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The whole points and fine system joke thread.

  • 17-04-2011 07:48AM
    #1
    deadwood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,938 ✭✭✭


    So, this fine walks into a bar.....


    I don't see this catching on.


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  • #2
    chughes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭chughes


    Is there a point to this thread ? If there is, fine.


  • #3
    Shield
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 9,893 CMod ✭✭✭✭Shield


    Not to put too fine a point on it
    Say I'm the only 2 that you've gotten
    Make a little change and save some dough!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0bTfxS-dEY


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,263 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    psni wrote: »
    Not to put too fine a point on it
    Say I'm the only 2 that you've gotten
    Make a little change and save some dough!

    How long have you been waiting to post or say that!


  • #5
    Shield
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 9,893 CMod ✭✭✭✭Shield


    foreign wrote: »
    How long have you been waiting to post or say that!

    An embarrassingly long time. I even have the entire song done out:

    "I'm your only car,
    your little lonely car,
    but not the one and only car,
    there's actually a lot more cars
    out on the road so..."

    (drum intro)

    I'll spare you the rest. It doesn't get any better.


  • #6
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,021 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    deadwood wrote: »
    So, this fine walks into a bar.....


    I don't see this catching on.

    I was actually going to start a thread on this deadwood. Good minds think alike.:)

    What do our resident Gardai here think of them? For example driving down a motorway the wrong way only gets you one point and a fine. A HGV driver using the overtaking lane gets the same fine and points.

    I think the fine for using a mobile phone is way to low. It should be increased to over 200 euro. Spend that money on extra garda resources.

    The fine for driving up the motorway the wrong way should be increased to 1000 euros plus.

    What do our AGS members think of this?


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  • #7
    FGR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,466 ✭✭✭FGR


    If the money from increased fines went directly into promoting road safety as well as improvement in infrastructure and policing then I'd be all up for it.

    The problem would be that (inevitably) the increased fine will only go in one direction - towards the blackhole that is Anglo Irish.


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 19,174 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    if i got someone driving the wrong way up a dual carraigeway or motorway, they would be getting a summons for dangerous driving. never mind your penalty points crap!!


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