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Guards hiding at the end of bus lanes, WTF?..

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  • #52
    ats
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    Nunu wrote:
    I was with my Dad and he was given a ticket for driving in the bus lane. The circumstances were disgraceful.

    Those of you who know the Nutgrove area of Dublin will be able to visualise this better:
    He was driving from Nutgrove shopping centre towards 'The Yellow House' pub, where he was turning left at the lights. Traffic going straight through the lights was backed up by about 20 cars. The filter light for turning left was green but no one was turning left ahead of him, so my Dad turned into the empty bus lane which stupidly doesn't end till about 10 metres from the lights. There is a bus stop just before the lane ends and lo and behold a garda emerges from behind it where he'd been hiding. He knew exactly why my Dad had been in the bus lane(for no more than 20metres) but still gave him a ticket. If anything he was relieving traffic! Why sit stationery in a lane you're ultimately not using when you have a filter light to turn left you can use by driving in an empty bus lane for a matter of seconds?

    Madness! The Garda knew exactly what he was doing because he wouldn't have situated himself there otherwise. I'd say he caught dozens of motorists using the lane in identical circumstances.


    your father entered a bus lane when it was not open to use, so deserved teh ticket. simple as.

    I've noticed this all week and laugh my ass off every time i see someone held up. they're sitting there sulking about it.

    as for the garda hiding, if they stood in plain view teh feckers would just force their way into traffic now wouldn't they and avoid a ticket. this way it slows them down and pisses them off and maybe they might just cop on that they cant drive in the bus lane.


  • #53
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    ats wrote:
    pisses them off and maybe they might just cop on that they cant drive in the bus lane.


    So now we've reduced the cop's job description to 'pissing people off!.

    lol..


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