Reporting a dangerous car on the road

Vicxas

Howdy folks,

Is there a number you can contact to report dangerous vehicles on the road?

There's a car driving around the Navan area with most of the rear passenger side destroyed, you can see the rear suspension and the bodywork is being held together with duct tape, you can clearly see a gap between the panels and the rear windscreen.

Normally i wouldn't give a flying, but they had kids in the back the last time I saw them and surely that wouldn't provide much protection if they were in a crash?

I don't think the emergency number is the right one to call, the local station perhaps?

TherapyBoy

Garda TrafficWatch number is 1890 205805 I think, you report the car to them & a Guard will ring you back about it within a day or two.

bladespin

Try the local station, in my experience they will respond if they feel there's a genuine concern.

fancy pigeon

Silver 02 Mondeo?

Vicxas

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Silver 02 Mondeo?

Nope, maroon 02 Skoda

tuborg_man

seen this yesterday, does look in a bad way,

bladespin

Ooooh, could hit two threads in one if I can catch it with my dashcam!!!

johndaman66

TherapyBoy wrote: »

Garda TrafficWatch number is 1890 205805 I think, you report the car to them & a Guard will ring you back about it within a day or two.

I rang that Garda confidential number before when an artic driver came up behind me and practically bullied me off the road into the hard shoulder to let him overtake when I was doing 95-100 kph in a 100 kph zone.... for some bizarre reason a few people on this forum seem to be convinced articulated lorries don't go over 80 kph on Irish roads btw. Anyway she took my details and asked me if I would be prepared to come to court as a witness down the line if it ever came to that. Overall the whole experience seemed, well, somewhat pointless for some reason. I believe the vehicle must be reported 7 times to this line before any action is taken.

Scottie99

bladespin wrote: »

Try the local station, in my experience they will respond if they feel there's a genuine concern.

Navan are useless..

Grab All Association

I’d be more concerned if the front of the car was destroyed. If it was me I would just leave it. Maybe the car is the persons only means of transportation and could end up losing their job if it was taken off them.

zurbfoundation

johndaman66 wrote: »

I believe the vehicle must be reported 7 times to this line before any action is taken.

That seems a high amount of complaints / hiw do you magic number is 7?

johndaman66

zurbfoundation wrote: »

That seems a high amount of complaints / hiw do you magic number is 7?

Somebody working on the force told me some time later as I recall, in a social setting. Then again professionals can be wrong. I've learned that my cost more than once.

bladespin

Scottie99 wrote:

Navan are useless..

Came out when I reported a drunk driver on the Dublin rd.