why shouldnt garda cars be nct'd?

jamesr123

I know that they don't have to be but why? Those cars are on the road a lot more than regular cars, they carry passengers and people who are in distress,drunk ect.. I mean who's to say their not driving death traps around? (and from what I hear they are)

Surely they should set an example for the rest of us and get them tested. Why is it ok for them to drive a dangerous car but not for the rest of the public.



Before anyone asks my car is currently nct'd.....

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

I'd personally be more concerned with the fact they quite often drive branch cars while nattering away on a phone.

ryan101

In Soviet Russia Police Car NCT YOU!

wazky

Bit awkward at the checkpoint if the gardas car has a more out of date Nct then your own I would imagine.

pablo128

Garda vehicles are brought to main dealers for servicing. Main dealers are not the kind to overlook the chance to make some money so you can be reasonably reassured that they are in ok nick. The same with tyres, they are fitted with good brands.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Who'd enforce it? You gonna drag the cop out of his nct-less car and perform a citizens arrest, until another cop comes along and arrests him? Or just ring the police and report him?

Witcher

Garda cars are actually quite well maintained, you don't get the mileage the guards get out of a car unless it's looked after.

anto9

^What milage do they typically get .Lots of them look quite bashed up body wise.

wendell borton

It's got a cop motor, a four hundred and forty cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks, it's a model made before catalytic converters, so it'll run good on regular gas

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shteve

wendell borton wrote: »

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and a broken cigarette lighter... :P :P

oldyouth

pablo128 wrote: »

Garda vehicles are brought to main dealers for servicing. Main dealers are not the kind to overlook the chance to make some money so you can be reasonably reassured that they are in ok nick. The same with tyres, they are fitted with good brands.

Using that logic, many private car owners should be able to bring their service records to the NCT Centre and just pick up a disc

The J Stands for Jay

They run them until they hit 300,000km, I believe.

Boombastic

nct's are the least of their problems

did they ever discover which one was the thief or are they all at it?stealing evidence is a crime, you wouldn't steal a car, you wouldn't download an illegal movies

don't dip your hands in to the money

whisky_galore

ryan101 wrote: »

In Soviet Russia Police Car NCT YOU!

In Putin Russia, car drive to another country and try to establish dealership.

Teyla Emmagan

Garda cars aren't NCT'd? You mean legally exempt or habitually?

First I have heard of it.

anncoates

All those skids in garbage strewn alleyways and perp apprehension across the bonnets must take its toll.

mad muffin

ryan101 wrote: »

Donuts. mmmmmmm.

Doughnuts. :pac:

anncoates

anncoates wrote: »

All those skids in garbage strewn alleyways and perp apprehension across the bonnets must take its toll.

Or chasing a car into a goal net. The good ole days, when real men didn't wear seat-belts, there was no such thing as an innocent bystander, and NCT's were for sissies.

Heisenberg1

Sure why bother with an NCT on a Garda car when most of them that drive them don't even have a full license.

jimgoose

Oi!! I'll 'ave that git round your manor, guv'nor!

catallus

It's probably not worth starting a thread on this but as I sit here with my breakfast it occurs to me that there is a strange usurpation of the designation of doughnuts/donuts happening these days. I have an cream eclair here and the box says they're "donuts" but when I google images of doughnuts/donuts I get pictures of the normal round cake type thingy with the hole in the middle and the icing on top, but not a picture of an eclair, the proper picture of an eclair comes up when I google "eclair" so I'm left in the perplexing situation of having an eclair which is called a doughnut. Maybe the bakery needs to be informed of this?

As for NCT's for the po-po cars? Isn't this the case for all state-owned cars, I think?

racso1975

Heisenberg1 wrote: »

Sure why bother with an NCT on a Garda car when most of them that drive them don't even have a full license.

Wow that is a serious statement. Care to back it up?

jimgoose

racso1975 wrote: »

Wow that is a serious statement. Care to back it up?

Apparently they don't need a driving license while on duty. Go figure:

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/garda-in-fatal-crash-didnt-have-a-driving-licence-inquest-told-26582819.html

whiskeyman

anncoates wrote: »

All those skids in garbage strewn alleyways and perp apprehension across the bonnets must take its toll.

Don't forget the boxes.


Damn boxes...

racso1975

jimgoose wrote: »

Apparently they don't need a driving license while on duty. Go figure:

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/garda-in-fatal-crash-didnt-have-a-driving-licence-inquest-told-26582819.html

Do they still have to under go a special driving course? For high speed driving etc?

foxy farmer

Maybe should be doe tested. Used for commercial professional duties. Providing public service duties. At least fit them with bluetooth.

jimgoose

racso1975 wrote: »

Do they still have to under go a special driving course? For high speed driving etc?

It wouldn't appear so. My brother-in-law was torpedoed amidships in Limerick City a couple of years ago by two young bucks with too much engine up front and bugger-all between the ears, speeding through a red light in the city-centre without even a sniff of an emergency going on.

Chips Lovell

So the cops knew that internal affairs were setting them up?

smellmepower

Anyone applying for the current phase of recruitment had to have a full license I believe.

In the past they didn't necessarily have to do the advanced driving course to drive on blues,as Guards without it could get special dispensation from the chief super if they were short of drivers.

Garball

garda cars are well maintained. they get a complete make over also when they hit 200,000km. the bodes of the vehicles may be bashed and bent, but the engine, brakes and suspension are kept really well.

Larbre34

jimgoose wrote: »

It wouldn't appear so. My brother-in-law was torpedoed amidships in Limerick City a couple of years ago by two young bucks with too much engine up front and bugger-all between the ears, speeding through a red light in the city-centre without even a sniff of an emergency going on.

Can't have been a Garda vehicle so. They wouldnt pull you out of bed.

The sight of the new small Hyundai estate patrol car around my way is putting the fear of God in me I must say.

Larbre34

Garball wrote: »

garda cars are well maintained. they get a complete make over also when they hit 200,000km. the bodes of the vehicles may be bashed and bent, but the engine, brakes and suspension are kept really well.

Think you might have seen that on the Blues Brothers

folan

garda cars shouldnt be nct'd because then they might catch dodgy nct center practices

Santa Cruz

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

So the cops knew that internal affairs were setting them up?

Well they did know there was a meet between Big Frankie and the Feds down in Louie's joint on 52nd so whats that telling you

Fozzie Bear

racso1975 wrote: »

Do they still have to under go a special driving course? For high speed driving etc?

jimgoose wrote: »

It wouldn't appear so. My brother-in-law was torpedoed amidships in Limerick City a couple of years ago by two young bucks with too much engine up front and bugger-all between the ears, speeding through a red light in the city-centre without even a sniff of an emergency going on.

Nothing like sweeping statements based on one random incident...

Wrong, they do have to be qualified for high speed driving. My brother is a Garda and had to do the course and qualify before he was allowed to drive a Garda car with its blue lights activated.

If a Garda is not qualified now a days they are not allowed to activate the blue lights. Even if they witness bad driving etc they cannot do anything about it.

Garda Drivers Restricted

anncoates

jimgoose wrote: »

Oi!! I'll 'ave that git round your manor, guv'nor!

:pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mijBMpnS3a4

Hermy

pablo128 wrote: »

Garda vehicles are brought to main dealers for servicing. Main dealers are not the kind to overlook the chance to make some money so you can be reasonably reassured that they are in ok nick. The same with tyres, they are fitted with good brands.

Based on my experience with one main dealership I am not reassured.

jimgoose

Fozzie Bear wrote: »

Nothing like sweeping statements based on one random incident...

Wrong, they do have to be qualified for high speed driving. My brother is a Garda and had to do the course and qualify before he was allowed to drive a Garda car with its blue lights activated.

If a Garda is not qualified now a days they are not allowed to activate the blue lights. Even if they witness bad driving etc they cannot do anything about it.

Garda Drivers Restricted

The point, Grasshopper, is the yahoo in question couldn't drive a wheelbarrow and had no blues'n'twos on. I understand they can drive patrol cars away sans blues'n'twos with no driving qualifications whatsoever.

junior_apollo

jimgoose wrote: »

Apparently they don't need a driving license while on duty. Go figure:

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/garda-in-fatal-crash-didnt-have-a-driving-licence-inquest-told-26582819.html

Jaysus, I never even heard about that at the time, absolutely disgusting...

Cantona's Collars

Had a cop car driving behind me this morning with just one headlight working,did they not have a campaign a while ago to clamp down on drivers with dodgy lights?

jamesr123

smellmepower wrote: »

Anyone applying for the current phase of recruitment had to have a full license I believe.

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no they didn't

Markcheese

The NCT may not perfect but it's pretty comprehensive, and pretty good value too(not that I enjoy paying it) ,it's only a snap shot but older vehicles would be tested as safe at least straight after the test... (cars only I suppose)

Stella Virgo

jamesr123 wrote: »

I know that they don't have to be but why? Those cars are on the road a lot more than regular cars, they carry passengers and people who are in distress,drunk ect.. I mean who's to say their not driving death traps around? (and from what I hear they are)

Surely they should set an example for the rest of us and get them tested. Why is it ok for them to drive a dangerous car but not for the rest of the public.



Before anyone asks my car is currently nct'd.....

do i hear faint "whistling" in the background....;):D

Manic Moran

It would seem to me that the NCT is a way of bringing a private citizen's car under State control for an examination. Garda (And Army) vehicles are already under State control and thus routinely examined by the State.