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Pulled over for something I didn't do

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  • #62
    [Deleted User]
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    I was in a very similar situation to this before, I was at a T junction stopped close enough to the four courts one night

    I looked to my left, no traffic, looked to the right there was a very slow moving cop car about 500m from where I was, with the amount of speed bumps in the way (about 5) I had plenty of time to carry on which I did, got to the top of the road of where I was and saw the blue light in my rear view, pulled in, the female Garda screeched at me "what the feck were you doing there, you didn't let me out and you clearly saw me?"

    "I am doing you under section whatever it was on the road traffic act, 80 quid fine and 2 penalty points" (at the time)

    I apologised profusely to her and said that there was plenty of distance and I thought she was deliberately crawling slow looking for someone and I had carried on as she was nowhere near me but she seemed in a foul humour and would not accept it from me so I decided to suck it up and headed home.

    I got home a few days and weeks later and said to myself I am not paying that and I'm going to go to court for this as I had genuinely felt hard done by with the situation as it was and I'll take my chances with a conviction and see does the judge see it from my side, I had never been to court for anything in my life before and had a weird curiosity to see what court was like...

    Flash forward the morning I was due in court for it I was woken up by a text message, from my Garda friend who I was too embarrassed to say anything to him about it happening "I see your in court this morning" so I rang him and explained that I was embarrassed about telling him..

    He said, "don't worry about it, I sit across a desk from the girl that is doing you and she said she was in a bit of a humour that night and she remembered the whole thing and she won't be turning up in court as it's my friend, so go back to bed and pretend it never happened"

    Unfortunately, not everyone is as lucky as my situation - but I would try to contact the guard again, apologize profusely, and see if he/she changes his mind about it...

    I wouldn't think it happens much anymore after the whole penalty points debacle a few years back... :)


  • #63
    emeldc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,596 ✭✭✭emeldc


    tayto lover wrote: »
    If you rode a motor bike you might think otherwise.
    The first thing you think of is your own safety. It also takes awhile to stop, compose yourself, turn your machine and then follow the car.

    What would a traffic garda have to gain by making up a story?
    There are loads of traffic offences on the roads at any time of the day. Why would he have to make up one?

    I rode bikes for 20 years. Ironically the last bike I had was a '72 CB500 Four which was used by the Guards :) (I could probably find a pic if you're into them, It was a minter :))
    As for making stuff up, who knows, maybe it was a slow day.

    GM228 wrote: »
    What would being a learner or novice driver do with it and why is it safe to assume? Not everyone learns to drive or gains their licence before they have kids.

    Just trying to make the point that the Op is not some snotty nose young lad with no one to care about but himself and hopefully mature enough to take in his surroundings. Or maybe he's just a sh1t driver.
    But Garda evidence is just that. Evidence. It's perfectly ok to question it and to pick as many holes as possible in it.


  • #64
    tayto lover
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    emeldc wrote: »
    I rode bikes for 20 years. Ironically the last bike I had was a '72 CB500 Four which was used by the Guards :) (I could probably find a pic if you're into them, It was a minter :))
    As for making stuff up, who knows, maybe it was a slow day..

    There's no such thing as a slow day on our roads and motorways and even if there was such a thing why would he make up a story against a motorist he never even met before? There's very little logic to your argument.


  • #65
    emeldc
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    He said, "don't worry about it, I sit across a desk from the girl that is doing you and she said she was in a bit of a humour that night and she remembered the whole thing and she won't be turning up in court as it's my friend, so go back to bed and pretend it never happened"

    I rest my case your Honor :D:D


  • #66
    emeldc
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    tayto lover wrote: »
    There's no such thing as a slow day on our roads and motorways and even if there was such a thing why would he make up a story against a motorist he never even met before? There's very little logic to your argument.

    Right, read post #62.


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  • #67
    amcalester
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    Syphonax wrote: »
    Sounds like an innocent situation enough he could have left you off. In situations as innocuous as what you're describing it doesnt warrant points, fines, court dates etc rather just a stiff warning.

    Have you ever been on a bike when someone pulls out in front of you?

    I have, went over the bonnet once and landed on my back, and more recently a large van did the same but I was able to stop a few inches before colliding with the van. It's terrifying, very dangerous and usually only the innocent party is injured.

    Just because no one was injured doesn't mean it was innocuous.


  • #68
    tayto lover
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    emeldc wrote: »
    Right, read post #62.
    Entirely different case .... unless you think they're all cloned?


  • #69
    emeldc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,596 ✭✭✭emeldc


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Entirely different case .... unless you think they're all cloned?


    FFS, the point is she was in 'bad humour' and did the poster for something he wasn't guilty of. Which bit of that did you not get. Which bit of it is 'entirely different' to the OP's situation.
    In general I have a great respect for the Guards, they have a tough number. But I'm not that naive to think they are all holier than thou.


  • #70
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    emeldc wrote: »
    I rest my case your Honor :D:D

    Possibly the fact I have 3 uncles on the force may have played a part, my surname is a well known Garda and Judge's surname... ;)


  • #71
    tayto lover
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    emeldc wrote: »
    FFS, the point is she was in 'bad humour' and did the poster for something he wasn't guilty of. Which bit of that did you not get. Which bit of it is 'entirely different' to the OP's situation.
    In general I have a great respect for the Guards, they have a tough number. But I'm not that naive to think they are all holier than thou.

    Good Jaysus. I hope they're not all in bad humour on the same day then or we're all in trouble :pac:
    So are you saying that the incident didn't happen at all or the garda just over-reacted?


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  • #72
    Pat Mustard
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    Fieldog wrote: »
    Flash forward the morning I was due in court for it I was woken up by a text message, from my Garda friend who I was too embarrassed to say anything to him about it happening "I see your in court this morning" so I rang him and explained that I was embarrassed about telling him..

    He said, "don't worry about it, I sit across a desk from the girl that is doing you and she said she was in a bit of a humour that night and she remembered the whole thing and she won't be turning up in court as it's my friend, so go back to bed and pretend it never happened"


    I love it! :D


  • #73
    Bushmanpm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭Bushmanpm


    emeldc wrote:
    Ah come on now, that's all very simplistic. If you were the Guard on the bike would you not have blown the horn or flashed your headlight when someone pulls acrioss in front of you. After all he could have killed you. I just find hard to believe that the OP never saw him at any stage until he was pulled over. If he has a 10 y/o son it's probably safe to assume he's not a learner or novice driver


    As a biker yourself, you know all we can do is flash the headlights, toot the horn, throw a few wanker$ at the driver whilst sometimes being scared sh!tless! Remember, not all bikers are that lucky and end up dead.
    Its the guards job and duty to put people straight, whether the driver was oblivious or did it deliberately as "sure, its only a bike, I'm bigger than them so they'll stop if they don't want to get hurt"
    I get the impression the OP genuinely didn't see the bike but that's scant comfort for the biker on a morgues slab.


  • #74
    emeldc
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    tayto lover wrote: »
    Good Jaysus. I hope they're not all in bad humour on the same day then or we're all in trouble :pac:
    So are you saying that the incident didn't happen at all or the garda just over-reacted?

    Over reaction is a possibility or God forbid maybe he was just in one and did him anyway.


  • #75
    tayto lover
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    emeldc wrote: »
    Over reaction is a possibility or God forbid maybe he was just in one and did him anyway.

    How did the selection process go I wonder?


  • #76
    emeldc
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    tayto lover wrote: »
    How did the selection process go I wonder?

    Probably similar to the process used in selecting the driver in post #62


  • #77
    tayto lover
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    emeldc wrote: »
    Probably similar to the process used in selecting the driver in post #62
    Was it the same garda then?


  • #78
    emeldc
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    tayto lover wrote: »
    Was it the same garda then?

    Now you're just trolling. Run along.


  • #79
    NinetyTwoTeam
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    No point in going to court, the judge will always believe the guard over you.

    It's possible you didn't see him and are guilty, also possible you aren't guilty but the cop was coming up to the end of the month and hadn't hit his quota.

    Innocent until proven guilty isn't a reality when you get to court it's actually the opposite.


  • #80
    tayto lover
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    emeldc wrote: »
    Now you're just trolling. Run along.
    Why would I be trolling you?
    Relating one story to another totally different occasion doesn't make a lot of sense. It's like saying "i should get off because a garda let off another motorist down the country".


  • #81
    I love Sean nos
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    micks wrote: »
    I may have been able to prove with phone records etc
    Don't know how phone records would prove that you weren't holding the phone. A dashcam facing and recording the cabin is the only defence who is adamant that he saw you using a phone when you were not.


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  • #82
    Pugzilla
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    Glad he gave you points, dopey car drivers pulling out in front of motorcycles is one of main causes of biker deaths.


  • #83
    3DataModem
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    Tell me how wrote: »
    No. Definitely not worth going to court.

    I suspect that you saw the Passat in the background and subconsciously fixated on that and missed the bike in the foreground.

    I was in a taxi with a very careful driver who did exactly this a few weeks ago. Close one.


  • #84
    Kristopherus
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    Pugzilla wrote: »
    Glad he gave you points, dopey car drivers pulling out in front of motorcycles is one of main causes of biker deaths.

    I'd say you're the dopey one. Read the OP. The driver was stopped. The dopey cop behind him should have done what any normal person would have done and passed on the inside(LHS). But he was probably on a mission to fill his quota of of prosecutions, as previously mentioned.


  • #85
    Pat Mustard
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    Pugzilla wrote: »
    Glad he gave you points, dopey car drivers pulling out in front of motorcycles is one of main causes of biker deaths.

    Mod:

    Great legal point. Now please keep it on topic with the legal discussion and don't be upsetting people needlessly.


  • #86
    Pugzilla
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    I've had car drivers pull out in front of me multiple times.
    Only a quick reaction and some luck saved my life.

    If you're not a biker, then you'll never understand.


  • #87
    de_Selby
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    As someone just getting started motorcycling and a regular cyclist I find some people's reactions on this thread terrifying (including the OP).

    As many people have pointed out, selective blindness is a real thing. The guard was doing you a favour in stopping you, it wasn't a case of mistaken identity and they weren't manufacturing a story to make some cash and give you penalty points.

    I know it's hard to believe, and it can be quite shocking, but please heed the message and be more attentive next time instead of discrediting what the Garda said. I don't mean to be confrontational and I'm not aiming to attack you either, how our mind works is really shocking at times and you need to make a conscious effort to be alert at all times when piloting multi-tonne vehicles.

    As an example watch this view and follow the instructions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo


  • #88
    tommyboy26
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    Kristopherus wrote: »
    I'd say you're the dopey one. Read the OP. The driver was stopped. The dopey cop behind him should have done what any normal person would have done and passed on the inside(LHS). But he was probably on a mission to fill his quota of of prosecutions, as previously mentioned.

    Did the OP not say the bike was coming toward them and they crossed in front of the bike?

    Tbh most people on this thread saying the guard could be lying have probably never been in the guards position or even riden a bike before.

    I have been riding bikes for a good few years and I have been in the guards place. We're a car either has not seen me or they have miss judged my speed(going the speed limit sometimes slower) I have lost count the a amount of times this has happened to me.

    I have also been lucky enough to have survived the same situation where a car did not see me on a bright yellow bike and I couldn't stop and ended up in the side of the car. I was lucky too walk away from it with just some knee damage that still hurts 10+ years later.

    The sad thing about it is most non biker riders just don't notice bikes. They're not looking out for them or have things going on in there mind and are on auto pilot. Until you Have experienced that ass clenching moment when your on a bike and a car nearly hits you, you will never understand.


    O.P if I was you I would take from this a lesson that you should watch out for bikers and cyclists and other road users more vigantly cause next time you might not be as lucky.


  • #89
    notharrypotter
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    Kristopherus wrote: »
    I'd say you're the dopey one. Read the OP. The driver was stopped. The dopey cop behind him should have done what any normal person would have done and passed on the inside(LHS). But he was probably on a mission to fill his quota of of prosecutions, as previously mentioned.

    Per OP in posthttp://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=103947179&postcount=35 35 the Passat and the Bike were coming against the OP.
    They admit seeing the Passat but not the Bike.
    The Garda advised the OP that they had crossed in front of them, against the on coming traffic flow.

    So by their own admission the Garda is correct.


  • #90
    tayto lover
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    Kristopherus wrote: »
    I'd say you're the dopey one. Read the OP. The driver was stopped. The dopey cop behind him should have done what any normal person would have done and passed on the inside(LHS). But he was probably on a mission to fill his quota of of prosecutions, as previously mentioned.
    You need to read it. Dopey is dopey.


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  • #91
    hullaballoo
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    Mod:

    I haven't seen any legal discussion in this thread in a while. It will be closed unless there is further legal analysis to be had.


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