, but if it was it'd be pretty bad.

Fries-With-That

dilallio wrote: »

Well - the brake lights are on, so there's also a possibility that the car wasn't moving.

Silly stunt to pull though. Bad example and all that ...

Brake lights don't appear to be on as the brake light in the back window is not illuminated.

Interceptor

dilallio wrote: »

Well - the brake lights are on, ...

No they aren't. Its the camera flash in the reflectors.

Its not that silly - I don't see any other cars and provided the car isn't moving too quickly and the driver is in control then I don't see a problem.

The mistake they made was being caught on film - much like Joe Public when a Gatso van catches him speeding.

I used regularly get out of moving car windows and surf on the roof or bonnet - I never fell off (or got caught by the fuzz) and while I wouldn't encourage my kids to do it, life is pretty boring if you are going to spend all 80 years of it strapped into a seatbelt at 70kph.

'cptr

MuppetCheck

If the driver is hanging out the window too it may well be stopped with the handbrake applied.

Are the lights at the rear not just the normal lights on rear lights?

166man

MuppetCheck wrote: »

I fail to see any bashing in the above.

Sorry if I was unclear, I have a feeling this will become a Garda-Bashing thread and just be closed, eventually.

Berty

Have you folks never had a motorcade enter your estate with a local football team celebrating?

All hanging out the windows, cheering and beeping horns. No?

Well it happens and this is what was happening here. They are a local team celebrating a win and the Gardai were part of the festivities.

It was shown up on Joe.ie and the picture is rumoured to be quite old. Somebody threw it up in relation to something else and it gathered steam.

There is nothing stupid going on in this picture other than the fact the Health & Safety brigade have jumped all over it and the folks who say "Well if the Gardai can do it...................."

Mance Rayder

Beer Baron wrote: »

Have you folks never had a motorcade enter your estate with a local football team celebrating?

All hanging out the windows, cheering and beeping horns. No?

Well it happens and this is what was happening here. They are a local team celebrating a win and the Gardai were part of the festivities.

It was shown up on Joe.ie and the picture is rumoured to be quite old. Somebody threw it up in relation to something else and it gathered steam.

There is nothing stupid going on in this picture other than the fact the Health & Safety brigade have jumped all over it and the folks who say "Well if the Gardai can do it...................."

Ah so they are celebrating a GAA win so that makes it alright :rolleyes:. feckin culchies.

MuppetCheck

Beer Baron wrote: »

Have you folks never had a motorcade enter your estate with a local football team celebrating?

All hanging out the windows, cheering and beeping horns. No?

Well it happens and this is what was happening here. They are a local team celebrating a win and the Gardai were part of the festivities.

It was shown up on Joe.ie and the picture is rumoured to be quite old. Somebody threw it up in relation to something else and it gathered steam.

There is nothing stupid going on in this picture other than the fact the Health & Safety brigade have jumped all over it and the folks who say "Well if the Gardai can do it...................."

That would make sense judging buy the split blinds visible in the picture - it is most likely taken on a bus as mentioned. I would still question whether the car is actually moving however.

Berty

CiscoStudent wrote: »

Ah so they are celebrating a GAA win so that makes it alright :rolleyes:. feckin culchies.

Let's put it this way. It has gotten airtime on Joe Duffy which basically means the great unwashed/proletariat have gotten up in arms about it which now means nobody will take the subject seriously.

MugMugs

Beer Baron wrote: »

Have you folks never had a motorcade enter your estate with a local football team celebrating?

All hanging out the windows, cheering and beeping horns. No?

Well it happens and this is what was happening here. They are a local team celebrating a win and the Gardai were part of the festivities.

It was shown up on Joe.ie and the picture is rumoured to be quite old. Somebody threw it up in relation to something else and it gathered steam.

There is nothing stupid going on in this picture other than the fact the Health & Safety brigade have jumped all over it and the folks who say "Well if the Gardai can do it...................."

Well it's at least 5 years and less old. It's a bit bad that people are charged with this and The Gardai are caught doing tbh.

MuppetCheck

CiscoStudent wrote: »

Ah so they are celebrating a GAA win so that makes it alright :rolleyes:. feckin culchies.

Did that generalisation make you feel better?

There is more to Ireland that Dublin - it's a regular occurence if a local team wins a big game alright.

Mance Rayder

Beer Baron wrote: »

Let's put it this way. It has gotten airtime on Joe Duffy which basically means the great unwashed/proletariat have gotten up in arms about it which now means nobody will take the subject seriously.

Just wait till they get hold of the stability treaty.

Boscoirl

OSI wrote: »

I'm pretty sure the top half of the rear lights are the break lights on a Focus saloon. So they would appear to have their rear fog lights on to.

This is unacceptable, I want the drivers head on a stick, its not even foggy

-Corkie-

Boscoirl wrote: »

This is unacceptable, I want the drivers head on a stick, its not even foggy

He is wrong actually because the light is the reflectors on the taillights of the car from the camera flash..

-Corkie-

OSI wrote: »

My bad, I thought it was too bright out for the flash to have any affect on the reflectors, but it would seem I'm wrong.

The tail lights would have to be illuminated too for the fogs to work.

Mance Rayder

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Did that generalisation make you feel better?

There is more to Ireland that Dublin - it's a regular occurence if a local team wins a big game alright.

It's not a generalisation it's a fact. You just said it yourself. Anyway I know there is more to Ireland than Dublin, but do those outside Dublin know that there is more to life then GAA?

MuppetCheck

CiscoStudent wrote: »

It's not a generalisation it's a fact. You just said it yourself. Anyway I know there is more to Ireland than Dublin, but do those outside Dublin know that there is more to life then GAA?

Of course, but they don't need to insult the vast majority of the country with silly little remarks.

-Corkie-

CiscoStudent wrote: »

It's not a generalisation it's a fact. You just said it yourself. Anyway I know there is more to Ireland than Dublin, but do those outside Dublin know that there is more to life then GAA?

Most Dubs I know are GAA mad so thats complete rubbish..

Mance Rayder

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Of course, but they don't need to insult the vast majority of the country with silly little remarks.

The vast majority are in Dublin, and I insult them just as much.

Beer Baron

Beer Baron wrote: »

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There is nothing stupid going on in this picture other than the fact the Health & Safety brigade have jumped all over it and the folks who say "Well if the Gardai can do it...................."

If the car is moving it's stupid really, they are Gardai, in a Garda car.

Weylin

Fries-With-That wrote: »

Has anyone seen the picture of the 4 Gardai hanging out the windows of a moving squad car.

I seem to remember a few lads from Tipperary getting driving bans for something similar a few months back.

I heard about this on Joe Duffy today and he has the picture on his website.[/QUOTE]
it should be in this thread Garda fined €900 for offences following fatal accident outside Limerick :pac::pac::pac:

Bogger77

are they Gardai, they don't like they're in uniform to me, could this just be a case of the car being "borrowed" by mechanics in local garage, and taken for a spin

I've seen it happen with Garda motorbikes in a Honda dealership

Matt Simis

The lesson we should all learn here is, Garda or public, by all means have fun but make sure some twat isnt recording you. IMO, virtually any picture of anyone doing pretty any activity could be picked apart on an internet forum (or radio show..) as something immoral or illegal.

As Cardinal Richelieu supposedly said:

If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.

Boscoirl

Sorry OSI, that wasn't meant to read as a go at you. it was supposed to read as "who cares about the cops hanging out the window, there is more important things going on in that picture"



*goes and hides*

Fries-With-That

Weylin wrote: »

threadid=2056611936"]Garda fined €900 for offences following fatal accident outside Limerick[/URL] :pac::pac::pac:

Why ?

MugMugs

Fries-With-That wrote: »

Why ?

Generally a statement followed by a ":pac:" means it's a piss take.

pa990

tossy

The award for the most sensationalistic post of the day goes to....

Fries-With-That wrote: »

I see 4 garda in uniform hanging out the windows of a squad car on a narrow country road.

From the angle the picture was taken, there is either a bus or a large van/truck travelling directly behind them.

If the driver on approaching the sharp bend in front of him has to take any kind of evasive action all 4 window hangers could end up on the road,

If nothing else its reckless and stupid in the extreme.

Won't someone think of the kids!!!!!!!!!!!!

The road isn't narrow.
You can't tell for sure if they are even Guards.
You can't tell if the car is moving.
There is nothing directly behind them there is a healthy dose of digital zoom in that photo.

Doge

The incident was discussed on Joe Duffy's radio show today:

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/liveline/

Have a listen to the first audio clip on the page.

And especially to the crackpot woman 9 mins in who had her house egged...
was annoyed that the gardai took only 20 mins to arrive,
expected them to be able to identify the kids fingerprints from the egg shells she had gathered,

and how she found a piece of the carton and went around to every local shop,
trying to see if they could verify the source of the cartoon,
and if they could show her CCTV footage of them selling the eggs to kids!

I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP! :eek:

tossy

waveform wrote: »

she found a piece of the carton and went around to every local shop,
trying to see if they could verify the source of the cartoon,
and if they could show her CCTV footage of them selling the eggs to kids!

CSI: Mayo!

Mance Rayder

Personally I can see nothing out of the ordinary in the picture.

Doge

CiscoStudent wrote: »

Personally I can see nothing out of the ordinary in the picture.

Brilliant! do you mind if I repost this in the Arcade and Retro forum?

Mance Rayder

waveform wrote: »

Brilliant! do you mind if I repost this in the Arcade and Retro forum?

Be my guest:D.

HelloHello17

Look i know it might look bad. I am not a garda but i know for a fact that there is 4 girls in that car that are NOT a member of the Garda. The car is pulled up and they sat out the windows while the car was stopped and the guard promptly told them to sit back inside and put on belts. They are part of a sports team hence the same tops!

Doge

HelloHello17 wrote: »

Look i know it might look bad. I am not a garda but i know for a fact that there is 4 girls in that car that are NOT a member of the Garda. The car is pulled up and they sat out the windows while the car was stopped and the guard promptly told them to sit back inside and put on belts. They are part of a sports team hence the same tops!

Have you any proof to back up that the statement is true though?

johnos1984

Is it possible that it's a photoshop?

Doge

johnos1984 wrote: »

Is it possible that it's a photoshop?

It seems to be alright. If you look carefully the colours on the animated game characters are too saturated looking to be real people!

Doge

On a serious note though, that would be one really hard photoshop to do:

because of a. the poor quality of the photo

and b: the windshield adding a distinctive tint and reducing the quality even further.

The worse the quality, the harder it is to blend in photos of people and get the lighting perfect. (to an extent)

Obviously if there was huge pixelation it would be easier. But then we probably wouldn't be able to make the photo out properly anyway!

Doge

Interceptor wrote: »

No they aren't. Its the camera flash in the reflectors.

I'm seriously doubting there was a flash when the photo was taken.

Why is there no reflection in the windshield?

And not one other part of the car shows a reflection of light, we'd surely see it elsewhere on the car.

The glow definitely looks like the light that would come from bulbs inside the cars lights imo.