walshb wrote: » Did anyone happen to see Traffic Blues last night on RTE1? A coulpe of strange incidents and ones of real concern I thought. A garda stops a car on a motorway or dual carriageway and in it is a woman with 5 young children in the back, none were strapped in at all. She was on a provisional and had no accompanying driver. The garda didn't even check her insurance; but the best was the lecture he gave her and how it's so not safe to do what she was doing, and then he lets her drive off, after she wails about on the ground. Another incident was a big coach carrying schoolchildren. The cop pulls it over and notices one of the tyres is in a bad condition and is badly worn. What does this mug do? He lectures the driver on how a child could scratch his/her hand off it:rolleyes:. He then allows the driver to continue on? Why the hell would this be allowed when both incidents were serious and were an obvious danger and accident waiting to happen?
WindSock wrote: » She got to drive off because she got out of the car and went on her knees to beg for forgiveness from him. We should all take a leaf from her book.
polishpaddy wrote: » Would it happen in england do you think? I seen it too and was laughing my head off haha.
Cuddlesworth wrote: » She got to drive off because the Gardai had no powers to take the vehicle off of her. Unless its a revenue/money offence.
walshb wrote: » Paddy, I have seen many similar shows in England and I have seen them impound dangerous cars and trucks and vans and people and NEVER allowing them to continue on
walshb wrote: » Surely they have powers if the situation is a danger to her and her kids and other road users. This was clearly the case, as the cop was lecturing us on how dangerous it was. Was he simply playing to the cameras?
Jenna Wide Boy wrote: » What if she was involved in a crash 100m down the road after the Gardaí let her off....?
WindSock wrote: » She got to drive off because she got out of the car and went on her knees from him. We should all take a leaf from her book.
togster wrote: » Watch it next week, i hear that there is some incident with a girl and a mobile phone.
mickydoomsux wrote: » That's another 'Irish' thing, excusing peoples stupidity once someone dies as a result of their actions. It becomes 'tragic' somehow instead of just being a thinning of the herd.
mickydoomsux wrote: » Very Irish indeed. You could also imagine that the story would be different if this dozy cooze wrapped the car around a lamp post and killed them all. Every paper would have something along the lines of 'Tragic mum in tot death smash horror', rather than 'stupid bitch reaps what she sows'. That's another 'Irish' thing, excusing people stupidity once someone dies as a result of their actions. It becomes 'tragic' somehow instead of just being a thinning of the herd.
mehfesto2 wrote: » Whats the point in having all these ad campaigns and warnings and Gay Byrne flaping about safety when we let a BUS full of children drive on - in bad condition, after the tragedy not three years ago in similar circumstances. Too many people die on our roads, **** them if they beg and plead - get tghem off the road for a bit until they learn their lesson. And go to town on mobile phone users when they're driving - it's so dangerous.
