Garda Traffic on Twitter

Fred Swanson

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ongarite

Fred Swanson wrote: »

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/837223725732880384

Is that a royal flush? Best yet.

Fred Swanson

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inforfun

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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They keep an eye on it from a hidden spot.
But they have been caught napping while doing speed checks that way, so stuff could have gone lost:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL9mXjJKR5Y

Fred Swanson

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knucklehead6

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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yep, that lad won Garda Bingo!

Shannon757

ongarite wrote: »

Is that a royal flush? Best yet.

Not much more they could do unless they were on the phone or had no seatbelt or something.

Mc Love

r3nu4l wrote: »

Forget the checkpoints on the roads... Have a Garda stroll through any supermarket car park* on a Saturday morning and you'll soon have most of the tax, insursnce and NCT offenders done.

*Question, are they allowed to do this? Private property and all that...

I've tweeted the twitter account some mornings when I've walked past the Shannon Bridge roundabout in Limerick. The amount of FCPN's they could hand out for drivers using the wrong lane would be huge. Cant be bothered to get into the correct lane or wait in the queue.

Atlantic Dawn

Book should be thrown at this chancer...

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/837274960787800066

Atlantic Dawn

Wonder do Hailo do any checks with Taxi drivers as to whether the car is actually insured before directing the driver to customers using the app?

FionnK86

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Book should be thrown at this chancer...

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/837274960787800066

Taxi driver in UL taking advantage of the extra RAG week traffic. Serves them right.

thesandeman

Stolen from YLYL thread.

prinzeugen

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Wonder do Hailo do any checks with Taxi drivers as to whether the car is actually insured before directing the driver to customers using the app?

Same with delivery motorbikes. I bet 99% dont have couriers insurance.

Cant carry people/stuff for reward. Its in the policy.

wotswattage

It's amazing how many already disqualified drivers are being posted up here..

inforfun

wotswattage wrote: »

It's amazing how many already disqualified drivers are being posted up here..

Minimal chance to get caught and what are they going to do? Double disqualify you?

Unless they are starting to take limbs, you will not stop a disqualified driver.

dastardly00

inforfun wrote: »

Unless they are starting to take limbs, you will not stop a disqualified driver.

Sounds like a good idea... I'm all for it! Who's with me?!



:pac:

whiskeyman

Not the Garda twitter, but Dublin Fire Brigade:


https://twitter.com/DubFireBrigade/status/837401728031068160

Earlier Balbriggan, Skerries and Swords stations responded to this rollover RTC on the #M1. Patient declined transport to hospital.

I wonder was the patient questioned by Gardai?
I'd imagine car was stolen, they were drunk or something else a miss.

Cheensbo

whiskeyman wrote: »

Not the Garda twitter, but Dublin Fire Brigade:




I wonder was the patient questioned by Gardai?
I'd imagine car was stolen, they were drunk or something else a miss.

Big ole assumption to make..

one things for sure I wouldn't like to rollover in a soft top mini

wotswattage

inforfun wrote: »

Minimal chance to get caught and what are they going to do? Double disqualify you?

Unless they are starting to take limbs, you will not stop a disqualified driver.

I'd imagine that's all they do, shows how people end up with 100+ convictions etc

Bit of a waste of time really having a penalty points and disqualification system for the whole population when the most dangerous/careless road users are operating completely outside of it.

Dravokivich

whiskeyman wrote: »

I wonder was the patient questioned by Gardai?
I'd imagine car was stolen, they were drunk or something else a miss.

UK Reg and heading north. Unlikely to have been stolen I reckon. Just someone driving to excess while they are "abroad" and it bit them in the ass.

wonski

Dravokivich wrote: »

UK Reg and heading north. Unlikely to have been stolen I reckon. Just someone driving to excess while they are "abroad" and it bit them in the ass.

Could be an health issue, you never know.

Unless it is confirmed to be theft or excessive speed I wouldn't comment on it tbh.

whowantstwoknow

Dravokivich wrote: »

UK Reg and heading north. Unlikely to have been stolen I reckon. Just someone driving to excess while they are "abroad" and it bit them in the ass.

Probably is aware of our A&E crisis,and waited to get seem by the NHS..

Sam Russell

inforfun wrote: »

Minimal chance to get caught and what are they going to do? Double disqualify you?

Unless they are starting to take limbs, you will not stop a disqualified driver.

Well, jail them for a long time. Crush the car. Put them in stocks in College Green, and invite people to throw rotten fruit at them. Publish their names and pictures on big poster around their area.

I am sure people can think of other measures that might dissuade them, but jail sounds good.

punisher5112

Tag them and give strict bale conditions should be a minimum.

CalamariFritti

ongarite wrote: »

Is that a royal flush? Best yet.

serious lack of drink taken for a royal.

Fred Swanson

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r3nu4l

r3nu4l wrote: »

Forget the checkpoints on the roads... Have a Garda stroll through any supermarket car park* on a Saturday morning and you'll soon have most of the tax, insursnce and NCT offenders done.

*Question, are they allowed to do this? Private property and all that...

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Is that true? Do you have any links to the ligislation or traffic act? (just curious).

I know that in, say, drogheda (where i live) the traffic wardens cant go into private grounds or car parks or such and issue tickets (for non-display of tax disc, etc.)

I presume that, even though you don't own Tesco, if your car is on their property, it's still on private property, regardless? (I'm aware Gardai would have more power than Traffic Warden, but im not sure how that'd work?)

GM228

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Is that true? Do you have any links to the ligislation or traffic act? (just curious).

I know that in, say, drogheda (where i live) the traffic wardens cant go into private grounds or car parks or such and issue tickets (for non-display of tax disc, etc.)

I presume that, even though you don't own Tesco, if your car is on their property, it's still on private property, regardless? (I'm aware Gardai would have more power than Traffic Warden, but im not sure how that'd work?)

Road Traffic Act 1961 S3(1) (as amended):-

'public place’ means—
(a) any public road, and
(b) any street, road or other place to which the public have access with vehicles
whether as of right or by permission and whether subject to or free of charge

Once the public has access with vehicles as of right or by permission then it's a public place for the purposes of the Road Traffic Acts.

shar01

GM228 wrote: »

Road Traffic Act 1961 S3(1) (as amended):-



Once the public has access with vehicles as of right or by permission then it's a public place for the purposes of the Road Traffic Acts.

Then the good folk in Bray Station just need to stroll down along the prom... National debt cleared by the time they get to the Harbour Bar.

Last Sunday I walked from the Martello to Harbour bar. One car had insurance out of date since June 2016.

punisher5112

shar01 wrote: »

Then the good folk in Bray Station just need to stroll down along the prom... National debt cleared by the time they get to the Harbour Bar.

Last Sunday I walked from the Martello to Harbour bar. One car had insurance out of date since June 2016.

Doesn't necessarily mean not insured.