Garda Traffic on Twitter

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https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/833031619212623875

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https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/833027283376013313

nice_guy80

KC161 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/833027283376013313

He might actually have passed me out today

Crazy when you're doing maybe 122kph and someone whizzes past.

Neilw

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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I had better slow down :eek:

Toyotafanboi

Surprised there was no court appearance for that one!

Fred Swanson

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Samuel T. Cogley

What happens when a vehicle turns from the check point? I take it plod is down the road in both directions to have a word?

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Samuel T. Cogley

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Is it an offence to turn from a check point out of interest? Could someone do it just because they can't be arsed waiting and didn't need that packet of fags after all?

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boardsuser1

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Even though you done no wrong in your case, i'd love to know the scenario of someone who does it without tax, insurance etc.

I'm open to correction here on this, but is it not true a car cannot be lifted if it's on private property?

Even if a cop witnessed it on the public road beforehand but could get to it until it was on private land.

It is something I am curious about.

GM228

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Is it an offence to turn from a check point out of interest? Could someone do it just because they can't be arsed waiting and didn't need that packet of fags after all?

Not in itself no, however if you do turn from one and they are able to instruct you to stop and you fail to that would be an offence.

boardsuser1

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/833318692591136768

Samuel T. Cogley

Fook me, if I ever have occasion to drive through Naas again I'm going to keep a very low profile!

boardsuser1

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Fook me, if I ever have occasion to drive through Naas again I'm going to keep a very low profile!

The Ferrari in Cork a while back will be hard to beat, this guy must have been jealous and tried it, he was a good bit off 246km/h though.

boardsuser1

GM228 wrote: »

Not in itself no, however if you do turn from one and they are able to instruct you to stop and you fail to that would be an offence.

failing to obey a Garda instruction in this regard carries points I think.

boardsuser1

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/833321212403138560

GM228

KC161 wrote: »

failing to obey a Garda instruction in this regard carries points I think.

1 point, or 3 on conviction.

boardsuser1

GM228 wrote: »

1 point, or 3 on conviction.

Should be more. 5 minimum.

Samuel T. Cogley

Things like that wind me up and it's why we can't have nice things like sensible speed limits.

That idiot will drive at 148 on that road regardless of whether it's raining, fog, or a beautiful warm clear day with no one on the road. It's the same species of dickhead that you pass on the motorway doing 119KMH in the outside lane, who reluctantly moves over, who then sails past you doing 118KMH at an interchange were the limit is 100 or 80 because people need to get in lane.

billie1b

Fred Swanson wrote: »

There is no offence of evading a checkpoint.

You can quite legitimately turn into your drive before reaching a checkpoint. It happened to me one day, they were just up the road from my house. I stuck on the indicator and turned into my drive. Within 60 seconds I was surrounded by Gardaí.

Same happened to me a couple of years ago, they were operating a check point just up from the roundabout into my estate. I indicated and turned left into my estate and into my house, it was the 2nd house on the right. As I was taking the kids from the car 2 squad cars pulled into my garden and pounced on me. There was a big verbal confrontation and after a couple of minutes and me proving it was my house they were politely told to get off my property as they had no reason to be on it and that when my car was stolen from the same address a couple of months before that there was no sign of them for help.
They weren't too happy as they had to leave, same copper must have stopped me about 15 times within about a 3 month period after that trying to get his revenge. Never got it though

Reventon93

The same thing happened to my parents a few years ago. We live off a main road and one day they decide to set up a checkpoint where the road met our turn. Parents pull in and indicate to go down our road when a guard leaps in front of them asking them why they tried to get away. Had to show their licence and were asked stupid questions like what's the area called, despite the guard not knowing where he was :rolleyes: All nonsense. You can tell by looking at the window whether people are legal.

Have never encountered a checkpoint as a driver, but it's one of those things that I'm fully legal so would never dream of running or causing hassle for myself.

Commotion Ocean

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Fook me, if I ever have occasion to drive through Naas again I'm going to keep a very low profile!

KC161 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/833318692591136768

Good old Dessie I assume?

punisher5112

I have an extremely heavy right foot and had to calm myself.

Don't know how have kept so clean but am being a lot more careful as I've seen a lot more now more then ever.

Samuel T. Cogley

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Fook me, if I ever have occasion to drive through Naas again I'm going to keep a very low profile!

Spare a thought for us that live there! From about 10pm til early in the morning, there are random checks all over the town and in the estates. The checkpoints are usually short lived as they like to keep moving around. Funny enough, although they check the windscreen and will randomly breath test, they never ask to see your licence.
There are always Garda speed vans around as well.

IrishZeus

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Spare a thought for us that live there! From about 10pm til early in the morning, there are random checks all over the town and in the estates. The checkpoints are usually short lived as they like to keep moving around. Funny enough, although they check the windscreen and will randomly breath test, they never ask to see your licence.
There are always Garda speed vans around as well.

Moved to Naas eight months ago and yet to see one. Luck of the draw

ThisRegard

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

What happens when a vehicle turns from the check point? I take it plod is down the road in both directions to have a word?

You could often had a car down the road to catch people doing it, or a lad up the road on a motorbike.

Happened to me once, approaching a railway crossing and there was a checkpoint before it, saw the barriers going down and I knew you could be there for ages at that time, evening rush hour. There's an alternative route I take in that situation so I performed a u-turn and thought, crap, this won't look good. The guy on the motorbike was after my like a bat out of hell. He was sound about it once he saw everything was in order and I explained what I was doing.

Mr Snow

how to upload a picture to this fourm from the garda twitter page?

thanks for your feedback

boardsuser1

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/833625596542464003

ScrubsfanChris

KC161 wrote: »

The Ferrari in Cork a while back will be hard to beat, this guy must have been jealous and tried it, he was a good bit off 246km/h though.

You have a link to that? Would be interested to know the highest speed recorded too.