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Garda Traffic on Twitter

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  • #1802
    neris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,129 ✭✭✭✭neris


    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/826401927571333122


  • #1803
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,723 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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  • #1804
    H3llR4iser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,026 ✭✭✭H3llR4iser


    Special Circumstances wrote: »
    A quality ear piece would be good but providing them with that would be acknowledgment that the gardai need to use personal mobiles to carry out their business. Ie if you officially provide them with Bluetooth shouldn't you officially be providing them with a phone? Android? Windows? Apple? Can't see it happening!

    Police forces in other parts of the world have those - both the Polizia and Carabinieri in Italy have service smartphones in the car. NYPD has phones and tablets as well, afaik.


  • #1805
    boardsuser1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,186 ✭✭✭boardsuser1


    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/826781711157571584


  • #1806
    boardsuser1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,186 ✭✭✭boardsuser1


    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/826862681000988672


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  • #1807
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    When they get full ANPR working on all Garda vehicles I would expect 1000 car seizures a week initially.


  • #1808
    Falcon L
    Closed Accounts Posts: 848 ✭✭✭Falcon L


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    When they If they ever get full ANPR working on all Garda vehicles I would expect 1000 car seizures a week initially.
    FYP :D


  • #1809
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,519 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    When they get full ANPR working on all Garda vehicles I would expect 1000 car seizures a week initially.

    Its a nice dream

    They will have to get rid of all i30 the system ain't going to fit.

    More camera operations on roads and the go safe vans converted to anpr would have been a much better idea.

    Patrol all trouble prone areas and one thing take out shares in a towing company.


  • #1810
    ongarite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,697 ✭✭✭ongarite


    Naas seems to be a very busy traffic unit.
    Big population area I know but lots of offenders.


  • #1811
    quadrifoglio verde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,669 ✭✭✭quadrifoglio verde


    ongarite wrote: »
    Naas seems to be a very busy traffic unit.
    Big population area I know but lots of offenders.

    And a judge who despises traffic offenders

    If you look at zaidans judgements, he's light on everything except traffic offences
    So the guards don't get disheartened


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  • #1812
    boardsuser1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,186 ✭✭✭boardsuser1


    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/827101405479591936


  • #1813
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 19,018 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    Not twitter but I seen this a while ago: http://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/news/233473/car-seized-from-learner-driver-by-naas-gardai.html


  • #1814
    aphex™
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,337 ✭✭✭aphex™


    That'll learn him :pac:


  • #1815
    RayCun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    jonnycivic wrote: »
    Not twitter but I seen this a while ago: http://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/news/233473/car-seized-from-learner-driver-by-naas-gardai.html

    kind of is, since they copied the story from the twitter feed, and it was posted here yesterday evening :pac:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=102483720&postcount=1825


  • #1816
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 19,018 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    RayCun wrote: »
    kind of is, since they copied the story from the twitter feed, and it was posted here yesterday evening :pac:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=102483720&postcount=1825

    No access to twitter in work so I didnt see that :pac:


  • #1817
    Falcon L
    Closed Accounts Posts: 848 ✭✭✭Falcon L


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Its a nice dream

    They will have to get rid of all i30 the system ain't going to fit.

    More camera operations on roads and the go safe vans converted to anpr would have been a much better idea.

    Patrol all trouble prone areas and one thing take out shares in a towing company.
    So that Hyundai in post 1824, the one with the ANPR camera on the spoiler, Is that bigger than an I30?


  • #1818
    inforfun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,860 ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    Falcon L wrote: »
    So that Hyundai in post 1824, the one with the ANPR camera on the spoiler, Is that bigger than an I30?

    About 10 bigger.


  • #1819
    Falcon L
    Closed Accounts Posts: 848 ✭✭✭Falcon L


    inforfun wrote: »
    About 10 bigger.
    So, how many would be I30 and how many I40, roughly. If the I30 was bought and it is too small, who's head can we call for? :D


  • #1820
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    ongarite wrote: »
    Naas seems to be a very busy traffic unit.
    Big population area I know but lots of offenders.

    What AGS are doing at the moment in this area is nothing short of disgraceful. We see reports of up to 20 checkpoints per day being run with possibly 4-5 guards being tied up with them. On the other hand in the likes of Maynooth,Nass, Newbridge and Lexilip on a Friday and Saturday night when the anti social behaviour starts when the pubs shut there is a guard to be seen anywhere. Funny that.


  • #1821
    ct5amr2ig1nfhp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,016 ✭✭✭ct5amr2ig1nfhp


    Agree with your comments. Gardaí being tide up with checkpoints looking for expired Ins/Tax/NCT is ridiculous.

    Why is there no database of Insurance/Tax and NCT? It cannot be that difficult to keep a record for each car?
    smelly sock wrote: »
    What AGS are doing at the moment in this area is nothing short of disgraceful. We see reports of up to 20 checkpoints per day being run with possibly 4-5 guards being tied up with them. On the other hand in the likes of Maynooth,Nass, Newbridge and Lexilip on a Friday and Saturday night when the anti social behaviour starts when the pubs shut there is a guard to be seen anywhere. Funny that.


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  • #1822
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    Kadence Puny Throwback wrote: »
    Agree with your comments. Gardaí being tide up with checkpoints looking for expired Ins/Tax/NCT is ridiculous.

    Why is there no database of Insurance/Tax and NCT? It cannot be that difficult to keep a record for each car?

    Indeed. It's spot on that they are taking cars off people with no insurance and NCT that has been out for yonks. There must be an easier way though than random checkpoints thus using valuable resource. But the tax thing could surely be handled in a different manner.

    Can the ANPR not be rolled out to the speedvans and traffic cameras. So if you are picked up on one of these cameras driving without Nct,Tax or Insurance you would get an automatic summons. I would think this would be easily enough implemented.


  • #1823
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    smelly sock wrote: »
    Indeed. It's spot on that they are taking cars off people with no insurance and NCT that has been out for yonks. There must be an easier way though than random checkpoints thus using valuable resource. But the tax thing could surely be handled in a different manner.

    Can the ANPR not be rolled out to the speedvans and traffic cameras. So if you are picked up on one of these cameras driving without Nct,Tax or Insurance you would get an automatic summons. I would think this would be easily enough implemented.


    Just on that. Obviously with the lesser crime of no tax you give someone a chance to pay + arrears and maybe a small penalty on top of that to try and discourage.


  • #1824
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Would have thought most of this was Traffic Corps?


  • #1825
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    Big Nasty wrote: »
    Would have thought most of this was Traffic Corps?

    Most of what? Checkpoints etc?

    But that's my point. There doesn't seem to be enough Gardas to police anti social behaviour and prevent crime but there are enough to mount 20-30 checkpoints a day.

    I think the above would explain why some citizens feel a lot of them are glorified tax collectors.

    And it would also seem that since they settled their dispute with the Government they are out and about a bit more paying for it.


  • #1826
    Damien360
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,495 ✭✭✭Damien360


    smelly sock wrote: »
    What AGS are doing at the moment in this area is nothing short of disgraceful. We see reports of up to 20 checkpoints per day being run with possibly 4-5 guards being tied up with them. On the other hand in the likes of Maynooth,Nass, Newbridge and Lexilip on a Friday and Saturday night when the anti social behaviour starts when the pubs shut there is a guard to be seen anywhere. Funny that.

    I was under the impression that AGS was a separate unit, dedicated traffic corp and did not suck in other Gardai. Kildare as a region has the lowest number of gardai per head of population. That's the real problem. They are spread too thin.


  • #1827
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,162 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    smelly sock wrote: »
    Most of what? Checkpoints etc?

    But that's my point. There doesn't seem to be enough Gardas to police anti social behaviour and prevent crime but there are enough to mount 20-30 checkpoints a day.

    I think the above would explain why some citizens feel a lot of them are glorified tax collectors.

    And it would also seem that since they settled their dispute with the Government they are out and about a bit more paying for it.


    I would have thought it was the job of the traffic corps to police this kind of stuff


  • #1828
    Riva10
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,263 ✭✭✭Riva10


    smelly sock wrote: »
    Indeed. It's spot on that they are taking cars off people with no insurance and NCT that has been out for yonks. There must be an easier way though than random checkpoints thus using valuable resource. But the tax thing could surely be handled in a different manner.

    Can the ANPR not be rolled out to the speedvans and traffic cameras. So if you are picked up on one of these cameras driving without Nct,Tax or Insurance you would get an automatic summons. I would think this would be easily enough implemented.

    Do you really think that a summons will stop these people from driving illegally. they will ignore the summons and contimue on their merry way.


  • #1829
    Cheensbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,704 ✭✭✭Cheensbo


    Big Nasty wrote: »
    Would have thought most of this was Traffic Corps?

    It is.

    They do laps of Newbridge, Naas and the surrounding areas - pulling people for traffic offences and carrying out a whole lot of checkpoints, it's good like, particularly in the theme of this thread.

    But - off topic (kinda) it doesn't seem to do anything to stem the massive rate of rural crime, break ins & thefts in the area.


  • #1830
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    Riva10 wrote: »
    Do you really think that a summons will stop these people from driving illegally. they will ignore the summons and contimue on their merry way.

    No but if they have an address linked to the vehicle it would be easy enough to collect it from there if summons are ignored.


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  • #1831
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    Cheensbo wrote: »
    It is.

    They do laps of Newbridge, Naas and the surrounding areas - pulling people for traffic offences and carrying out a whole lot of checkpoints, it's good like, particularly in the theme of this thread.

    But - off topic (kinda) it doesn't seem to do anything to stem the massive rate of rural crime, break ins & thefts in the area.

    But that's not off topic though really.

    With ANPR mounted on traffic poles that are already there and in go safe vans they could can 100 times the offenders than checkpoints can. Thus freeing up resources for other problems.


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