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Query about red light fines

St1mpMeister · 2019-12-06 16:04:45

I went through a red-light at a quiet left-turn junction around 11.30pm. Yes I know I'm worse than Hitler, but I had made sure no traffic/pedestrians were approaching as otherwise I wouldn't have done it, and made sure I had observed no traffic would be affected. Anyway, I was nabbed by a Garda and given two fines:…

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#122 13-12-2019 7:20pm

tomasrojo

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St1mpMeister wrote: »

hmm don't those two conflict?

So it IS an on the spot fine then, as "Riding without reasonable consideration" is an available NFC

As I said, all the early talk of that particular FCN was around its use for punishing illegal actions that fell into asshole territory, rather than creating FCNs for some behaviours that are technically illegal but sometimes benign, such as parents and children cycling to school together on the footpath.

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