Which laws are the most ignored

CainMarko · 10-09-2012 02:54PM

Nct/Tax lapse
No Dog Licence
Always going above the speed limit till i see the sign for the speed cameras

Have no tv license
Cant think of anything else really

Markcheese · 10-09-2012 02:56PM

Rabidlamb wrote: »

ejmaztec wrote: »

We've got three dogs and three dog-licences, but only because our neighbours are complaining kuntz who tipped off the local council.

You'd be perfectly justified in burning his house to the ground & letting your dogs piss on his twitching ember of a corpse, others may find that a bit of an over-reaction but I think it's fair & reasoned.
There's no sadder example of a human being than a squealing neighbour.

That and a neighbour with noisy dogs... Shoot the owners not the dogs....

jessiejam · 10-09-2012 02:57PM

veryangryman wrote: »

That ad shows a perfect 4 exit roundabout with 2 lanes. Fair enough there are plenty of dopes that can't even use that but they really should use examples like walkinstown etc

Your talking to a Cork woman here:p. What is it about the walkinstown roundabout?

Im thinking it might be similar to the kinsale road roundabout/magic roundabout in Cork. No one knows where they're going, all the lanes cross over into one another.
Bad road marking on the councils part there, more than the bad driving by road users.

SEANoftheDEAD · 10-09-2012 03:02PM

I work 30sec's from the Walkinstown round-a-bout... the 5pm rush is great crack!
There are no rules when it comes to it. 6 exits.

later12 · 10-09-2012 03:24PM

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Served after hours

Not in Marks & Spencers Grafton Street it isn't!
Taken last Christmas

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FGR · 10-09-2012 03:28PM

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Jay walking. It was introduced many years ago but everyone ignores it..... even the Gardai.

It's a mandatory court appearance. I'd say the lahv lahn would be inundated if it was enforced.

Might be a ticket in Dublin. But deffo summons in the country.

Kev.OC · 10-09-2012 03:34PM

xDramaxQueenx wrote: »

Texting/facebook chatting while driving.
Afterhours drinking.
Speeding.
Warning oncoming cars of speeding cameras.

There's a law against that!?

I get pretty disappointed if I pass a speed camera van without any of the oncoming cars flashing the lights. It's just expected.

ejmaztec · 10-09-2012 03:34PM

Company laws, banking laws, except where amounts of less than €20K are involved.

mikom · 10-09-2012 04:24PM

later12 wrote: »

Not in Marks & Spencers Grafton Street it isn't!
Taken last Christmas

http://i45.tinypic.com/2h3v2ps.jpg

Fuckin joke

ghogie91 · 10-09-2012 04:34PM

Rabidlamb wrote: »

I was served a bottle of wine last night at 10:30pm in my local Centra, no questions asked, I didn't even think of about the time until I got home.

Which laws are the most socially acceptable at present to be ignored, these are the most obvious ones that I can think of.

Dog Licence
Never had one although I've had many dogs.
Never known anyone have one either.

Served after hours
Not sure who is liable, probably the publican but we've all done it.

Illegal downloading
My bottle of wine was for watching Prometheus, enough said.

Letting NCT lapse
Sorry Guard, it's booked in, booking it in, all slots taken.

Getting car signed off the road
Even easier if you've a friend whose a guard but not too difficult either.

Not paying TV Licence
A true perk of living in rented accommodation.

Getting nixers done
Yes, I'd like you to charge me an extra 23% for the exact same work.

No L-plates on a motorway
Take down L-plates, problem magically fixed

I know some people live by stricter moral codes than others & never skate close to the line while others take the shortcut approach.
What laws do you see broken on a daily basis that go unpunished ?.

Ah according to this i am a criminal and will get put in jail for 8 very serious offences... although its more important to stop me buying cupla tineens after ten, but then the lad selling coke outside the door is simply told to go home... Bastads

MaxSteele · 10-09-2012 04:40PM

"Illegal" downloading
TV Licence
Lapsed car tax
Nixers
Public drinking (depending on the circumstances of where you are/going)
Provisional Licence drivers on they're own.
Drug possession if small enough for personal use.

ghogie91 · 10-09-2012 04:42PM

Public Intoxication- Illegal yet encouraged

No dog licence- The kids make a circle around the dog warden van until the dog is let free

Speeding- Sorry guard, I didnt know this was dualcarriageway i though it was motorway

Modified car- I only installed this engine today and was going to ring the insurance company

Tax- Its in the post

NCT- Its booked in for next week have everything done for it

Running out in front of cars just yards from a crossing- No explanation, GRINDS MY GEARS THOUGH

Insurance- It was after 12 when the payment went from the bank guard so its tomorrow they send the insurance disc

After hours drinking- Ah well if you gonna be caught ya might as well get caught smoking in the pub aswell *throws out round of ashtrays*

Underage Drinking- lost the age card, had to bring the drivers licence *found out how to use layers on photoshop*

Public Urination- Ah ill clean it, ill clean it i was only messing

Driving with no licence- Ill drop it in in ten days i am "P.Sherman- 42 Wallaby way... blah blah"

Ilyana · 10-09-2012 05:11PM

ghogie91 wrote: »

Underage Drinking- lost the age card, had to bring the drivers licence *found out how to use layers on photoshop*

Buying drink for underagers is a similar one, I think there was a thread about it not too long ago. Most people would have had a drink bought for them before they turned 18, whether it was in a pub, at home or at a family do.

MarthaMyDear · 10-09-2012 05:13PM

Our local is out in the middle of nowhere and literally has no closing time. They just lock the doors when it gets late and keep serving until everyone is gone home! Also, after a certain time the regulars start smoking in the bar. I think because it's not near any towns the owner isn't too worried about getting caught.

Also, learner drivers driving alone- "I just dropped my Dad/Mam/Aunt off I'm going straight home guard" or "I'm on my way in to do the test!"

MaxSteele · 10-09-2012 05:15PM

Aside from driving with no licence or insurance *waves index finger in angry fashion*

Most of the "laws" let slide are fairly harmless or victimless.

opti0nal · 10-09-2012 06:35PM

MaxSteele wrote: »

Most of the "laws" let slide are fairly harmless or victimless.

78% of drivers exceed the speed limit. This is not a victimless crime. Apart from placing vulnerable people at risk and in fear of their lives, it encourages others to do likewise and contributes to the awful death and injury toll on the roads.

MaxSteele · 10-09-2012 06:39PM

opti0nal wrote: »

78% of drivers exceed the speed limit. This is not a victimless crime. Apart from placing vulnerable people at risk and in fear of their lives, it encourages others to do likewise and contributes to the awful death and injury toll on the roads.

I'm not condoning speeding. Likewise I doubt most people here would either.

John Doe1 · 10-09-2012 06:44PM

Well in trinity college I wore my sword and they still didn't give me a glass of wine as per the law:D

Capt'n Midnight · 10-09-2012 07:16PM

im invisible wrote: »

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife

I can't find that one on http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/

Capt'n Midnight · 10-09-2012 07:18PM

bingobars wrote: »

Show me someone who doesn't roll stop signs....

or avoid driving on hatched traffic 'islands' when doing a right turn

veryangryman wrote: »

That ad shows a perfect 4 exit roundabout with 2 lanes. Fair enough there are plenty of dopes that can't even use that but they really should use examples like walkinstown etc

three exit roundabouts, and there are lots of them - according to the letter of the law I should NOT indicate if turning right.

snubbleste wrote: »

Footpath Parking !
How can I get from a to b if you plonk your metal tin box directly in the navigation throughfare? You don't see me sitting on the road do you?!

not sure here, but in the UK parking meters just about pay for kerb and footpath damage caused by illegal parking.

Duffman K · 10-09-2012 08:04PM

Drivers with only a provisional license driving unaccompanied on the roads,

the classic example being the provisional driver driving unaccompanied up to a driving test, failing the test and driving home

Doop · 10-09-2012 08:17PM

The blanket 30Km speed limit in Dublin city centre.

Im embarrassed for who ever came up with that one. Nobody pays any attention to it at all. Its never been enforced either afaik.

Pottler · 10-09-2012 08:17PM

Gravity... Feckin aeroplanes.

FionnK86 · 10-09-2012 09:09PM

Plenty of young lads driving 'round my area with no tax,nct,insurance,and licence.

And they've cut-off exhausts, modified reg plates, modified lights, you name it.

Last week i was coming out of the local and one of the lads drove by and used some sort of alarm louder and higher pitched than any car horn, scared the sh1te out of the lassies

keith16 · 10-09-2012 09:17PM

the groutch wrote: »

Cyclists using footpaths and going through red lights

Motorists using footpaths and going through red lights.

Pedestrians walking in cycle paths, J-walking and walking against a red man.

Every single type of road user & many basic common sense rules.

It really puzzles me why cyclists get singled out for this type of bullsh1t. :mad:

bonerjams03 · 10-09-2012 09:25PM

Can't believe no one's mentioned the blasphemy law in Ireland.

Not endorsing it or anything, just the fact that it exists!

opti0nal · 10-09-2012 09:36PM

Driving the wrong way around mini-roundabouts.

Capt'n Midnight · 10-09-2012 09:40PM

the statistic used to be that 90% of pillion passengers on motorbikes who claimed off insurance were with L drivers

Fromthetrees · 10-09-2012 09:41PM

I certainly have an ignorance of laws, it's a genuine ignorance, as in, I tend not to violently attack people with a hammer because I personally think it's morally wrong, a bit of an extreme example I know.

Was quite drunk there a few weeks ago and we were drinking before heading into town, garda pulled in on us as we were walking across a bridge, they said you're not allowed to be drinking and walking along here, we just said sorry, didn't think it was wrong, they said it is here, poured our beers on the the ground and said head off, we went on to where we were going and that was that.

Still think it's not illegal to drink outside, it's just at the gardas discretion, honestly don't know the exact black or white of the law but open to correction, its down to the individual garda to find it unacceptable or not yeah.

Ash_M · 10-09-2012 10:03PM

Pretty sure drinking in public places is illegal in almost everywhere, it was rolled in on bye-laws afaik? Still, it's ignored a lot of the time if you're not causing a fuss.

Which laws are the most ignored

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