Has to be a joke.....

finnharpsboy

But it's not. I mean what on earth is he thinking???? Even if a garda was blind enough to miss the tax, the insurance is out over 2 years. Twice in the past 3 days i've seen this chancer driving about.

ba_barabus

I love the tax disc

power pants

that tax disc certainly had me fooled!

bop1977

Seems legit.

ofcork

How could anyone expect to get away with that?

ba_barabus

ofcork wrote: »

How could anyone expect to get away with that?

I used to use a piece of cardboard with a picture and a name on it as my fake ID when I was under 18. It gave the bouncers such a laugh i always got in. I imagine it has the same affect.

challengemaster

finnharpsboy wrote: »

But it's not. I mean what on earth is he thinking???? Even if a garda was blind enough to miss the tax, the insurance is out over 2 years. Twice in the past 3 days i've seen this chancer driving about.

More to the point, why didn't you report it rather than take a photo of it?

It'd be impounded instantly

finnharpsboy

challengemaster wrote: »

More to the point, why didn't you report it rather than take a photo of it?

It'd be impounded instantly

i was to busy rolling around laughing on the ground

power pants

finnharpsboy wrote: »

i was to busy rolling around laughing on the ground

Indeed, I don't think Id ever report someone like that either, none of my business

ba_barabus

power pants wrote: »

Indeed, I don't think Id ever report someone like that either, none of my business

Yet so many post pictures bítching about it (not aimed at OP who like me is laughing at it's hilarity)

hunter23

craggy island tax disk:D

power pants

ba_barabus wrote: »

Yet so many post pictures bítching about it (not aimed at OP who like me is laughing at it's hilarity)

I think the point of the op was the pathetic attempt, more so than the down right heinous crime being committed tbh

ba_barabus

power pants wrote: »

I think the point of the op was the pathetic attempt, more so than the down right heinous crime being committed tbh

Which is what I said

irish bloke

challengemaster wrote: »

More to the point, why didn't you report it rather than take a photo of it?

It'd be impounded instantly

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CarrickMcJoe

Time to get the crayons out again...Tax is nearly up again

beertons

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

Time to get the crayons out again...Tax is nearly up again

Was thinking the same thing myself.

Bpmull

Interesting to see what he'll do for the new doe disc that's coming out next week :pac:

Voodoomelon

A child has to have made it. Surely an adult can cut out a piece of circular paper better than that!

irish bloke

There obviously making a point to the government/guards that motor tax is just a joke. Either that or there for the funny farm...

emeldc

I took a ferry to Clare Island in the summer. I didnt find a single car or van with a disk of any description in date, they were all two or three years out :eek:

MugMugs

challengemaster wrote: »

More to the point, why didn't you report it rather than take a photo of it?

It'd be impounded instantly

I'd imagine the OP has better things to do with their time than act vigilante and "report" people causing them no harm.

Del2005

power pants wrote: »

Indeed, I don't think Id ever report someone like that either, none of my business

It's your business if you have car/van/bike insurance. You're paying for that persons insurance as well as your own.

Renegade Mechanic

If only the resolution was high enough to make out the reg

dharn

MugMugs wrote: »

I'd imagine the OP has better things to do with their time than act vigilante and "report" people causing them no harm.

Causing no harm ? If that car ran you down or crashed in to you, no insurance how would you feel then

MugMugs

dharn wrote: »

Causing no harm ? If that car ran you down or crashed in to you, no insurance how would you feel then

Sore, stiff and annoyed. Then I'd call the Gardai and eventually submit a claim against the MIBI for my losses.

dharn

So no one should bother with insurance, just sue the uninsured drivers fund , where does this fund come from ?

irish bloke

dharn wrote: »

So no one should bother with insurance, just sue the uninsured drivers fund , where does this fund come from ?

This thread started out so well. Now it's just not fun....

MugMugs

dharn wrote: »

So no one should bother with insurance, just sue the uninsured drivers fund , where does this fund come from ?

You appear to think I am condoning an allegedly uninsured driver. I am not.

With respects, the disc means nothing. Just because I have a valid disc doesn't mean that I am indeed insured.

I was merely stating that most people have lives and get on with their business. Do you monitor the Tax and Insurance status of all vehicles that you pass on the street and report the offending ones to your local Garda Station?

dharn

Most threads around here end in tears

tossy

emeldc wrote: »

I took a ferry to Clare Island in the summer. I didnt find a single car or van with a disk of any description in date, they were all two or three years out :eek:

Cheaper tax on the islands too!

MugMugs

tossy wrote: »

Cheaper tax on the islands too!

The ferryman usually gives the locals a heads up when the Gardai are on route,

CarrickMcJoe

Probably working on the NCT disc.

Supergurrier

Whats wrong with the tax disc ?

Mycroft H

It's out of date at the end of the month

dharn

MugMugs wrote: »

You appear to think I am condoning an allegedly uninsured driver. I am not.

With respects, the disc means nothing. Just because I have a valid disc doesn't mean that I am indeed insured.

I was merely stating that most people have lives and get on with their business. Do you monitor the Tax and Insurance status of all vehicles that you pass on the street and report the offending ones to your local Garda Station?

That was a rhetorical question, I certainly dont condone driving while uninsured, I thought you were the one who saw no problem with it ,

unkel

MugMugs wrote: »

most people have lives and get on with their business. Do you monitor the Tax and Insurance status of all vehicles that you pass on the street and report the offending ones to your local Garda Station?

Perhaps if members of the public were allowed to keep a "finders fee" of 10% of the penalty, I'd say motor tax compliance would be near 100% within months

irish bloke

unkel wrote: »

Perhaps if members of the public were allowed to keep a "finders fee" of 10% of the penalty, I'd say motor tax compliance would be near 100% within months

We have enough useless traffic wardens already

MugMugs

unkel wrote: »

Perhaps if members of the public were allowed to keep a "finders fee" of 10% of the penalty, I'd say motor tax compliance would be near 100% within months

I pay enough tax to expect the state to monitor compliance with their affairs without the assistance of the public.

It's an avenue that I'd fear would escalate into a vigilante type country.

loseyourself

I have no problem with someone not paying tax on their car. Why should we have to pay car tax when we pay enough money on petrol. Its the Insurance and NCT that really irratates me and should be reported.

the_syco

finnharpsboy wrote: »

Twice in the past 3 days i've seen this chancer driving about.

Luckily you don't drive, as otherwise your premium would be funding the chancer, and also you'd know that if he hits someone, that person is quite frankly f**ked...

finnharpsboy

the_syco wrote: »

Luckily you don't drive, as otherwise your premium would be funding the chancer, and also you'd know that if he hits someone, that person is quite frankly f**ked...

i do drive

dharn

My premium is funding him :mad:

the_syco

finnharpsboy wrote: »

i do drive

Report him before he hits you, then?

finnharpsboy

the_syco wrote: »

Report him before he hits you, then?

dont have the reg, if i did i would

00833827

if there was a smartphone app to snap and report out of date discs/illegally parked cars/ general law breaking related to motoring - would folks around here use it? I have often thought of developing something like it - along the lines of the "See it, Say it" app for reporting illegal dumping to the Dept of the envoirnment

loseyourself

00833827 wrote: »

if there was a smartphone app to snap and report out of date discs/illegally parked cars/ general law breaking related to motoring - would folks around here use it? I have often thought of developing something like it - along the lines of the "See it, Say it" app for reporting illegal dumping to the Dept of the envoirnment

Only for Insurance and NCT. I couldn't care less about someone not paying tax on their car. Fair play to em I say. Getting taxed to the bollox as it is. P.S I pay my tax as I don't want my car taking off me.

BNMC

iPhone wanker!

:pac:

irish bloke

00833827 wrote: »

if there was a smartphone app to snap and report out of date discs/illegally parked cars/ general law breaking related to motoring - would folks around here use it? I have often thought of developing something like it - along the lines of the "See it, Say it" app for reporting illegal dumping to the Dept of the envoirnment

You would be me popular down the local with that one. Probably invasion of privacy and illegal too.

Pay your own tax and don't be worrying abt others..

loseyourself

Also If I actually handed my dash cam into the gaurds every day they could arrest 100 people. Some Idiot drivers out there.

sunnysoutheast

finnharpsboy wrote: »

dont have the reg, if i did i would

Could you not have looked at the front or rear of the car, assuming you took the photo?