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bear1

Wonder how they spotted the stolen cars? Well done them!

benjilxp

Patww79 wrote: »

Not insured = shouldn't be on the road. You wouldn't crash into something that's not there.

Hahaha logic..if it doesn't pay to be there it's basically invisible or should be

bear1

benjilxp wrote: »

Hahaha logic..if it doesn't pay to be there it's basically invisible or should be

And here is the lad who is going to get done for no insurance.
Here to troll this thread too?

benjilxp

bear1 wrote: »

And here is the lad who is going to get done for no insurance.
Here to troll this thread too?

I'm not trolling anything,I'm just making a point

bear1

benjilxp wrote: »

I'm not trolling anything,I'm just making a point

Terrible point. If someone isn't insured and isn't on the road then how will you hit them?
Your lolling when you are about to be done for driving with no insurance could have been worse if you crashed into someone or worse vice versa.
No insurance then you shouldn't drive. End of.

benjilxp

bear1 wrote: »

And here is the lad who is going to get done for no insurance.
Here to troll this thread too?

If you are going to crash into something it doesn't appear/disappear if it has insurance or not

smelly sock

LIGHTNING wrote: »

And you ignore the mod warning about not talking about it. Don't post in this thread again. Anybody brings it up again will also get a ban from this thread.

Maybe it's time lightning to close the thread. It's gone way off topic at this stage. Very disappointing.

bazz26

VRT dodger:

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/823836156521541632

boardsuser1

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/824192282194755587

Thoie

KC161 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/824192282194755587

Wonder if they were 5 times over the limit at 10am, or if it just got posted at 10am? Either way, it's insane.

Atlantic Dawn

I think a public register of all those caught drink driving would be the best deterrent for some people, others nothing will stop them.

Damien360

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I think a public register of all those caught drink driving would be the best deterrent for some people, others nothing will stop them.

Won't make a blind bit of difference. My father in law drives home from the pub, has had bans in the distant past, he doesn't care. I have had to dodge his car in his own yard as he is on autopilot when drink driving.

boardsuser1

Damien360 wrote: »

Won't make a blind bit of difference. My father in law drives home from the pub, has had bans in the distant past, he doesn't care. I have had to dodge his car in his own yard as he is on autopilot when drink driving.

Is he from the generation where drink/driving was socially acceptable?

I was watching a recent episode of reeling in the years (1994) where people said

'yeah, if I was having a few pints i'd bring the car'

The attitude then still applies with many today sadly.

Atlantic Dawn

Damien360 wrote: »

Won't make a blind bit of difference. My father in law drives home from the pub, has had bans in the distant past, he doesn't care. I have had to dodge his car in his own yard as he is on autopilot when drink driving.

Does he work, is he involved in any way with the community at all like GAA, soccer club etc or is he just a down and out alco drinking his social welfare money? My guess is unless he's an out and out alco the shame in the community and perhaps immediate sacking from his job and dropping from involvement in any clubs or associations might turn him around.

quadrifoglio verde

I remember seeing an advertisement from back in the day, might have been in a match programme or so and it was of a 5 speed gearknob. Advert said don't have that 5th point.

To my generation to have anything more than one pint and drive home 2 hours later would be shamed upon. To my father's generation, 2 or 3 and driving back over the road would be seen as normal. He won't drink and drive now but I remember when we were younger him driving home after 4 or 5 when we were down in achill.

Special Circumstances

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

I remember seeing an advertisement from back in the day, might have been in a match programme or so and it was of a 5 speed gearknob. Advert said don't have that 5th point.

Fake news

http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/responsibledrinking.asp

Fred Swanson

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nice_guy80

Isn't it amazing the increase in Garda activity since they got their allowances increase?

I'm seeing them everywhere.
More checkpoints in the last 2 months than in the previous 6 years

TallGlass

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Isn't it amazing the increase in Garda activity since they got their allowances increase?

I'm seeing them everywhere.
More checkpoints in the last 2 months than in the previous 6 years

I say its more down to there numbers recovering rather than a pay rise. The government crucified them with cuts and manpower TBH and brought our police service to a dangerously low number.

nice_guy80

TallGlass wrote: »

I say its more down to there numbers recovering rather than a pay rise. The government crucified them with cuts and manpower TBH and brought our police service to a dangerously low number.

800 were recruited

700 retired

Damien360

KC161 wrote: »

Is he from the generation where drink/driving was socially acceptable?

He is in his 70's so yes from that generation.

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Does he work, is he involved in any way with the community at all like GAA, soccer club etc or is he just a down and out alco drinking his social welfare money? My guess is unless he's an out and out alco the shame in the community and perhaps immediate sacking from his job and dropping from involvement in any clubs or associations might turn him around.

Retirement money which he is entitled to spend but he does not see the danger he is creating.

Atlantic Dawn

Damien360 wrote: »

He is in his 70's so yes from that generation.



Retirement money which he is entitled to spend but he does not see the danger he is creating.

If there was a register at least people could see him as a selfish black sheep of the community.

Toyotafanboi

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Its just like that Micra a few pages back, if you had have asked me did I think a Corsa C could do 150km/h, I would have said definitely not.

And if you asked me could it slap a ditch at 150 and leave the occupant in good shape, I also would have said definitely not.

Fred Swanson

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edburg

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Its just like that Micra a few pages back, if you had have asked me did I think a Corsa C could do 150km/h, I would have said definitely not.

And if you asked me could it slap a ditch at 150 and leave the occupant in good shape, I also would have said definitely not.

Prob not which is why he used a Corsa D

TallGlass

Not really on twitter but seriously, WTF. Idiot could have killed someone and only gets a 300Euro fine!

A Dublin GAA fan on his way home from the All-Ireland football final was caught drunk driving a horse and carriage on the M1.

Christopher Gunning (58) was stopped by gardai as he drove an antique Dutch carriage festooned with Dublin flags and pulled by a black and white piebald horse.

He was highly intoxicated and an officer who had to rein the animal in while he called for back-up in heavy traffic.

Gunning, who is a grandfather-of-four, denied he was drunk and said bringing the flag-draped carriage to the All-Ireland was a "tradition".

He told gardai he had six pints of Budweiser, but insisted in court it had only been three shandies.

Judge Michael Walsh found him guilty and fined him €300, describing his behaviour as "reckless in the extreme".

Gunning, of Clonshaugh, Cloughran, pleaded not guilty to being under the influence of an intoxicant to such an extent that he was not capable of having proper control over an animal-drawn vehicle.

Dublin District Court heard the incident happened on the M1 in Santry on September 18, 2016.

Garda Colm Reid told the court he had finished duty and was driving his own motorcycle home at 7.55pm. Traffic was so heavy he was barely able to get his bike through.

"In front of me, holding all the traffic up was a horse and cart," he said.

It was dark and there were no lights on the cart, Gda Reid added.

He drove alongside and Gunning was at the front, with traffic beeping and swerving around him.

He felt the situation was "extremely dangerous".

The garda shouted at him to get off the road and Gunning looked at him and said nothing.

The garda managed to pull him in and knew by looking at him he had consumed alcohol "because of his demeanour sitting in the seat".

"He wasn't able to understand what I was saying, even though I was very close to him," the garda said. "He was barely able to speak a proper sentence. Nothing he could say to me made much sense."

Nervous

As he was calling for assistance, Gunning pulled back out into oncoming traffic, narrowly avoiding some "near misses".

Gda Reid said that cars were "flying past" and the garda was "extremely nervous for my safety".

The horse became agitated and he feared they would be clipped by a car. The garda had to hold the horse's reins while on the phone.

Gunning was very unsteady on his feet when he got off the carriage and the garda "knew he had consumed a hell of a lot of alcohol".

Gunning, who was involved in his local GAA club and had kept horses all his life, told the court he was not intoxicated but more "tired".

"God only knows what might have happened if something upset or disturbed the animal… I can only imagine the consequences," Judge Walsh said.

http://www.herald.ie/news/courts/drunk-dubs-fan-took-a-horse-and-cart-on-m1-after-allireland-final-35385478.html

Fred Swanson

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punisher5112

Would rather them catch ones texting and using social media.

It really needs to be drilled into them.

I don't believe in points system but the fine for using a phone should be a minimum of €500 then people may learn. €60 is nothing.

Phones have taken over.

I still find it amusing ones driving flashy expensive cars which have all the mod cons and yet people still have phone up to ear.

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Totally agree, I see this nearly every day