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Do you warn other drivers of Garda speed-traps and the camera van?

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  • #62
    BmCon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭BmCon


    YES always because if they slow down then the trap is doing its job without costing them money.

    That's fair.


  • #63
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    BmCon wrote: »
    YES always because if they slow down then the trap is doing its job without costing them money.

    That's fair.

    They'll slow down for 30 seconds and then take off again. A fine and a few points on a licence would be more of a deterrent, IMO


  • #64
    looking_around
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭looking_around


    pablo128 wrote: »
    ??

    "try driving a big van at a steady 100kmh "

    Is no excuse to be going over.


  • #65
    pablo128
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,210 ✭✭✭pablo128


    looking_around wrote: »
    "try driving a big van at a steady 100kmh "

    Is no excuse to be going over.
    When you quote me properly I'll reply to you.


  • #66
    looking_around
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭looking_around


    pablo128 wrote: »
    When you quote me properly I'll reply to you.

    If you're not able to drive and keep at or below the speed limit, well you should be driving.


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  • #67
    BmCon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭BmCon


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    They'll slow down for 30 seconds and then take off again. A fine and a few points on a licence would be more of a deterrent, IMO

    They will slow down till they pass the trap. Like you do also. And don't tell lies! ;)


  • #68
    pablo128
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,210 ✭✭✭pablo128


    looking_around wrote: »
    If you're not able to drive and keep at or below the speed limit, well you should be driving.
    LOL. Your posts get more bizarre. Are you on the sauce tonight by any chance?


  • #69
    Little CuChulainn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,624 ✭✭✭Little CuChulainn


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    They'll slow down for 30 seconds and then take off again. A fine and a few points on a licence would be more of a deterrent, IMO

    Wouldn't they also do that if they were caught? In both instances they'll likely slow down on that road next time.


  • #70
    lanos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 600 ✭✭✭lanos


    looking_around wrote: »
    aww, poor poor driver.

    :rolleyes:

    it's simple, he don't want to be in a bad mood again, he can drive at the limit, no sympathy.

    LOL
    Pizzaman was being facetious and it went right over your head
    Whoosh
    What a dick u are


  • #71
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    BmCon wrote: »
    They will slow down till they pass the trap. Like you do also. And don't tell lies! ;)

    Exactly, so a fine and points would be a better deterrent.

    I'm not lying, I stay below the speed limit. If I do venture over and get caught that's my fault and I take it on the chin and do my best to not let it happen again.


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  • #72
    Fat Christy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Fat Christy


    The only reason I haven't got caught with speed vans is because of people flashing me. Thank you all. <3


    I always do the same as well.


  • #73
    BmCon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭BmCon


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    Exactly, so a fine and points would be a better deterrent.

    I'm not lying, I stay below the speed limit. If I do venture over and get caught that's my fault and I take it on the chin and do my best to not let it happen again.

    Well the next time I see a trap I'll tell you so you won't get a fine.
    See we are all friends here!


  • #74
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Little CuChulainn wrote: »
    Wouldn't they also do that if they were caught? In both instances they'll likely slow down on that road next time.

    You think a person would react the same to a warning from another driver and a fine and points? I don't agree. as I've said, points and a fine are a much better deterrent, IMO.


  • #75
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    BmCon wrote: »
    Well the next time I see a trap I'll tell you so you won't get a fine.
    See we are all friends here!

    I won't be speeding so it'll make no odds :D


  • #76
    looking_around
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭looking_around


    pablo128 wrote: »
    LOL. Your posts get more bizarre. Are you on the sauce tonight by any chance?

    so let me get this straight, rather than explain what's "bizarre" about my post, you insult me?...:rolleyes:


  • #77
    kerry4sam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    lazybones32 wrote: »
    Or is it a case of "if you're driving above the speed-limit, tough!"?

    I actually some bit of flack over in the Motors forum in my thread right here for saying "Surely if someone is speeding above the limit they deserve to be caught?" when I received a 15-car warning about a Speed-Camera Van.

    Cannot remember when last I flashed anyone to warn them of a speed-check of any form. I've flashed numerous of accidents; of ES being on a road after an accident that I have just passed and also flashed people who like to flash & wave at me :)

    That's it though,
    kerry4sam


  • #78
    lazybones32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,647 ✭✭✭lazybones32


    encore1 wrote: »
    I always used to until one day I did it and the car did a u turn and came up behind be with flashing blue lights...I had warned an undercover garda car! Never felt like such an eeeeeeejit as I did at that moment!

    Tell him/her your friend has the exact same make of car and you thought it was them...


  • #79
    Little CuChulainn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,624 ✭✭✭Little CuChulainn


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    You think a person would react the same to a warning from another driver and a fine and points? I don't agree. as I've said, points and a fine are a much better deterrent, IMO.

    Whether you get caught or not, once you pass the van you'll assume it will be a while before you see another one.


  • #80
    Tokyo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,655 ✭✭✭✭Tokyo


    Yes I do. When they start moving the vans off of revenue raising stretches of roads to meet quotas, and onto actual accident black spots and such, then maybe I'll reconsider.


  • #81
    looking_around
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭looking_around


    lanos wrote: »
    LOL
    Pizzaman was being facetious and it went right over your head
    Whosh
    What a dick u are

    That was unnecessary.

    but if he was, then fine so. But people do use all sorts of excuses to back up their reasons for speeding, if I can't tell it was sarcasm(some smiley faces would've helped), how am I to know he wasn't being serious?


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  • #82
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,197 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    If I'm on the bike and see another biker I always do. Jasus, it's just wrong to not warn them


  • #83
    BmCon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭BmCon


    mike_ie wrote: »
    Yes I do. When they start moving the vans off of revenue raising stretches of roads to meet quotas, and onto actual accident black spots and such, then maybe I'll reconsider.

    Hit the nail on the head.


  • #84
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Little CuChulainn wrote: »
    Whether you get caught or not, once you pass the van you'll assume it will be a while before you see another one.

    If I got a fine and points I'd be doing my level best to make sure I don't get anymore


  • #85
    Little CuChulainn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,624 ✭✭✭Little CuChulainn


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    If I got a fine and points I'd be doing my level best to make sure I don't get anymore

    Would you not also slow down next time you were on that road if you didn't get the points because someone warned you?


  • #86
    BmCon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭BmCon


    Cienciano wrote: »
    If I'm on the bike and see another biker I always do. Jasus, it's just wrong to not warn them

    I'm also a biker and the cam fans can't get bikes. No front reg. so keep it at 300kph ;)


  • #87
    gammygils
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,692 ✭✭✭✭gammygils


    Always. Especially in a zone where the speed limit is unfair like 50 on a good road or downhill.
    And they're sitting there like snakes in the grass. Scumbags!


  • #88
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    lazybones32 wrote: »
    Tell him/her your friend has the exact same make of car and you thought it was them...

    Yes Gard, if I see somebody that I know when out driving I flash them, even at junctions and so on.


  • #89
    looking_around
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭looking_around


    Little CuChulainn wrote: »
    Would you not also slow down next time you were on that road if you didn't get the points because someone warned you?

    no, because you'll assume someone else will be there to warn you.


  • #90
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Little CuChulainn wrote: »
    Would you not also slow down next time you were on that road if you didn't get the points because someone warned you?

    I'd be making sure that wherever I was driving I'd be under the limit, not just at that spot, if I had gotten a fine and points. If a person is just warned, I don't think it has the same effect. Again, a fine and points is a better deterrent IMO, we obviously disagree and that's fine :)


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  • #91
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Cienciano wrote: »
    If I'm on the bike and see another biker I always do. Jasus, it's just wrong to not warn them

    Why is it wrong?


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