Garda Traffic on Twitter

Atlantic Dawn

Anyone regularly view the Garda Traffic Twitter account? It's frightening looking at some of the crazy people we share the road with, my favourites are...

Cars seized for no insurance, sometimes fancy stuff...



Driving a rather large trailer with no licence at all...





Non secured loads...





Bald tyres, and I mean bald...




Non working headlights...



Blue lights fitted to a car...



Stunts and bumps...



Altered tax disc...









https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic

biko

I don't follow them no, but it's cool that they do tweet about things so us ordinary folk can see what it's like out there on the roads.

quadrifoglio verde

That altered tax disk is brilliant

Yakuza

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

That altered tax disk is brilliant

They forgot the 2015 at the top, and don't each year's disks have a different colour, to facilitate easy checking from the pre-ANPR days?

These days, in the age of colour laser printers, I'm sure it's fairly easy to crank out fake discs.

I presume (hopefully) that using a fake disk is treated much more harshly than having an out-of-date one. One is a pre-meditated attempt to break the law, the other can be a genuine error / oversight.

NIMAN

Non working headlights, seriously.

I pass about 30 of them every single day. Every day.

Here's an idea for the Guards. Why not fit all cars with dashcams like in the US.
Then when they are out driving around they could review the video and send out a €30 fine to every single registered owner of every car they pass with a headlight out.

It would be like shooting fish in a barrel. Bring in loadsamoney!

frozenfrozen

They should give people 100 lines like in school whenever they're caught with fogs on when it's not foggy

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

pred racer

NIMAN wrote: »

Non working headlights, seriously.

I pass about 30 of them every single day. Every day.

Here's an idea for the Guards. Why not fit all cars with dashcams like in the US.
Then when they are out driving around they could review the video and send out a €30 fine to every single registered owner of every car they pass with a headlight out.

It would be like shooting fish in a barrel. Bring in loadsamoney!

Yeah, because there is never, ever a time when a headlight blows while you're driving and you got to wait till you get home (or in my case to a garage) to get it changed :rolleyes:

pa990

frozenfrozen wrote: »

They should give people 100 lines like in school whenever they're caught with fogs on when it's not foggy

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

reported !!

No not really

Fey!

pred racer wrote: »

Yeah, because there is never, ever a time when a headlight blows while you're driving and you got to wait till you get home (or in my case to a garage) to get it changed :rolleyes:

The one in that picture was a taxi, so the duty of care should be higher. However, it's amazing how many cars you see every day with lights gone for months.

lway

frozenfrozen wrote: »

They should give people 100 lines like in school whenever they're caught with fogs on when it's not foggy

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

Should be 600 lines for those Juke drivers with all their lights on. Seriously, I've seen them with 6 lights on at the front.

millington

frozenfrozen wrote: »

They should give people 100 lines like in school whenever they're caught with fogs on when it's not foggy

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

Front fogs don't glare at all usually, some modern cars even use them as their DRLs. Really can't see why people on here have such an issue with it. People complain about having a headlight out but also complain about having fogs on, ya can't win over here

NIMAN

pred racer wrote: »

Yeah, because there is never, ever a time when a headlight blows while you're driving and you got to wait till you get home (or in my case to a garage) to get it changed :rolleyes:

Of course that happens, but if you are serious about getting it changed then its very unlikely you will be caught and get a fine. Its rare I pass a Garda car on the road.

But you just know that many people with headlights out, know they are out, and still drive on regardless for days and weeks without bothering their ass to get it fixed. Just as Fey! said above.
You have a duty of care to have your car roadworthy before going out driving, perhaps check your headlights once a day or every other day to make sure they are working? Not as if it would take that long.

hoodie6029

Fogs are for fog and falling snow only. They do glare and and cannot be aligned. In city driving behind you the glare from them makes your side view mirrors useless. But the ****s that drive with fogs on are so unaware of their actions they wouldn't even think of that and would argue with anyone who tells them that they are wrong.

Golfgorfield

pred racer wrote: »

Yeah, because there is never, ever a time when a headlight blows while you're driving and you got to wait till you get home (or in my case to a garage) to get it changed :rolleyes:

I think its Germany where you must have a full set of replacement bulbs in the car, and if stopped you must replace the blown one before being allowed to continue?

I meet the same Toyota Corolla every evening on my way home, outside headlight gone, nigh on 4 months id say now, on we dark evenings its impossible to see its a car until they're right on you.

People are lazy and ignorant in this regard, and unless the gardai get tough on it, nothing will change, i know people who think a 1 year NCT means everything on their car is 100% for another year... jesus christ like.

NIMAN

Thank you, I knew I was right.
Having said that, some bulbs are incredibly hard to change now on some cars, average motorist wouldn't have a clue on some of them.

I would love to see more cars stopped for headlights out. Its my pet hate on the roads, and its highly dangerous.

CiniO

pred racer wrote: »

Yeah, because there is never, ever a time when a headlight blows while you're driving and you got to wait till you get home (or in my case to a garage) to get it changed :rolleyes:

What they should do, is set up a check point by the petrol station or motor factors, etc and stop anyone with broken light, and tell them to fix it on the spot.
If not fixed, car should be towed away.

Atlantic Dawn

Some people only get their lights looked at when the 2nd headlight is gone, they then assume the problem is a big electrical fault as they have no clue as to what lights are ever working on the car or not, that or the NCT "money racket" will spot them :rolleyes:

Kenny Logins

I'd like to see all the French cars get stopped for indicators lighting up when the driver presses the brake pedal.

Boskowski

Lol at the tax disc. Some people are mentally still in primary school while we share the roads with them...

Blut2

That tax disc is mind boggling. How could anyone think they'd get away with it?

- The fact its still quite obviously a 15
- The 15s both above and below it
- That its a different colour to a newer tax disc

I'd love to know the backstory to it. And hear what happened to the owner.

Moneymaker

Blut2 wrote: »

That tax disc is mind boggling. How could anyone think they'd get away with it?

- The fact its still quite obviously a 15
- The 15s both above and below it
- That its a different colour to a newer tax disc

I'd love to know the backstory to it. And hear what happened to the owner.

Hopefully cast out of the gene pool for all of time.

Atlantic Dawn

Fake insurance and tax disc, the next level...

TrailerBob

I love the Garda traffic Twitter feed. Some amazing stuff on there. My personal favourite is the Punto with the Ifor Williams trailer.. what was he planning?

CiniO

TrailerBob wrote: »

I love the Garda traffic Twitter feed. Some amazing stuff on there. My personal favourite is the Punto with the Ifor Williams trailer.. what was he planning?

How much does such trailer weight itself?
If less than 1000kg, there might be a chance it was actually legal, as towing capacity on punto of braked trailer might be around 1000kg.

TrailerBob

Legal?? hmmm..doubtful.. Ridiculous?? Absolutely. Dangerous?? Definitely.. the back suspension is on the road basically as it is, and that's without putting a load in it.. What's legal on paper doesn't translate to being safe in the real world.

Fey!

CiniO wrote: »

What they should do, is set up a check point by the petrol station or motor factors, etc and stop anyone with broken light, and tell them to fix it on the spot.
If not fixed, car should be towed away.

I liked this, but there is a fundamental problem with it; petrol stations here are no longer service stations, and do not carry bulbs (at least in Galway). Motor factors have them, but not all do fitting, and some cars are very difficult to access the bulbs on.

At least Halfords offer a fitting service, even it you do have to pay a couple of quid; if you can't do the job yourself, it'll still be cheaper than going to a garage.

Atlantic Dawn

A lad walking on the M50 with his bike...

CiniO

Fey! wrote: »

I liked this, but there is a fundamental problem with it; petrol stations here are no longer service stations, and do not carry bulbs (at least in Galway). Motor factors have them, but not all do fitting, and some cars are very difficult to access the bulbs on.

At least Halfords offer a fitting service, even it you do have to pay a couple of quid; if you can't do the job yourself, it'll still be cheaper than going to a garage.

Well, then maybe gardai should announce a tender for mobile bulb fitting facility.
They would accompany gardai patrol. Every person pulled in for lack of light, would have a choice to fix it themselves on the spot, or use the service provided (even if it was not the cheapest around).
If they declined, car should be towed, and driver fined for driving unroadworthy vehicle.

Simple as that, and commission from that appointed mobile bulb fitter for the gardai, should cover the cost of patrol doing bulb checkups.

DakarVert

frozenfrozen wrote: »

They should give people 100 lines like in school whenever they're caught with fogs on when it's not foggy

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I will not turn my fogs on to look cool

I use my fogs at times. At night on ****ty country roads, Helps to light up potholes so I can avoid them.

Never use them on Main roads or Motorways though.

pred racer

Fey! wrote: »

The one in that picture was a taxi, so the duty of care should be higher. However, it's amazing how many cars you see every day with lights gone for months.

True but a €30 on the spot fine, a bit draconian don't u think.

NIMAN wrote: »

Of course that happens, but if you are serious about getting it changed then its very unlikely you will be caught and get a fine. Its rare I pass a Garda car on the road.

But you just know that many people with headlights out, know they are out, and still drive on regardless for days and weeks without bothering their ass to get it fixed. Just as Fey! said above.
You have a duty of care to have your car roadworthy before going out driving, perhaps check your headlights once a day or every other day to make sure they are working? Not as if it would take that long.

One of mine blew on the way to the NCT centre, I checked them before I left

NIMAN wrote: »

Thank you, I knew I was right.
Having said that, some bulbs are incredibly hard to change now on some cars, average motorist wouldn't have a clue on some of them.

I would love to see more cars stopped for headlights out. Its my pet hate on the roads, and its highly dangerous.

CiniO wrote: »

What they should do, is set up a check point by the petrol station or motor factors, etc and stop anyone with broken light, and tell them to fix it on the spot.
If not fixed, car should be towed away.

Guys one eyed monsters are a pet hate of mine too, especially one dim and one fog working and nothing on the other side :mad:

But ban/fine them all is too much!
And I can't change my passenger side ones, and neither can halfords, so what do you want me to do? Get my car towed to a garage every time I lose a bulb?

For me, any car stopped at a checkpoint with non working lights should get a producer, like with tax/ insurance, with a fine to follow if not adhered to.
A couple of dozen checkpoints and word would get round fairly quickly!

The hack of that micra.