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Garda Traffic on Twitter 2

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    #302
    donvito99
    Registered Users Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭donvito99


    challengemaster wrote: »
    The gardaí are lazy and don't care about doing their job the majority of the time.

    You're confident that a majority of 15,000 guards are lazy and don't want to be there?

    I pity the guard that has to deal with this kind of attitude on in a daily basis.


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    #303
    markc1184
    Registered Users Posts: 3,077 ✭✭✭markc1184


    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/887243985995137024

    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/887246612753510400

    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/887273844381274112


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    #304
    DaveyDave
    Registered Users Posts: 6,209 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    Hope your man in the A4 gets torn a new one for that, 191kph? Reckless endangerment doesn't even cut it.
    GBX wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/887207464172744705

    Someone in the Lucan/Clondalkin area has one of these, flies up and down the canal bike path on it. Quite annoying when you're out for some fresh air and this thing leaves a trail of fumes that you're stuck cycling into. Nevermind the sound of the feckin thing...


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    #305
    Mr Snow
    Registered Users Posts: 1,660 ✭✭✭Mr Snow


    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/887582409172103168


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    #306
    Mr Snow
    Registered Users Posts: 1,660 ✭✭✭Mr Snow


    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/888143454534062082


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    #307
    Vicxas
    Registered Users Posts: 15,288 ✭✭✭✭Vicxas


    Mr Snow wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/888143454534062082

    6 times!? That has to be some kin of record!


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    #308
    boardsuser1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭boardsuser1


    Vicxas wrote: »
    6 times!? That has to be some kin of record!

    It is this type of individual who will most likely not be deterred by a disqualification or even a short prison sentence.


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    #309
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,046 ✭✭✭✭neris


    probably has no insurance for previous drink driving aswell


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    #310
    bear1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,812 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    And it's those pricks that if they are in accident walk away without a scratch and the person they hit is killed


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    #311
    inforfun
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 20,862 Mod ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    Vicxas wrote: »
    6 times!? That has to be some kin of record!

    Arent there lower and higher limits, depending on drivers license?
    By saying 6x it might make it a lot more spectacular than giving the exact Ug/l


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    #312
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    inforfun wrote: »
    Arent there lower and higher limits, depending on drivers license?
    By saying 6x it might make it a lot more spectacular than giving the exact Ug/l

    Could well be a new licence holder or professional such as truck or bus which are given the lower amount.


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    #313
    DaveyDave
    Registered Users Posts: 6,209 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    Lower or higher limit, 6 times is 6 times. Doesn't really make it any more acceptable. The justice system is appalling. That prick should be banned for life and receive a lengthy sentence for it. He could have killed somebody, he should be treated as if he did with the risk he posed.


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    #314
    boardsuser1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭boardsuser1


    DaveyDave wrote: »
    Lower or higher limit, 6 times is 6 times. Doesn't really make it any more acceptable. The justice system is appalling. That prick should be banned for life and receive a lengthy sentence for it. He could have killed somebody, he should be treated as if he did with the risk he posed.

    Time to start legislating for minimum sentences for drink driving amongst other things.

    For something of the limit it should be 5 years without any hope of remission.

    As for other crimes and sentencing, we'll deal with that elsewhere.

    I'm only focusing on the topic at hand.


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    #315
    blackwhite
    Registered Users Posts: 8,578 ✭✭✭blackwhite


    Cork Truck Driver wrote: »
    Time to start legislating for minimum sentences for drink driving amongst other things.

    For something of the limit it should be 5 years without any hope of remission.

    As for other crimes and sentencing, we'll deal with that elsewhere.

    I'm only focusing on the topic at hand.

    There really should be graduated penalties for offences like drink driving and speeding - the more you're over, the greater the penalty should be


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    #316
    Mr Snow
    Registered Users Posts: 1,660 ✭✭✭Mr Snow


    Vicxas wrote: »
    6 times!? That has to be some kin of record!

    it has to be i never see it before


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    #317
    Mr Snow
    Registered Users Posts: 1,660 ✭✭✭Mr Snow


    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/888778248196431877


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    #318
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,245 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    DaveyDave wrote: »
    Hope your man in the A4 gets torn a new one for that, 191kph? Reckless endangerment doesn't even cut it.

    Really? Ever driven on a German autobahn? Most have no speed limit and the older stretches are built to a far lower standard than our motorways.

    Our motorways are our safest roads, speed enforcement on motorways is a waste of Garda resources.

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #319
    Riva10
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭Riva10


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Really? Ever driven on a German autobahn? Most have no speed limit and the older stretches are built to a far lower standard than our motorways.

    Our motorways are our safest roads, speed enforcement on motorways is a waste of Garda resources.

    No doubt some on here will tell you that the reason our motorways are so safe is because of the speed enforcement. I disagree with them. Watching dash cam threads on here proves that it is pure luck athat there are not more serious accidents on our motorways.
    I also disagree with you that speed enforcement is a waste of Ga resources. It is a lucrative cash collection business. :o:o


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    #320
    amcalester
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,121 ✭✭✭amcalester


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Really? Ever driven on a German autobahn? Most have no speed limit and the older stretches are built to a far lower standard than our motorways.

    Our motorways are our safest roads, speed enforcement on motorways is a waste of Garda resources.

    Anyone who drives at 191 kph on a motorway is driving like a dick and probably drives like a dick on other roads as well.

    Points are points and a ban is a ban, doesn't matter where the enforcement took place.

    Ever spoken to anyone who's had to clean up a body after a high speed crash on an autobahn? I have, it's pretty grim.


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    #321
    Killinator
    Registered Users Posts: 3,493 ✭✭✭Killinator


    Regardless of the rights and wrongs of the limit on our motorways (I think they should be higher), that Audi is not on an Autobahn and it isn't being driven in Germany.
    It would be fine if, like in Germany, you reasonably expected cars to do that speed and drove with that in mind, people don't expect a non emergency vehicle with no flashing lights coming up behind them at that speed over here as it's not how our motorways work.
    What's reckless here is not the same as what's reckless there.
    That Audi is driving completely recklessly in regards to his(her) fellow motorists.

    Edit: I say this as someone who has to attend when someone like that makes a mistake and bins it.


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    #322
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Really? Ever driven on a German autobahn? Most have no speed limit and the older stretches are built to a far lower standard than our motorways.

    Our motorways are our safest roads, speed enforcement on motorways is a waste of Garda resources.

    Compared to everyone else who should be driving up to 120, they are going at greater than 50% of the speed of traffic. Someone planning to overtake, wouldn't see them.


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    #323
    boardsuser1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭boardsuser1


    One thing that an awful lot of people on the road forget/don't seem to realise.

    The speed limits are a maximum permissible speed and not a minimum or target.

    I've come across some people seeing the signs saying "oh but sure i can do at least that"

    The mind boggles

    :rolleyes:


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    #324
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,671 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    The driver would have made a fortune last night if he wasn't caught...

    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/889021545011703808


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    #325
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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    #326
    fullstop
    Registered Users Posts: 11,339 ✭✭✭✭fullstop


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Really? Ever driven on a German autobahn? Most have no speed limit and the older stretches are built to a far lower standard than our motorways.

    Our motorways are our safest roads, speed enforcement on motorways is a waste of Garda resources.

    :rolleyes: if you want to drive like that, move to Germany.


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    #327
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Really? Ever driven on a German autobahn? Most have no speed limit and the older stretches are built to a far lower standard than our motorways.

    They have restrictions in some areas and an advisory limit of 130.

    But, more importantly, as we do have a posted and legal limit other motorists don't expect to encounter, or have to react to, a car doing 191.


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    #328
    cython
    Registered Users Posts: 4,758 ✭✭✭cython


    If there's any justice this lad'll turn up there in short order: https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/6ozww4/fits_perfectly/

    [boards comment]Should have bought an Octavia, the car and couch would both have fitted into the boot of that[/boards comment]


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    #329
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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    #330
    Pugzilla
    Site Banned Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭Pugzilla


    Yeah, you're all saints, I'm sure no one here has ever done 200km/h plus :rolleyes:


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    #331
    bear1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,812 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    Pugzilla wrote: »
    Yeah, you're all saints, I'm sure no one here has ever done 200km/h plus :rolleyes:

    Maxed out at just under 220 on the autobahn last week.
    Tell ya it's frightening. The adrenaline seriously pops and it's not pleasant as you're constantly expecting something so you don't fully enjoy it.
    That being said, the autobahn may mostly be unrestricted but good luck getting to enjoy it for long with the amount of traffic and road works they have.


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