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    #572
    murphyebass
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    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1314287076452569094[/quote]

    Only took them 4 years to catch this guy. Great policing.

    Seriously though shows the distinct lack of checkpoints and enforcement in this country.

    People drive with no tax, insurance, drink drive, use bus lanes at rush hour etc because for the most part they get away with it.


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    #573
    kirving
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    And the tax is easiest of all to enforce using ANPR with automatic fines. No integration with insurance companies, no checking of licenses.

    Makes me wonder why I'm bothering paying taxes is they don't bother catching people who don't.


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    #574
    Damien360
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    Kevin Irving wrote: »
    And the tax is easiest of all to enforce using ANPR with automatic fines. No integration with insurance companies, no checking of licenses.

    Makes me wonder why I'm bothering paying taxes is they don't bother catching people who don't.

    Why don’t we do the same as NI. I have seen an automatic camera from the back of a police car on a roundabout exiting Tesco in NI. No stops, just automated fines for having no tax. All done against car registration.


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    #575
    sundodger5
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    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    you would have to be blind to not know there was a problem with that tyre. the outside edge looks nearly as worn as the inside edge.

    Not condoning the tyre as it does need changing but both the inside and outside can be bald. The measurement is at least 1.6 mm on the centre 3/4s of the tread.


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    #576
    i57dwun4yb1pt8
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    what the feck has that lorry driver been driving in - Alien Spit ?

    im laughing that they even put a gauage on it , its like putting a blood pressure monitor on a skeleton


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    #577
    ohnonotgmail
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    sundodger5 wrote: »
    Not condoning the tyre as it does need changing but both the inside and outside can be bald. The measurement is at least 1.6 mm on the centre 3/4s of the tread.

    it doesnt have that either


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    #578
    joujoujou
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    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1314476977747877889

    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1314827160218210304


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    #579
    tabby aspreme
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    The pictures of the lorry tyres are from a tractor trailer, i would think.


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    #580
    Damien360
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    1.6mm is too low. Yes it’s the legal limit but it needs to be brought up to 3mm.

    The gardai change tyres at 3mm (I have this from a Garda and their supplier Dunlop at the time) for safety reasons.

    Leaseplan cars change tyres at 2mm and for me in the wet, the car is not planted correctly at 2mm.

    We live in a country in which it rains more days than it’s sunny. The summer tyre 1.6mm limit is not a specification for ireland, in my opinion.


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    #581
    Mr Snow
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    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1314876810816040962


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    #582
    Mr Snow
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    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1314899413526081538


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    #583
    i57dwun4yb1pt8
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    checkpoints all over the shop and these knuckleheads still venture out


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    #584
    mikeecho
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    Damien360 wrote: »
    1.6mm is too low. Yes it’s the legal limit but it needs to be brought up to 3mm.

    The gardai change tyres at 3mm (I have this from a Garda and their supplier Dunlop at the time) for safety reasons.

    Leaseplan cars change tyres at 2mm and for me in the wet, the car is not planted correctly at 2mm.

    We live in a country in which it rains more days than it’s sunny. The summer tyre 1.6mm limit is not a specification for ireland, in my opinion.

    They change at 3mm, because that's what's recommended by the car and tyre manufacturers.

    It came to light after a fatal on the quays involving a Garda car and a woman at the bus stop.
    Since then tyres on a Garda car are to be replaced at 3mm, as that's what ford and Dunlop recommend for the Mondeos.


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    #585
    joujoujou
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    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1314955155436171264


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    #586
    punisher5112
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    mikeecho wrote: »
    They change at 3mm, because that's what's recommended by the car and tyre manufacturers.

    It came to light after a fatal on the quays involving a Garda car and a woman at the bus stop.
    Since then tyres on a Garda car are to be replaced at 3mm, as that's what ford and Dunlop recommend for the Mondeos.

    That was at clonskeagh hospital, she came around the bend too hot, took bus shelter and all.
    That car is still at Donnybrook

    Garda vehicles should have the best tyres fitted anyway.


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    #587
    Beltby
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    punisher5112 wrote: »
    That was at clonskeagh hospital, she came around the bend too hot, took bus shelter and all.
    That car is still at Donnybrook

    Garda vehicles should have the best tyres fitted anyway.

    They have brand name tyres fitted. No cheapos as far as I know.

    Had that car gone into a tyre centre it wouldn't have left with a worn tyre on it. Tyre centres are there to make money. Why wouldn't they put a tyre on? The blame in that crash was on the driver.


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    #588
    joujoujou
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    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1315184595319631878


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    #589
    Mr Snow
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    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1315228453000675328


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    #590
    Mr Snow
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    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1315327894474895360


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    #591
    Liamo_mu
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    Has anyone been traveling on the N7 from Nass towards Tallaght around the hours of 6pm to 7pm?

    Has there been any checkpoints going that direction around those hours? Or are all the checkpoints going out of Dublin?


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    #592
    joujoujou
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    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1315552033924173825


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    #593
    Dravokivich
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    Liamo_mu wrote: »
    Has anyone been traveling on the N7 from Nass towards Tallaght around the hours of 6pm to 7pm?

    Has there been any checkpoints going that direction around those hours? Or are all the checkpoints going out of Dublin?

    Regardless of covid checkpoints the M/N7 gets a lot of garda attention. You should pretty much expect them to be on it all the time.


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    #594
    tabby aspreme
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    Beltby wrote: »
    They have brand name tyres fitted. No cheapos as far as I know.

    Had that car gone into a tyre centre it wouldn't have left with a worn tyre on it. Tyre centres are there to make money. Why wouldn't they put a tyre on? The blame in that crash was on the driver.

    A tyre centre I get tyres from, supplies the Gardai, they have a separate tyre rack with tyres for the squad cars, all Michelin, Goodyear, and Bridgestone


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    #595
    Mr Snow
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    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1315603844198469633


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    #596
    Mr Snow
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    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1315582083276976128


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    #597
    Mr Snow
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    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1315567350914134017


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    #598
    Mr Snow
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    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1315619176564903938


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    #599
    joujoujou
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    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1315898335417507841

    https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1315908551492202497


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    #600
    jimwallace197
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    Is it me or do serious amount of people seem to be testing positive for cocaine while driving nowadays, the frequency with which they seem to be getting caught suggests to me that Cocaine is a much bigger problem in this country than people realise. Bloody hell


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    #601
    Henry Ford III
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    jimwallace197 wrote: »
    Is it me or do serious amount of people seem to be testing positive for cocaine while driving nowadays, the frequency with which they seem to be getting caught suggests to me that Cocaine is a much bigger problem in this country than people realise. Bloody hell

    More checkpoints = more detections I'd imagine.

    The truly sobering thought is even in these strange times where the chance of getting caught doing something wrong whilst driving is so much higher, hordes of motorists continue to do so whilst uninsured, banned, drunk or high.


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