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Garda checkpoint pages on FB

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  • 20-01-2021 11:46pm
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    Henry Ford III
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    Saw one earlier (Dublin). What's the idea I wonder?

    Is it a heads up for folk who might be wanting to drive without tax, insurance, NCT, or license to avoid detection?

    Do people check these pages before setting off on a journey or worse still check them whilst en route?

    I think it's all pretty questionable.

    Any thoughts?


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    Newuser2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 107 ✭✭Newuser2


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    Saw one earlier (Dublin). What's the idea I wonder?

    Is it a heads up for folk who might be wanting to drive without tax, insurance, NCT, or license to avoid detection?

    Do people check these pages before setting off on a journey or worse still check them whilst en route?

    I think it's all pretty questionable.

    Any thoughts?


    Young lads I thought mainly that don't want to meet one


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Basically that's it, they want to warn others and hope to continue to drive stoned, coked up or other issues.


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    Mimon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,474 ✭✭✭Mimon


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    Saw one earlier (Dublin). What's the idea I wonder?

    Is it a heads up for folk who might be wanting to drive without tax, insurance, NCT, or license to avoid detection?

    Do people check these pages before setting off on a journey or worse still check them whilst en route?

    I think it's all pretty questionable.

    Any thoughts?

    Signed up to a couple for mostly speed traps. Haven't checked them in a couple of years so not sure if still going.

    Telling about checkpoints I didn't like as who knows why a checkpoint could be set up. Could be to stop a dangerous criminal from escaping an area etc.


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    Newuser2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 107 ✭✭Newuser2


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Basically that's it, they want to warn others and hope to continue to drive stoned, coked up or other issues.

    Drug driving is rife with young lads


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    pippip
    Registered Users Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭pippip


    I might remind a few, before the high horse brigade arrive, that there used to be a similar speed check thread on here many moons ago.

    I know not identical but similar vibe


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    Newuser2
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    pippip wrote: »
    I might remind a few, before the high horse brigade arrive, that there used to be a similar speed check thread on here many moons ago.

    Random ones or the fixed ones?

    The fixed ones were public knowledge


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    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,634 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Hard to see any positive in them.

    Criminals must love them. Free info on where the Gardai are (or may not be).


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    Newuser2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 107 ✭✭Newuser2


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    Hard to see any positive in them.

    Criminals must love them. Free info on where the Gardai are (or may not be).

    Prob why they started moving round

    They'd be at random spots for a few minutes and move to the next location

    You could meet them anywhere


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    Northern Monkey
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    Surely something like Waze is a better option for this


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    pippip
    Registered Users Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭pippip


    Newuser2 wrote: »
    Random ones or the fixed ones?

    The fixed ones were public knowledge

    Both, was deemed illegal and shut down.


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    pinktoe
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    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    Hard to see any positive in them.

    Criminals must love them. Free info on where the Gardai are (or may not be).

    I have seen posts shared about houses and sheds or even dogs getting robbed in the area which is handy to know. They also can be good to know about delays, crashes and road works. I rarely check them though.


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    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,634 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    pinktoe wrote: »
    I have seen posts shared about houses and sheds or even dogs getting robbed in the area which is handy to know. They also can be good to know about delays, crashes and road works. I rarely check them though.

    Sat nav is in car friendly and has to be a better bet. Traffic delays are shown in real time.


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    Del2005
    Registered Users Posts: 18,899 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    Northern Monkey wrote: »
    Surely something like Waze is a better option for this

    Same thing though. I'm far from an angel but as said earlier not all check points are for catching motorists, a few might get caught but if you are doing something illegal tough.


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    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    What's the idea I wonder?
    Its for "the Bai's" so they know where not to drive

    Is it a heads up for folk who might be wanting to drive without tax, insurance, NCT, or license to avoid detection?
    Yes

    Do people check these pages before setting off on a journey or worse still check them whilst en route?
    Most likely

    I think it's all pretty questionable.
    Agreed

    Any thoughts?
    For idiots


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    rabbitinlights
    Registered Users Posts: 4,002 ✭✭✭rabbitinlights


    It's a digital flash of the lights.


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    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,634 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    It's not in real time though, so unless you are glued to FB whilst driving what's the point?


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    colm_mcm
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    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    It's not in real time though, so unless you are glued to FB whilst driving what's the point?

    They are probably glued to FB whilst driving.

    They won’t get caught though.


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    #19
    DaveyDave
    Registered Users Posts: 6,195 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    My sister used to drive unaccompanied, she had to check it every time she wanted to leave the house. Feck that...


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    Del2005
    Registered Users Posts: 18,899 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    It's not in real time though, so unless you are glued to FB whilst driving what's the point?

    It is on Waze. I've seen people watching videos while driving so having facebook open wound't surprise me.


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    tcawley29
    Registered Users Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭tcawley29


    Del2005 wrote: »
    It is on Waze. I've seen people watching videos while driving so having facebook open wound't surprise me.

    No it's not. Someone has to report it first on Waze.


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    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,882 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    Yeah I don't like the sharing of checkpoints as it comes with so many issues.

    But the ones that tell people where speed vans are I have no problem with. I was in a good one where I used to live. You'd know about speed vans, loose cows, people walking in dark clothing without a path at night, groups of cyclists. Floods. Trees down on the road etc. It was actually very good.

    Just had a look at it now after at least 2 years and it's all checkpoints. not good


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    [Deleted User]
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    To be fair to the Gardai, they know about these pages and (pre-covid) checkpoints generally only lasted about 20 minutes anyway, and they'd pack up and move to a different road.


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    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,634 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    To be fair to the Gardai, they know about these pages and (pre-covid) checkpoints generally only lasted about 20 minutes anyway, and they'd pack up and move to a different road.

    Yes and by the time somebody has posted a location to FB and the members have seen it it's probably too late.


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    Del2005
    Registered Users Posts: 18,899 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    tcawley29 wrote: »
    No it's not. Someone has to report it first on Waze.

    They get to Facebook the same way they get to Waze.


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    DaveyDave
    Registered Users Posts: 6,195 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    Del2005 wrote: »
    They get to Facebook the same way they get to Waze.

    Waze has voice commands so you can still report things hands free.


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    #27
    StemCell
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭StemCell


    Or just report a lot of false Garda checkpoints on Waze if you object to people breaking the law.


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    #28
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,634 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    DaveyDave wrote: »
    Waze has voice commands so you can still report things hands free.

    Press a button on a touchscreen and it's done. Facebook is totally different.


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    micah537
    Registered Users Posts: 254 ✭✭micah537


    I keep an eye on the Galway one at times. I don't care about checkpoints as everything is in order on my car. The page has nearly 76,000 likes so yes a lot are looking at it, no way is that number of people trying to avoid detection.

    I don't look at or know what's on the other Gardaí pages, but this page is handy when there is a storm or flooding as it's more up to date in rural settings than apps or AA Road watch. If a road is impassable I want to know before I leave the house.

    As mentioned earlier, they can alert people to robberies and crime in the area which I want to know about, so they act as a community watch page as well. BTW the community watch page in my area just seems to share posts from the checkpoint page.

    There are some clowns in the comment section who do seem to be missing a disc or three, so the Gardai could check them out if they really wanted to. With ANPR and the mobility app, it's pretty risky to venture out without everything in order even with FB pages and app etc.


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    #30
    Henry Ford III
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    Isn't the population of Galway c.76000? They hardly all look at that page.


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    Ash.J.Williams
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    Newuser2 wrote: »
    Drug driving is rife with young lads

    More than young fellas:)


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