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Speedee Gardee

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  • 28-02-2010 1:01am
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    Ban Ki Moon
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    I was in Portlaois this evening.We(traffic) were just entering the town, there seemed to be slow moving traffic for some reason,Everyone was doing 50 in a 50 zone. As we approached one of Portlaois's 50 odd roundabouts i could see that there was a Volvo XC70 traffic corps car behind the slow offender.Anyway, on the first piece of solid white line after the roundabout the law enforcement overtook the "slow" driver and went ahead speeding along at at least 70 kph in a 50 zone

    They were in no hurry BTW,They have emergency lights for that(and we eventually caught up with them at another roundabout at the garda station)everything was fine with these boyracers.


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    MagicMarker
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    Great story.


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    Beasty
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    Did you report them?

    EDIT - other than here


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    kingtut
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    oh for feck sake!


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    Ban Ki Moon
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    Beasty wrote: »
    Did you report them?

    EDIT - other than here
    How do you report boyracers that drive garda cars?

    Thats a genuine question!


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    itsallaboutheL
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    Ban Ki Moon wrote: »
    I was in Portlaois this evening.We(traffic) were just entering the town, there seemed to be slow moving traffic for some reason,Everyone was doing 50 in a 50 zone. As we approached one of Portlaois's 50 odd roundabouts i could see that there was a Volvo XC70 traffic corps car behind the slow offender.Anyway, on the first piece of solid white line after the roundabout the law enforcement overtook the "slow" driver and went ahead speeding along at at least 70 kph in a 50 zone

    They were in no hurry BTW,They have emergency lights for that(and we eventually caught up with them at another roundabout at the garda station)everything was fine with these boyracers.

    XC70 was probably the RSU, i'd keep my mouth shut lol


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    Bonito
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    Seen them do it loads but when I done it at 65 in an 80 zone I got done :mad: I done it safely BTW and the car ahead was doing 55! I was stuck behind them for ages so the min I seen a safe opening I took it. Just wasnt arsed waiting another 50 yards for the broken line. From now on when I see them do it without blues and twos I'm taking their reg and making a report!


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    Kasabian
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    Bonito wrote: »
    Seen them do it loads but when I done it at 65 in an 80 zone I got done :mad: I done it safely BTW and the car ahead was doing 55! I was stuck behind them for ages so the min I seen a safe opening I took it. Just wasnt arsed waiting another 50 yards for the broken line. From now on when I see them do it without blues and twos I'm taking their reg and making a report!

    good luck with that


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    Beasty
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    Ban Ki Moon wrote: »

    Thats a genuine question!
    Mine wasn't:rolleyes:


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    Bonito
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    lonad wrote: »
    good luck with that
    Better chance winnin' the lotto! As much as I admire them I hate it when they go on their little power trips!


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    Ban Ki Moon
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    itsallaboutheL wrote: »
    XC70 was probably the RSU, i'd keep my mouth shut lol

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    PeakOutput
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    who the **** cares


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    Ban Ki Moon
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    .......Me......


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    BluesBerry
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    I freak out when the gaurds are driving behind me so much so that all im doing is concentrating on the speedometer checking my speed than the actual road

    Id say sometimes the gaurds get pretty sick of people doing this being stuck behind people going so slow

    cant blame them tbh


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    Ban Ki Moon
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    BluesBerry wrote: »
    I freak out when the gaurds are driving behind me so much so that all im doing is concentrating on the speedometer checking my speed than the actual road

    Id say sometimes the gaurds get pretty sick of people doing this being stuck behind people going so slow

    cant blame them tbh
    Try telling that to a gatso van


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    Ban Ki Moon wrote: »
    .......Me......

    Like all jobs being a garda has perks. This is one of them. We would all do the same in their place, get over it.


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    Sharpshooter
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    Moved to the correct forum.


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    Ban Ki Moon
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    Nalani Plain Smallness wrote: »
    Like all jobs being a garda has perks. This is one of them. We would all do the same in their place, get over it.
    How ignorant are you?

    The law is the law is the law and NO ONE is above it.Thats what we are told.


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    Ban Ki Moon wrote: »
    How ignorant are you?

    The law is the law is the law and NO ONE is above it.Thats what we are told.

    I think you will find that members of the gardai are exempt from most traffic laws while on duty regardless of being on an emergency call or not. There are any number of reasons why they needed to overtake in this case.

    Also they do not have to use sirens etc when on a call if they think they can progress quicker without making people panic.


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    Ban Ki Moon
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    Nalani Plain Smallness wrote: »
    I think you will find that members of the gardai are exempt from most traffic laws while on duty regardless of being on an emergency call or not. There are any number of reasons why they needed to overtake in this case.

    Also they do not have to use sirens etc when on a call if they think they can progress quicker without making people panic.

    Tea was gettin cold?


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    MickShamrock
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    Ban Ki Moon wrote: »
    How ignorant are you?

    The law is the law is the law and NO ONE is above it.Thats what we are told.

    They are the law.


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    kmart6
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    Sharpshooter wrote: »
    Moved to the correct forum.
    Really.....?!....could it not just be deleted!


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    Scan Man
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    Pointless thread.

    The XC90 is specifically designed and issued only to the new Regional Response Unit, but yes, it has the same Battenburg markings as the Traffic Corp, which would be confusing to the ordinary man on the street. The main difference would be the red writing on the door saying "Armed Response Unit" and the LED scroller on the roof saying, among several pre-programmed messages, "Armed Garda Reponse Unit".

    Best not to interfere if they're at work.


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