Neighbour on driving ban still drives with newborn in car

nedkelly123

one of my neighbours is banned from driving for driving with no insurance
she has a newborn and drove past me today in her car. the car is taxed and insured as her partner drives it , so all disks are on the window.. its none of my business really but driving around with a 3 month old while on a ban turns my stomach ... what should i do

freshpopcorn

I think the most obvious thing to do when you are concerned for the safety of others is to start a thread on Boards.
You may also like to try Twitter or Facebook.
Then ring Joe Duffy.

You may contact the Gardai as well.

How much do you know about this ban?

Has she appealed it and got it reduced, etc.

nedkelly123

nope not appealed, not reduced ..

Foweva Awone

Kinda depends what the ban is for ... if it's for some stupid administrative reason I see no reason to get involved ... however if I suspected she was driving under the influence of drink or drugs, I couldn't in good conscience ignore it, I'd make a call to the Gardai.

Just saw you mentioned the ban was for no insurance. Nope, I personally wouldn't get involved there.

IAMAMORON

nedkelly123 wrote: »

one of my neighbours is banned from driving for driving with no insurance
she has a newborn and drove past me today in her car. the car is taxed and insured as her partner drives it , so all disks are on the window.. its none of my business really but driving around with a 3 month old while on a ban turns my stomach ... what should i do

Mind your own business for starters.

If you report you neighbour she could get arrested and possibly have her child taken from her and sent to social services.

How would you feel about things then?

I presume your trolling btw.

Samuel T. Cogley

Why would the fact there is a baby in the car make any difference if she's banned for having no insurance? Surely she's just as good or bad a driver as before? On the ban front though matter for the Gardaí. Ring traffic watch or call your local station.

bmc58

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Why would the fact there is a baby in the car make any difference if she's banned for having no insurance? Surely she's just as good or bad a driver as before? On the ban front though matter for the Gardaí. Ring traffic watch or call your local station.

Mind your own business and don't be a nosey neighbour.

freshpopcorn

nedkelly123 wrote: »

nope not appealed, not reduced ..

How do you know tough?

whisky_galore

Great you're keeping up the good old curtain twitching tradition.

Samuel T. Cogley

bmc58 wrote: »

Mind your own business and don't be a nosey neighbour.

Great until the eejit runs into someone and is uninsured.

bmc58

bmc58 wrote: »

Mind your own business and don't be a nosey neighbour.

. Sorry I meant to to reply to the OP.

Padraig Mor

Foweva Awone wrote: »

Kinda depends what the ban is for ... if it's for some stupid administrative reason I see no reason to get involved ... however if I suspected she was driving under the influence of drink or drugs, I couldn't in good conscience ignore it, I'd make a call to the Gardai.

Just saw you mentioned the ban was for no insurance. Nope, I personally wouldn't get involved there.

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Mind your own business for starters.

If you report you neighbour she could get arrested and possibly have her child taken from her and sent to social services.

How would you feel about things then?

I presume your trolling btw.

bmc58 wrote: »

Mind your own business and don't be a nosey neighbour.

Wow, what ignorance! If she's banned, she has no driving licence or insurance. Would you like to be in a crash involving her?

Princess Calla

bmc58 wrote: »

Mind your own business and don't be a nosey neighbour.

I wonder if you would have that attitude if she crashed into you.

I was a passenger in a car crash, other car wasn't insured. The car I was in was a write off, absolute nightmare trying to get the claim through.

nedkelly123

a few years ago i was hit my a non insured driver .. i only had third party insurance .. it was a nighmare. ...hence my annoyance at my neighbour doing this .,.. im not trolling

Feisar

nedkelly123 wrote: »

a few years ago i was hit my a non insured driver .. i only had third party insurance .. it was a nighmare. ...hence my annoyance at my neighbour doing this .,.. im not trolling

The chinaman baby is not the issue here, Dude.

whomitconcerns

Report them, simple. No insurance makes it everyone’s problem.

Effects

Gardaí don't care about trying to catch people like this driving without insurance or under the influence. They only bother doing it at road checks.

nedkelly123

Effects wrote: »

Gardaí don't care about trying to catch people like this driving without insurance or under the influence. They only bother doing it at road checks.

they are driving while banned

freshpopcorn

nedkelly123 wrote: »

they are driving while banned

How do you know this?
When did she get this ban?

nedkelly123

freshpopcorn wrote: »

How do you know this?
When did she get this ban?

My wife and her are pals , she lives 2 doors down
she was banned just before xmas for no insurance

Donnielighto

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Mind your own business for starters.

If you report you neighbour she could get arrested and possibly have her child taken from her and sent to social services.

How would you feel about things then?

I presume your trolling btw.

Nice username.

Report her, beaking the law and we're all part of the social contract. People whinge about corruption at higher level but this turning is the same as not reporting that.

Donnielighto

whisky_galore wrote: »

Great you're keeping up the good old curtain twitching tradition.

What's your view on insured and banned drivers?

jam_mac_jam

What difference does the baby make?

Report her if you are worried about it.

Cushie Butterfield

So, not merely a neighbour then as she's a friend of your wife. What did your wife say when you asked for her advice?

The Tetrarch

If she has a "Baby On Board" sticker then it is legal.

rapul

Hang the bich!

Cee-Jay-Cee

Report her to Gardai. If she has an accident it’s everyone else that pays for it.

Don’t mind the ignorant ones spewing about social services getting involved. There is no suggestion of neglect or anything else. Report her.

ChippingSodbury

Foweva Awone wrote: »

... if it's for some stupid administrative reason I see no reason to get involved ...

Imagine how many times this phrase was used in banking boardrooms around the world in the run-up to the financial crash. But apparently the bankers should all have been hung because nobody said anything.

It's funny how people's attitudes to law-breaking change depending on whether it is with regard to "us" or "them".

Diceicle

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Mind your own business for starters.

If you report you neighbour she could get arrested and possibly have her child taken from her and sent to social services.

How would you feel about things then?

I presume your trolling btw.

Post content to Username ratio checks out.

OP - I would be leaning towards reporting her. I mean, she's obviously not learned any lesson here as a result of the ban, has she?
The only way I would be giving this situation pause would be if she were an otherwise law-abiding citizen and this was effectively an admin oversight on her or someone elses part.
However, if she was just some yoke who doesn't give a toss about anyone around here I'd grass her up and sleep like a baby that same night.

nedkelly123

She is both a neighbor and a friend of my wifes
didnt say it to her to be honest

bada_bing

everyone would lose if she was involved in a crash as she has no insurance, she would face huge costs and would be a nightmare for anyone else involved in a crash with her. I have no sympathy for her and the risk she is taking driving as a banned driver.

Plumbthedepths

Ring the Garda confidential line job done.If she were regularly driving drunk would you need the opinion of Boards to do the right thing?
For anyone that thinks the guards don't care, wrong. They will be in receipt of 2,000 devices soon that can detect if a car has valid insurance and tax

Effects

nedkelly123 wrote: »

they are driving while banned

Same thing. They don't care about banned/drunk/uninsured/untaxed drivers, unless they catch them at a road checkpoint.

Effects

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

For anyone that thinks the guards don't care, wrong.

They don't care. I've reported a few drivers to my local Garda station.
Their response is they don't have time to do anything about it.
One is a neighbour who is banned for drunk driving. She still drives regularly, still drunk.
Another is a guy who works 100m down the street, who thinks he's ok to leave a car on our street while 'working on it', but still drives it with no tax, insurance, NCT.

Kristopherus

nedkelly123 wrote: »

My wife and her are pals , she lives 2 doors down
she was banned just before xmas for no insurance

If you report her, is that going to finish your wife's friendship with her?

Quantum Erasure

surely they'll be a more careful driver if they have a baby in the car?

arctictree

Sure wasn't Mags caught 36 times with no tax and insurance. No consequences. And the car is definitely not taken away if there are children in it.

blade1

nedkelly123 wrote: »

She is both a neighbor and a friend of my wifes
didnt say it to her to be honest

Won't take too for her to figure who reported her.
There can't be too many Ned Kelly's living a few doors from a banned driver.:)

whisky_galore

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Ring the Garda confidential line job done.If she were regularly driving drunk would you need the opinion of Boards to do the right thing?
For anyone that thinks the guards don't care, wrong. They will be in receipt of 2,000 devices soon that can detect if a car has valid insurance and tax

So THEY can do the catching, get the stripes and move up the career ladder, not because concerned Joe Public rang it in.

Fr_Dougal

6/10

Not using your account since last year was a nice touch.

Plumbthedepths

whisky_galore wrote: »

So THEY can do the catching, get the stripes and move up the career ladder, not because concerned Joe Public rang it in.

Well they clearly need help in catching them, as the concerned public seems only interested in starting threads here,. ;-)

AndrewJRenko

Foweva Awone wrote: »

Kinda depends what the ban is for ... if it's for some stupid administrative reason I see no reason to get involved ... however if I suspected she was driving under the influence of drink or drugs, I couldn't in good conscience ignore it, I'd make a call to the Gardai.

Just saw you mentioned the ban was for no insurance. Nope, I personally wouldn't get involved there.

So driving with no insurance is an adminstrative issue? It's one of the reasons why car insurance is so high, because those of us who pay also pay a share of the costs for drivers like this lady who don't.

If you can't afford insurance, you can't afford a car.

OP - please report her.

nedkelly123

"Not using your account since last year was a nice touch."

its jan 29th ... ???

whisky_galore

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Well they clearly need help in catching them, as the concerned public seems only interested in starting threads here,. ;-)

You go and report it so.

IAMAMORON

nedkelly123 wrote: »

She is both a neighbor and a friend of my wifes
didnt say it to her to be honest

I think if you really cared you would offer her a lift.

Remember, if she does have a accident it is technically your fault, as you knew about her driving around with no insurance and did nothing about it.

EmmetSpiceland

As long as she’s a “good” driver it won’t matter that she doesn’t have insurance.

Plumbthedepths

whisky_galore wrote: »

You go and report it so.

I'm not the OP, however if I become aware of a disqualified driver still driving I'd have no issue reporting them.

IAMAMORON

Far too many complicit citizens knocking around this thread. Soup takers the lot of them.

Driving without insurance is a rich part of our culture that should never be forgotten.

This country gets worse and worser every day.

Mr.burgess

Why haven't you said anything to your wife yet ? Are you afraid she might think your nosey Norris from coronation street and do a runner ?

blade1

IAMAMORON wrote: »

I think if you really cared you would offer her a lift.

Remember, if she does have a accident it is technically your fault, as you knew about her driving around with no insurance and did nothing about it.

And if op gives her a lift and has an accident he'll be at fault as well.
Can't win op,you'll just have to move.

nedkelly123

blade1 wrote: »

And if op gives her a lift and has an accident he'll be at fault as well.
Can't win op,you'll just have to move.

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