Was followed by a Garda car

Keeperlit3025

I was followed by a Garda car into a car part. As I was walking away from the car I was driving the Garda shouted me over and said that my tail lights were not working. Then he said that i had to produce my license and insurance. I told him that I would produce it at

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Garda station.

Would it matter if I handed in my documents into a different Garda station would it still go through?

Another thing I don't think I was insured on the car as I'm insured on another car under my partners name.
Can someone help me out with this??

Bepolite

Keeperlit3025 wrote: »

I was followed by a Garda car into a car part. As I was walking away from the car I was driving the Garda shouted me over and said that my tail lights were not working. Then he said that i had to produce my license and insurance. I told him that I would produce it at

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Garda station.

Would it matter if I handed in my documents into a different Garda station would it still go through?

Another thing I don't think I was insured on the car as I'm insured on another car under my partners name.
Can someone help me out with this??

If you had no insurance it's

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solicitor time.

Wheelnut

Keeperlit3025 wrote: »

... the Garda shouted me over and said that my tail lights were not working. Then he said that i had to produce my license and insurance...

Did he take your name and address or just shout over at you?

the_syco

Keeperlit3025 wrote: »

As I was walking away from the car I was driving the Garda shouted me over and said that my tail lights were not working. Then he said that i had to produce my license and insurance. I told him that I would produce it at

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Garda station.

Sounds like it could have been at the end of their shift, and that they couldn't be arsed dealing with you. If they had, you may have been lined up for a decent amount of points, depending on what sort of insurance you have on the other car (open or not).

keano25

You weren't keppinherlit when they followed you by any chance?

Zambia

Keeperlit3025 wrote: »

I was followed by a Garda car into a car part. As I was walking away from the car I was driving the Garda shouted me over and said that my tail lights were not working. Then he said that i had to produce my license and insurance. I told him that I would produce it at

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Garda station.

Would it matter if I handed in my documents into a different Garda station would it still go through?

Another thing I don't think I was insured on the car as I'm insured on another car under my partners name.
Can someone help me out with this??

What do you mean you don't think?

Look at both the cars policy and your insurance. If both don't say your insured your not insured.

Simples

shar01

Keeperlit3025 wrote: »

.... the Garda shouted me over and said that my tail lights were not working. Then he said that i had to produce my license and insurance. I told him that I would produce it at

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Garda station...QUOTE]

Don't mean to derail the thread OP but the lack of professionalism on the part of this guard bugs me. By doing their job properly, the OP would have no doubt where they stood re. station to go to or whether they were in further trouble re. insurance.

Sorry OP.

Keeperlit3025

keano25 wrote: »

You weren't keppinherlit when they followed you by any chance?

I was just driving along nicely when they came in behide me.

Keeperlit3025

Wheelnut wrote: »

Did he take your name and address or just shout over at you?

He took my name but I only gave him my home town address not my full address. He could get my full address as the car is under my name.

Fred Swanson

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deandean

You should have thanked the Garda profusely, apologised for the condition of your car and got your tail lights fixed next day. Odds are you wouldn't have had to produce anything then.

J K

shar01 wrote: »

but the lack of professionalism on the part of this guard bugs me.

Detecting crime is the very essence of professionalism for a police officer. In this case an uninsured driver is caught - win win situation for everyone.

By doing their job properly, the OP would have no doubt where they stood re. station to go to

The OP states they do know what station they have to produce in. The one named after the lawful demand for production was made of them. The OP wants to now change that station.

or whether they were in further trouble re. insurance.

If they're not insured of course there is potential trouble for them. That won't be known to the Garda until after they failed to produce a valid policy.

Sorry OP:(

I have more sympathy for all the decent people who fork out the money to have themselves insured on the road. And pay money to provide for the fund to cover uninsured assh0les who are involved in accidents.

Fred Swanson

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Larbre34

Keeperlit3025 wrote: »

He took my name but I only gave him my home town address not my full address. He could get my full address as the car is under my name.

So hold on now OP, you're concerned as you "don't think" you're insured on a car that you're certain is registered in your name, and you're telling us you already tried to get around having to produce particulars by giving your "home town" address rather than your "full address" (whatever that means) and you're looking for advice on here to help get you out of it further??! :rolleyes:

Will ya go way out of that, you're a chancer, and the kind of chancer that costs the rest of us hefty insurance premiums. Take your medicine from the Guards like a good man and stop annoying me.

As for the other posters, forget about the Guards flippin vocabulary and have a think about what uninsured and badly maintained cars do for that insurance premium you cursed about as you wrote the cheque sometime this year.

TouchingVirus

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Thread derailment imminent. The manners of the Garda aren't really the question here - more like the OP is looking to know where they stand. Contact the station the Garda is based at and ask to speak to them so you can ascertain where you should be producing. Also, find out if you're insured. If you're not you are in for a world of hurt and deservedly so.

lukesmom

Larbre34 wrote: »

So hold on now OP, you're concerned as you "don't think" you're insured on a car that you're certain is registered in your name, and you're telling us you already tried to get around having to produce particulars by giving your "home town" address rather than your "full address" (whatever that means) and you're looking for advice on here to help get you out of it further??! :rolleyes:

Will ya go way out of that, you're a chancer, and the kind of chancer that costs the rest of us hefty insurance premiums. Take your medicine from the Guards like a good man and stop annoying me.

As for the other posters, forget about the Guards flippin vocabulary and have a think about what uninsured and badly maintained cars do for that insurance premium you cursed about as you wrote the cheque sometime this year.

Come down off your high horse he's only asking where he stands legally, this is the legal forum after all. No need to give him abuse as for all we know he may actually have open insurance.

cali_eire

lukesmom wrote: »

Come down off your high horse he's only asking where he stands legally, this is the legal forum after all. No need to give him abuse as for all we know he may actually have open insurance.

Maybe I am way too jaded but when the dude says "Another thing I don't think I was insured on the car as I'm insured on another car under my partners name" I read "I don't think I was" as "I was not". I would find it very hard to believe that someone legitimately didnt know their insurance status on the car they were driving.

hullaballoo

Please keep things civil and on topic.

It's Friday, you people are supposed to be happy.

ballinue

first you must produce your documents to the nominated Garda station and secondly the garda would have your reg number as they were driving behind you so it will not matter if you gave them your address or not the will be able to get the address of registered owner from that, the bad news is that in nearly every situation on documents being produced the Garda in the station will check if the driver if not the insured on the document is covered to drive the vehicle and if they discover that you were not covered to drive I am sure the will prosecute you and for every other defect on the vehicle also.
Sorry to have to give you the bad news but that is how I see the situation developing.

the_syco

Keeperlit3025 wrote: »

Another thing I don't think I was insured on the car as I'm insured on another car under my partners name.

Keeperlit3025 wrote: »

He could get my full address as the car is under my name.

So... you own the car, but are insured under another car? Unless I'm reading this wrongly, you're insured on another car, not the one you were driving? Would I be right to assume that no-one has insurance for that car, and if so, you'll be treated as driving with no insurance, which most law enforces take a very dim view of!

donegal__road

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donegal__road wrote: »

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Forgery upto ten years, using a false instrument upto ten years.

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2001/en/act/pub/0050/sec0025.html#sec25

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2001/en/act/pub/0050/sec0026.html#sec26