Drivers trying to escape the bus lane when they see a garda ahead. Let them in?

09-01-2019 3:29pm #1

So, this morning the road was packed and all of a sudden about 15 cars sought to leave the bus lane at the one time. I looked ahead and sure enough the blue reflection of a Garda car's siren could be seen.

Everybody seemed to facilitate their request, even though it was clear they had skipped up to a couple of kms of traffic by hopping into the Bus Lane.

Would you let them in? I'd be inclined not to - "hard luck; you were caught for once". It's sort of pointless paying AGS to police lanes when the general driver conspires against them to help offenders evade punishment.

kneemos · 09-01-2019 3:31pm

Winners come first.

amcalester · 09-01-2019 3:31pm

**** 'em. I wouldn't let them in.

Trigger Happy · 09-01-2019 3:32pm

It depends on how big her boobs are.

awec · 09-01-2019 3:33pm

Nope, fcuk them.

MarkR · 09-01-2019 3:34pm

Coming over a solid continuous white line? That's a paddling. And a no. And if they crash into you, there's a police car nearby. Win win.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 09-01-2019 3:34pm

Probably

oLoonatic · 09-01-2019 3:35pm

depends on what car they are driving. BMW, Audi or Merc is a no from me.

Feisar · 09-01-2019 3:35pm

Ah I probably would.

frag420 · 09-01-2019 3:36pm

oLoonatic wrote: »

depends on what car they are driving. BMW, Audi or Merc is a no from me.

What about a police car?

zl1whqvjs75cdy · 09-01-2019 3:37pm

Absolutely not.

TheChizler · 09-01-2019 3:38pm

MarkR wrote: »

Coming over a solid continuous white line? That's a paddling.

Interestingly a bus lane line isn't treated the same as a regular continuous white line.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 09-01-2019 3:38pm

oLoonatic wrote: »

depends on what car they are driving. BMW, Audi or Merc is a no from me.

I'm the opposite, I only let in mercs and beemers.

dalyboy · 09-01-2019 3:43pm

Thing is, even letting them in front of you to briskly exit the bus lane and save themselves a ticket may or may not actually save them. I’ve been on the Druncondra road many’s the time and viewed this maneuver resulting in the cop still pulling the offending car aside and processing a ticket regardless.

rgodard80a · 09-01-2019 3:46pm

If the garda car has their siren on, then by all means they're on an emergency call.... get out of their way and accommodate people out of their way.

But if the Garda car didn't have their lights/sirens on, I'd be actively blocking them from merging back into the correct lane.

09-01-2019 3:48pm

oLoonatic wrote: »

depends on what car they are driving. BMW, Audi or Merc is a no from me.

Envy is a terrible thing. Begrudgery is even worse.

Paulzx · 09-01-2019 3:50pm

rgodard80a wrote: »

If the garda car has their siren on, then by all means they're on an emergency call.... get out of their way and accommodate people out of their way.

But if the Garda car didn't have their lights/sirens on, I'd be actively blocking them from merging back into the correct lane.

Out of interest....Why?

hairyslug · 09-01-2019 3:51pm

Match their speed to make sure they are stuck in the bus lane

vicwatson · 09-01-2019 3:54pm

Needs a poll. Not a chance I would. Impatient pricks

WoollyRedHat · 09-01-2019 3:54pm

These are the same pillocks who park like a 2 year old colours, who think the cycle lane is an extension of a hard shoulder and whose only concern is where they're going next and to hell with everyone else. Leave them be, deserve a wake up call on their sense of entitlement. Shouldn't matter if they're driving a Mazda or a Ferrari.

NuMarvel · 09-01-2019 4:09pm

Of course I would. How else will they see my smug, superior, holier than thou, "I'm the only reason you're not getting a traffic fine" face in their rear view mirror for the rest of their journey?

Seriously though, I probably wouldn't. If the bus lane was good enough for you when the Gardaí weren't there, then it's good enough for you when they are.

On a related matter (and not aimed at the OP), you would be surprised at the amount of drivers who don't realise most bus lanes have set hours of operations. Not that I'm complaining much. Makes my journeys much faster when everyone stays out of the non-operational bus lane

oLoonatic · 09-01-2019 4:14pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Envy is a terrible thing. Begrudgery is even worse.

Dont worry i wouldn't be envious of their fine.

beerbaron · 09-01-2019 4:22pm

Fuaranach wrote: »

So, this morning the road was packed and all of a sudden about 15 cars sought to leave the bus lane at the one time. I looked ahead and sure enough the blue reflection of a Garda car's siren could be seen.

You saw a Light, you did not see a Siren !

Zorya · 09-01-2019 4:56pm

I probably would at a push. But I would be muttering unmentionable things about them as I did. It's one of the few enough times I really feel nasty about people. There is this 2 lane approach to my local town and the inner lane is for turning right into the bus station. But people use it all the time for by-passing the constant traffic jam getting in to town. A big long free wheel along the empty road while the rest of us mugs are not moving, often for 15 minutes. And then they casually angle the front of their cars and ''merge'' ie push their way into line just before the place where they should turn off. It honestly makes me feel murderous sometimes! :mad:

Red_Wake · 09-01-2019 5:00pm

Rewarding bad behaviour only encourages it.

Ray Palmer · 09-01-2019 5:01pm

It always amazes me the amount of people who let drivers skip traffic like this. My regular route often has a free bus lane with the regular traffic stuck. There are always a few that use the bus lane. The cops are sometimes there so catch some. When the cops are there and spotted there are all these cars trying to get back in the proper lane.
Saw some get back into the proper lane. Cycled up to the cop and said I could identify 5 cars that went into the regular traffic. He asked me to point them out. So we walked along together and got them all to pulled over. He simply asked them if they had been in the bus lane and they all just admitted it. They were none to happy with me and one did recognise me a few weeks later and started yelling at me. All on video which I handed in but nothing was done.

k99_64 · 09-01-2019 5:02pm

Trigger Happy wrote: »

It depends on how big her boobs are.

Whats the point where u let them in?

Amirani · 09-01-2019 5:35pm

NuMarvel wrote: »

On a related matter (and not aimed at the OP), you would be surprised at the amount of drivers who don't realise most bus lanes have set hours of operations. Not that I'm complaining much. Makes my journeys much faster when everyone stays out of the non-operational bus lane

Only thing is it can making merging more difficult when everyone is using the other lane!

Bob Harris · 09-01-2019 6:10pm

Ray Palmer wrote: »

It always amazes me the amount of people who let drivers skip traffic like this. My regular route often has a free bus lane with the regular traffic stuck. There are always a few that use the bus lane. The cops are sometimes there so catch some. When the cops are there and spotted there are all these cars trying to get back in the proper lane.
Saw some get back into the proper lane. Cycled up to the cop and said I could identify 5 cars that went into the regular traffic. He asked me to point them out. So we walked along together and got them all to pulled over. He simply asked them if they had been in the bus lane and they all just admitted it. They were none to happy with me and one did recognise me a few weeks later and started yelling at me. All on video which I handed in but nothing was done.

Fúcking hell.....

seamus · 09-01-2019 6:14pm

Fair play Ray, that's a public service.

To answer the OP, no I don't let these people in, Garda or no Garda. I wouldn't be exceptionally aggressive about it - if their nose is already in the lane, I'm not going to go around them to block them, but I'm also not going to leave a gap to let some queue skipping prick in.

Outkast_IRE · 09-01-2019 6:19pm

Why aren't cameras used ? Seems crazy to me when they could make a fortune off automatically fining them rather than a Garda having to physically be there

Drivers trying to escape the bus lane when they see a garda ahead. Let them in?

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