Laser / Radar Detector - Are they worth it?

heggie

then dont be disillusioned that people want to buy radar detectors, when the speed check system is such a shambles. I know many people will be getting one as soon as the privatised money machines/speed cameras roll out. We learn nothing, accidents in the UK have actually gone up in most places fixed cameras were deployed.

deputydugs

Nice to see someone with an actual comment that means something on this thread. as as for learning somthing if one person can realise that Public awarness is a major fact and not the gardai then maybe it will help. We try to do our job with what little resources we have. We wnat to saves lives but unless the public listen then we can not help.

heggie wrote:

then dont be disillusioned that people want to buy radar detectors, when the speed check system is such a shambles. I know many people will be getting one as soon as the privatised money machines/speed cameras roll out. We learn nothing, accidents in the UK have actually gone up in most places fixed cameras were deployed.

Our man in Havana

If you called me a dick on the street or adressed any member of the public in such a manner I would have you out on your ear so fast. I will deffo send this thread to the supreme commander himself down on the green. Just because you are posting on the internet your real identity can be found out. I bet the minister would take a dim view of you bringing the force into disrepute in a public manner.

deputydugs

:rolleyes:

Turner

Just ban him, personal abuse is not tolerated here.


Acting the way you are here DD will undoubtedly embarrass the many Gardai who actually use the forums.

There is a way of giving your side of the story, you are going about it the wrong way.

ainran

deputydugs wrote:

Nice to see someone with an actual comment that means something on this thread. as as for learning somthing if one person can realise that Public awarness is a major fact and not the gardai then maybe it will help. We try to do our job with what little resources we have. We wnat to saves lives but unless the public listen then we can not help.

I could have sworn that I started this topic off about laser / radar detectors and I specifically requested no evangelists, ah well people tend to hear what they like…

The vast majority of people know that’s speed kills, hence MOST people stay inside and below the speed limit when it is sensible to do so. I understand that the roll of the gardi in this matter is to enforce the law, however even when I am leisurely under the speed limit, I would still like to be aware that there is some paddy, sitting behind a ditch pointing a speed gun at my car. I would like to know to make sure that since I last looked at the speedometer 15 seconds ago, that I have not drifted 5/6mph over the limit. The limit is not always fair / practical, such as the Naas road being 40mph even though there are two wide lanes in places etc, but it is not dangerous in these places. 90% of the time, the traffic core choose places to pull up that are convenient for them and not black spots for accidents. This does not help promote a “strict on speeding” persona.

Look, the long and the sort of it is that we could go on about this for days and never agree. Although I am not a member I have and do work closely with many gardi as well as being related to some of them (most of who have points and complain about the same things as I do). I have seen accidents where people have died and I have known people who have died who definitely would have survived if they were going slower. But there has to be a medium between a sensible speed and an unenforceable speed limit. Unenforceable speed limits just annoy the public and the gardi because the gardi they are the point of contact for the public.

My point is that I just think it’s wrong and in breach of my civil rights not to be able to tell if someone is watching what I’m doing. It’s like saying to a kid, I’m watching you, now don’t look at me! Especially if i havent done anything wrong, How is that fair? Besides these devices just monitor for frequencies and alert you to specific frequencies. Since when is it illegal to listen to a radio?

Turner

There is no duty paid on them to the government. That is why they are illegal.

WhiteWashMan

shut the fúck up the lot of you.

its like a fúcking creche in here sometimes.

you speed, its against the law. you buy something to get you around speeding, its against the law.

if you want to know so much about them, go a fúcking research it on line you lazy bunch of fúckers.