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Are the Garda on strike?

  • 22-03-2010 3:19pm
    #1
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,341 ✭✭✭✭


    reason I ask, I stopped at a red light this morning then saw there was nothing coming so decided to drive on, I was fully gone through the red light when I spotted a garda car coming. I slowly reversed backwards and looked back at the Garda car, they were laughing.
    Just wondering are they on strike, I have a feeling it just looked comical, me reversing backwards with a butter wouldn't melt look.


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  • #2
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    lol..
    this won't go well..


  • #3
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    The gardai are currently on 'withdrawal of goodwill'
    http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0322/pay.html

    Obviously laughing their a*ses off at you doesn't come under "goodwill" :D


  • #4
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    Funny-Horse-animal-planet-3294859-600-401.jpg


    Clippity Clop ....


  • #5
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,341 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    peasant wrote: »
    The gardai are currently on 'withdrawal of goodwill'
    http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0322/pay.html

    Obviously laughing their a*ses off at you doesn't come under "goodwill" :D

    I was delighted with their goodwill, I've never been more guilty of a road traffic offence in my life. I was fully stopped then decided to drive on, no idea why, I was not in a hurry, just got the urge.


  • #6
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    I think you just got lucky and caught them on a good day.


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  • #7
    Theta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,760 ✭✭✭Theta


    Id say they just thought your sheepish reversing was funny!


  • #8
    Viper_JB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭Viper_JB


    Ah sure they're only human (for the most part) nice to actually hear stories like that, I'd say if you had gone on they'd have stopped you.


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    "They will however continue to use their own cars for duty - gardaí are paid a mileage allowance for this."

    Do many guards use their own car for duty ? I remember years back being pulled over by guards in a C reg Vento one night.


  • #10
    ljohnson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭ljohnson


    of course not


  • #11
    CharlieCroker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,451 ✭✭✭CharlieCroker


    not in that way. If a guard has to attend something like a training course etc on the other side of the city or down the country, then they get mileage.


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    That's fair enough, was amazed when the Vento pulled me, he had the blue light in it too.


  • #13
    Absurdum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,445 ✭✭✭Absurdum


    Red_Light_Camera1.jpg

    Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children?!?!? :eek:


  • #14
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,794 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    RoverJames wrote: »
    Do many guards use their own car for duty ?

    ...not uncommon in rural areas for Gardai to use their own cars. I've seen one using the 'hairdryer' from his own 406........

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #15
    jayok
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭jayok


    galwaytt wrote: »
    ...not uncommon in rural areas for Gardai to use their own cars. I've seen one using the 'hairdryer' from his own 406........

    Hmmm... this just seems to open a legal can of worms. If a Garda uses his/her car in the line of duty and is involved in a collision, the state cannot cover this (not a state car), so it must be private insurance. Surely the insurance company would find an "out" clause in this?


  • #16
    rebel.ranter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭rebel.ranter


    If they have to travel to court on their own time (or on work time) it is only right that they get mileage allowance for this. I do in my job, why should it be any different for them?


  • #17
    jayok
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭jayok


    rebel.ranter wrote: »
    If they have to travel to court on their own time (or on work time) it is only right that they get mileage allowance for this. I do in my job, why should it be any different for them?

    There's no reason not to get mileage allowance. My question was around the use of their personal car for more "active" duties - like speed trapping. Say for example, the speeding driver doesn't stop. Does the Garda purse the offending driver in his personal car? (at high-speed?) I'd imagine private insurance would run a mile from this scenario.


  • #18
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69,592 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    I thought the state insured Guards to drive any vehicle they had a licence for in line of their duty? e.g. why they can drive impounded cars away, etc.

    One of the members will likely know for sure.


  • #19
    CharlieCroker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,451 ✭✭✭CharlieCroker


    Gardai are not allowed to use their personal cehicles while on duty unless its extreme circumstances. Generally not though.

    As for driving S.41 cars away, thats pretty much stopped now. we order recovery every time a car is siezed


  • #20
    TheNog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭TheNog


    MYOB wrote: »
    I thought the state insured Guards to drive any vehicle they had a licence for in line of their duty? e.g. why they can drive impounded cars away, etc.

    One of the members will likely know for sure.

    Yes the State covers the insurance while a Garda is on duty and if he/she is driving their own car or someone elses. However permission has to given first if the Garda has to drive their own car. Its a different story for the Section 41s.

    Down the country we still drive the 41s back to the station.


  • #21
    znv6i3h7kqf9ys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 497 ✭✭znv6i3h7kqf9ys


    Theta wrote: »
    Id say they just thought your sheepish reversing was funny!
    Some Gardai are human, anyone would laugh


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  • #22
    Theta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,760 ✭✭✭Theta


    Amy Wailing Syrup wrote: »
    Some Gardai are human, anyone would laugh


    Thats what im saying, Thinking about it in my head it looks comical.


  • #23
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,341 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    It was comical, I was gone past the traffic light when I spotted them in the rear view mirror, they fact that I was stopped at the red light and then decided to drive on must have had them scratching their heads for a minute, thankfully they saw the funny side, I was too guilty if there is such a thing:)


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