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Garda Traffic on Twitter 2

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    #182
    Falcon L
    Closed Accounts Posts: 891 ✭✭✭Falcon L


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Just outside the back of the Dail, possibly the single worst place in the country you could risk driving with your mobile in your hand, always Gardaí in the area...

    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/882213564194402305
    I guess Spider Man couldn't stop himself reporting the driver. :D


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    #183
    Patser
    Registered Users Posts: 7,889 ✭✭✭Patser


    How can a car of that level not have hands free? Who spends all that money on a 6 series and says no to Bluetooth option....


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    #184
    DaveyDave
    Registered Users Posts: 6,187 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    Patser wrote: »
    How can a car of that level not have hands free? Who spends all that money on a 6 series and says no to Bluetooth option....

    The entry level i30 has it so you know these guys have it. Have done for years that's what baffles me. Even more reason to give a stiffer penalty, having it and not using it is a joke.

    If I wasn't connected to Bluetooth I'd ignore the call, if it was important they'd call back. Worst case scenario throw it on speakerphone and put it in the cupholder...


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    #185
    D'Agger
    Registered Users Posts: 13,385 ✭✭✭✭D'Agger


    Patser wrote: »
    How can a car of that level not have hands free? Who spends all that money on a 6 series and says no to Bluetooth option....
    The amount of people I've seen driving top of the range BMW & Mercedes cars with phones in their hands is through the roof - amazes me every time


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    #186
    Damien360
    Registered Users Posts: 6,261 ✭✭✭Damien360


    D'Agger wrote: »
    The amount of people I've seen driving top of the range BMW & Mercedes cars with phones in their hands is through the roof - amazes me every time

    Every single day I see this, but it is not just high end motors. Lack of real enforcement. Fines equal to value of a really good Bluetooth kit would do better. Let's say €300 a pop.

    Trucks had Bluetooth and a place to put the SIM card into dash long before any cars got them as standard. And every day I see large artics with the driver on his phone going around a junction.


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    #187
    akelly02
    Registered Users Posts: 3,133 ✭✭✭akelly02


    nice_guy80 wrote: »
    didn't know about the ice cream

    i could tell you a few stories that you wouldnt believe


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    #188
    markc1184
    Registered Users Posts: 3,075 ✭✭✭markc1184


    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/882545098273193984


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    #189
    Atlantic Dawn
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    Pure selfish behaviour on the road, at least they only harmed themselves and their car. I think the sooner there's a public record of drink and drug convictions released in the same way as Revenue defaulters the better.


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    #190
    eringobragh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,668 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Pure selfish behaviour on the road, at least they only harmed themselves and their car. I think the sooner there's a public record of drink and drug convictions released in the same way as Revenue defaulters the better.

    Would be Medal of Honour to alot of them :cool:


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    #191
    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,903 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    Something I've not seen before on their Twitter feed:

    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/882686427032694785


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    #192
    fullstop
    Registered Users Posts: 11,301 ✭✭✭✭fullstop


    GBX wrote: »
    Something I've not seen before on their Twitter feed:

    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/882686427032694785

    Finally! I see dozens do this every morning.


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    #193
    Damien360
    Registered Users Posts: 6,261 ✭✭✭Damien360


    GBX wrote: »
    Something I've not seen before on their Twitter feed:

    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/882686427032694785

    About time. Cars exit the northbound m50, then as they get to the end of the slip, they force their way back in to traffic causing chaos.

    In the mornings, southbound red Cow, cars cross the hatchings early and block the lane, which is admittedly very poorly placed for exit at next junction.


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    #194
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Another spot I find terrible is after cherrywood and before bray...


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    #195
    Eric Cartman
    Registered Users Posts: 26,283 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    D'Agger wrote: »
    The amount of people I've seen driving top of the range BMW & Mercedes cars with phones in their hands is through the roof - amazes me every time

    +1 , almost every time I see somebody with the phone up to their ear, its in a car that I know has bluetooth.


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    #196
    inforfun
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 20,862 Mod ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    Re: bluetooth in cars.
    Just because they know how to buy top of the line cars and phones, doesnt mean they have a ****ing clue how to use either or both of them.


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    #197
    ironclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Another spot I find terrible is after cherrywood and before bray...

    10 mins with a video camera on the pedestrian overpass at the merge would net you serious fine revenue.

    Also, have you noticed the new thing now of entering the Dundrum on ramp and Cherrywood on ramp to skip traffic? Using it as a third lane?


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    #198
    Damien360
    Registered Users Posts: 6,261 ✭✭✭Damien360


    ironclaw wrote: »
    10 mins with a video camera on the pedestrian overpass at the merge would net you serious fine revenue.

    Also, have you noticed the new thing now of entering the Dundrum on ramp and Cherrywood on ramp to skip traffic? Using it as a third lane?

    Same at Tallaght. Dundrum would be an odd one as it crawls nearly all of the time.


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    #199
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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    #200
    Danbo!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,942 ✭✭✭Danbo!


    Eric Cartman wrote: »
    +1 , almost every time I see somebody with the phone up to their ear, its in a car that I know has bluetooth.

    Can't use bluetooth to mindlessly scroll through Facebook though. I see a lot more faces buried in phones than phones up to the ear.


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    #201
    boardsuser1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭boardsuser1


    Danbo! wrote: »
    Can't use bluetooth to mindlessly scroll through Facebook though. I see a lot more faces buried in phones than phones up to the ear.

    All in time, Rome wasn't built in a day :pac:


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    #202
    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,903 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    If you want to attract attention and get caught for not being compliant on the road using your mobile phone is always a great idea. :rolleyes:

    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/882952857829482497


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    #203
    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,903 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    And another ...

    Bravo Gardai :D

    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/882969044797853696


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    #204
    Mr Snow
    Registered Users Posts: 1,660 ✭✭✭Mr Snow


    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/882983669845065729


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    #205
    boardsuser1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭boardsuser1


    Mr Snow wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/882983669845065729

    Any court fines are unlikely to out do the savings made in the time since all 3 of the above expired.

    It paid off sadly :mad:


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    #206
    DaveyDave
    Registered Users Posts: 6,187 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    Mr Snow wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/882983669845065729

    Is that a butter knife on the dash? :pac:


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    #207
    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,587 ✭✭✭tossy


    DaveyDave wrote: »
    Is that a butter knife on the dash? :pac:

    I'd say it's sharper than the cars owner.


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    #208
    One_Of_Shanks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭One_Of_Shanks


    DaveyDave wrote: »
    Is that a butter knife on the dash? :pac:

    That's just there in case the "you're looking well Garda" sign fails to work. So he can literally butter them up.


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    #209
    Cheensbo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,701 ✭✭✭Cheensbo


    tossy wrote: »
    I'd say it's sharper than the cars owner.

    Maybe not that sharp, but even after court comes and goes, they'll most likely still have had a cheaper 3 years motoring than you or I!


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    #210
    McCrack
    Registered Users Posts: 2,968 ✭✭✭McCrack


    KC161 wrote: »
    Any court fines are unlikely to out do the savings made in the time since all 3 of the above expired.

    It paid off sadly :mad:

    Courts will usually disqualify for two years for first time no insurance


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    #211
    Cheensbo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,701 ✭✭✭Cheensbo


    McCrack wrote: »
    Courts will usually disqualify for two years for first time no insurance

    They just get even more disqualified the next time..... it's not a real deterrent to those who dont care, if yer in for a penny you're in for a pound!


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