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Cut out cops

  • 01-04-2010 11:21am
    #1
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭


    hi
    there is a cut out full size garda on the side of the dublin road just outside castlebar
    is it an april fool or are they putting these up to do some slowing over the weekend

    anyone else see them
    ?


Comments

  • #2
    smokingman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,754 ✭✭✭smokingman


    They put a cut-out life-sized garda car with cop pointing a speed camera out the window between Kilcullen and Athy a few months back - saves on overtime bills I suppose...


  • #3
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    yeah the one hear has a speed gun but i suspose he can't afford a car with the recession
    if it wasn't official i'd love one for outside my house


  • #4
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,472 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Not a bad idea in fairness. Bet ya slowed down when ya saw it.


  • #5
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 40,367 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    http://www.rte.ie/news/morningireland/player.html?20100401,2729049,2729049,real,209


  • #6
    Berty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,152 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    I heard about this on the radio this morning.

    The UK had tried this around 20 years ago and it actually caused crashes by people panic braking.

    Seriously, either DO speed checks but dont pretend to do them.


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  • #7
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 40,367 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    These have been on our roads for a while now.
    Remember this fella checking the speed of a ditch
    0001907210dr.jpg
    http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0630/roads.html


  • #8
    Theta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,760 ✭✭✭Theta


    Berty wrote: »
    I heard about this on the radio this morning.

    The UK had tried this around 20 years ago and it actually caused crashes by people panic braking.

    Seriously, either DO speed checks but dont pretend to do them.

    Some police forces in the US have been doing it and have found it worked pretty well.


  • #9
    BlackWizard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,282 ✭✭✭BlackWizard


    They will cause untold rubber necking if put on the m50!


  • #10
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    That's actually Nice Guy Always in the pic, he always said he wanted to be a model but fell back on being a Guard


  • #11
    Berty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,152 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    Onkle wrote: »
    That's actually Nice Guy Always in the pic, he always said he wanted to be a model but fell back on being a Guard

    He always wanted to lose weight. Heck, he'll never be as thin as that.


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  • #12
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    mickdw wrote: »
    Not a bad idea in fairness. Bet ya slowed down when ya saw it.


    why?
    i wasn't speeding i never speed speeding is the work of the devil


  • #13
    znv6i3h7kqf9ys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 497 ✭✭znv6i3h7kqf9ys


    kbannon wrote: »
    These have been on our roads for a while now.
    Remember this fella checking the speed of a ditch
    0001907210dr.jpg
    http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0630/roads.html

    When have you ever seen alloys or tints on a squad car?


  • #14
    Berty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,152 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    Judah Howling Billionaire wrote: »
    When have you ever seen alloys or tints on a squad car?

    They are not alloys. They are actually steel rims with hubcaps that look like alloys.

    The Insignia(facelift of that car) has the same wheels on the S and SC model.


  • #15
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,794 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Berty wrote: »
    They are not alloys. They are actually steel rims with hubcaps that look like alloys.


    I'm quite sure the ones on that car are neither........

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    “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” 



  • #16
    ShiresV2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭ShiresV2


    Tigger wrote: »
    hi
    there is a cut out full size garda on the side of the dublin road just outside castlebar
    is it an april fool or are they putting these up to do some slowing over the weekend

    Hmm, might look nice in the living room.


  • #17
    znv6i3h7kqf9ys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 497 ✭✭znv6i3h7kqf9ys


    ShiresV2 wrote: »
    Hmm, might look nice in the living room.
    or on fire, BURN


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