Traffic Blues - Cork

Hooch

Random wrote: »

its too short and the voiceover guy annoys the hell outta me. otherwise its great to see some frontline footage. shame to see the gardai not able to keep up with the other car on the motorway.

There is a difference between not keeping up to it and keeping a safe distance.

His speed was in excess of 180kmph.....a 2.0ltr petrol mondeo is well capable of 220+. While he did say the car was moving etc.....he never lost it. Save distance on a motorway pursuit is very important......and can be allowed for as you have much better vision. A back road/inner city/suburbs pursuit requires closer distance of course to ensure the car is not lost.....as you can see they never lost the car and were very close once off the motorway.

Mister Jingles

Now on RTE Player.

http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1103243

kirving

Loved the chase at the end since I know all the roads except for the estate at the start. Was wondering where he was gonna end up!

Was on the bridge for my second driving lesson a few years ago, which was a bit tricky I'll admit! Once I heard Bohernabreena on the radio, I was waiting to see him crash there!

They should really keep producing the show, like Road Wars. I think part of the appeal of that though, is getting to know the officers. Being with a "pro-active" unit like the TV's helps in this respect, since there might be more interesting footage more frequently.

Rothmans

NGA wrote: »

It refers to the old yellow pack. Old recruit epps were yellow hence they were called yellow packs. Name stuck when it changed to blue

Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly is a yellow pack and blue pack? And whats the difference between them? Also, what are epps?

eroo

Fair play to the Garda in Cork who arrests the drunk driver, exactly by the book.. even placing the hand on person he's arresting!

A Professional.

Zambia

Rothmans wrote: »

Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly is a yellow pack and blue pack? And whats the difference between them? Also, what are epps?

Epulett , it denotes the rank of the officer and is worn on the shoulder.

murphym7

Really enjoyed it, much better than the last series. Question though, we saw the number plate recognition camera being used and the speed detection camera inside a following car - are these widely used all over the country?

Quote of the show was this though, when the lads were following the woman in the Audi "You were completely oblivious to our unmarked car" , classic!!:D

goldie fish

Yup, they even had a chase where the offender was both caught and jailed.
Looks much better than the first season.

goldie fish

NGA wrote: »

It refers to the old yellow pack. Old recruit epps were yellow hence they were called yellow packs. Name stuck when it changed to blue

What do students wear now? Or is it that there just isn't any of them in over a year?

harr

It has to be very frustrating for the guards that the lad in the red BMW was released with no charge like been caught with herion and the stuff in the car,i know it would be hard to prosecuted for the blade and hammer but how did he escape the drug charge? And how many guards did it take off the street just to bring one person through the custody and questioning process?

source

goldie fish wrote: »

What do students wear now? Or is it that there just isn't any of them in over a year?

There haven't been any in quite a while. Templemore is a ghost town at the moment.

Sunnyisland

harr wrote: »

It has to be very frustrating for the guards that the lad in the red BMW was released with no charge like been caught with heroin and the stuff in the car,i know it would be hard to prosecuted for the blade and hammer but how did he escape the drug charge? And how many guards did it take off the street just to bring one person through the custody and questioning process?

He wasn't released he went straight to mountjoy as he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest,

Re the heroin, they were smoking it in the car & most likely just a small amount and wouldn't be enough to get a decent prosecution from it, At the end of the day they got a result with him being taken of the streets for a month,But yes it must be very frustrating,its a thankless job for the most part.

kaizersoze

Thumbs up here too. A HUGE improvement on the last series.
Hope it keeps it up.

calex71

Huge improvement, need to watch the chase bit again as that was on our road at one point, I remember being woken up by the noise of the chopper that night, it was so loud. Great to see it in action though with its camera and all!!!! as well as the rest of the kit displayed in the show, very impressive.

What happened with the stinger ? I missed a few seconds of it.

Glad to see they were not shy about smashing the window and dragging that scum from the car.

It did had a very Roadwars feel to it compared to the 1st series but in a good way.

Heathen

I was looking forward to watching this and had it set to record, i was very impressed!! production is great quality, not the usual gammy looking Irish visual production haha.. I have this show series linked now! shows AGS in a good light great stuff!

murphym7 wrote: »

Quote of the show was this though, when the lads were following the woman in the Audi "You were completely oblivious to our unmarked car" , classic!!:D

It must be a blind spot on the Audi 1.8T because the very same happened to a driver in Waterford on Saturday morning at the tall ships.. here's what happened...
I was driving through the city and as you can imagine the traffic is mental for the Tall Ships fest, but you have to expect that because of the weekend that is in it, nothing you can do... well this lad figured that if he bullied everyone on the road he would get there quicker.. so he is beeping people off the road left right and center (i was behind him observing all this), then we came upon a set of lights an an intersection, they were green but by the time we got to them they went orange and a white van ahead of him stopped, so he decide to start beeping and shouting at the van............ Out popped a member of AGS

I nearly fell out of my car laughing at this!! The guard started calling him a bully and said "If you had driven up along side me and saw the Garda logo you wouldnt be beeping! would you? Stop Bullying people!"

AGS : 1
Obnoxious Driver : 0

Justice!!

FGR

goldie fish wrote: »

What do students wear now? Or is it that there just isn't any of them in over a year?

-fondly recalls blue epaulettes-

Innocent times..!

foinse

foinse wrote: »

That chase was definitely old footage, haven't seen blue packs in years.

NGA wrote: »

The date was October 2008 I think on the video. Could have been recorded for the first series and not aired.

They obviously had to wait for the court case to finish for that clip.

And re the simple possession of drugs, you'll generally always be released pending summons as the drugs have to be analysed first.

M.J.M.C

Its on RTE Player now
http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1103243

sdanseo

The two guards featured in the chase are also the only two from the first series that reappear in this programme so safe to say it probably got recorded originally for that.

Hill St Blue

Only getting around to watching it now...far better than the first series, so kudos to all involved.

Mister Jingles

sdeire wrote: »

The two guards featured in the chase are also the only two from the first series that reappear in this programme so safe to say it probably got recorded originally for that.

But weren't they both Garda last time where as now one of them is a Sargeant ?

cocoshovel

Where exactly are all the film locations? I wonder if there will be a Waterford episode.

starviewadams

Very enjoyable show,all the members involved looked very professional,good to see footage from the helicopter too.

sdanseo

Mister Jingles wrote: »

But weren't they both Garda last time where as now one of them is a Sargeant ?

Nope, my Mam actually knows him (one of them anyway, I think she said). He was a Sgt in the last one cos I watched it all back a few weeks ago when it was repeated.

The Black Oil

A big improvement on the previous series, looking forward to the next episode.

Mister Jingles

I don't know if this is a coincidence or not but I when watching I saw that the call sign name was Tango Bravo of the lads chasing the Mondeo, (never noticed the other scenes) but I wondering if TB is an abbreviation of Traffic Blues ? I know that in Road Wars the pro-active units call sign was Tango Victor which really meant Tele-Vision so as they wouldn't be sent to fatal RTA's or something alone those lines.

CharlieCroker

All traffic units are designated Tango. The 2nd letter then designates where they're based.
Highly doubt it has anything to do with the show

Mister Jingles

Grrr was meant to say that the wouldn't be sent to....

CharlieCroker wrote: »

All traffic units are designated Tango. The 2nd letter then designates where they're based.
Highly doubt it has anything to do with the show

A coincidence it is then

Turner

Ok lads, talk of call signs are usually not allowed here, however if it made it onto tv then Án GS obviously dont mind the fact that people know the Traffic Corps call sign in Dublin is Tango Bravo.

However, there are divisional traffic units in Dublin but there is to be no talk of their call signs here, even though they operate off encrypted radios.

As other people have said, around the country most traffic corps call signs involve the word Tango...

CharlieCroker

Chief--- wrote: »

Ok lads, talk of call signs are usually not allowed here, however if it made it onto tv then Án GS obviously dont mind the fact that people know the Traffic Corps call sign in Dublin is Tango Bravo.

However, there are divisional traffic units in Dublin but there is to be no talk of their call signs here, even though they operate off encrypted radios.

As other people have said, around the country most traffic corps call signs involve the word Tango...

Sorry chief, meant to mention that in my post. Only reason I said that was it was on the show.

Turner

Yeah dont worry about it.

Id love to see the chase uploaded to youtube.

So we could link to it here........

cjmcork

sdeire wrote: »

The two guards featured in the chase are also the only two from the first series that reappear in this programme so safe to say it probably got recorded originally for that.

what - no Garda Roarty in this series................:o:(

donvito99

Mister Jingles wrote:

I know that in Road Wars the pro-active units call sign was Tango Victor which really meant Tele-Vision so as they wouldn't be sent to fatal RTA's or something alone those lines.

I thought Tango Victor meant Thames Valley

Mister Jingles

donvito99 wrote: »

I thought Tango Victor meant Thames Valley

The now famous “TV” call signs were created to allow Control Rooms to differentiate between the marked traffic units and the new proactive team and therefore not try and despatch them to road collisions/motorway commitments for which they were not equipped

http://www.road-wars.co.uk/unitinfo/proactivehistory.html

I read something similar as well on a different site which I cant find at the moment.

Anyway like it was proved earlier the call sign was just a coincidence.

starviewadams

Helicopter's call sign Alpha Sierra presumably stands for air support?

(Was mentioned on the show too,if not okay to discuss mods feel free to delete!)

Terrontress

Any youtube footage of it?

Terrontress

Terrontress wrote: »

Any youtube footage of it?

It should be on the RTÉ player.

Tollda

Its only on RTE Player for people living in the Republic of Ireland :mad:

Shield

Tollda wrote: »

Its only on RTE Player for people living in the Republic of Ireland :mad:

I live across the border in the North and I can get it.

POGAN

Just watched tonight's esp of traffic blues good chases again cork next week jack lynch tunnel rta

Random

much better than season 1. i still feel the episodes are a bit short. they leave me wanting more. i suppose the producers are doing their job then though.

Delancey

I'd like to think the producers took note of the comments on this forum about the last series - this new one is so much better.

cjmcork

POGAN wrote: »

Just watched tonight's esp of traffic blues good chases again cork next week jack lynch tunnel rta

surprised there aren't more accidents in the tunnel - was driving through this afternoon and some dope in a (yes, I'm naming and shaming) KK reg grey corolla 5-door hatchback (we'll meet again pet :mad:) pulled across me in the middle of the tunnel on a single white line, I flashed her, and she kindly waved at me..............then continued to break the red lights on the side of the tunnel heading for Dublin.............clearly she was very important and the rules of the road don't apply to her

Random

lets hope we get street wars soon enough.

cjmcork

I loved the Cork garda's greeting to the guy he'd pulled over a few weeks earlier - how are ya boy.........!!!:D

Delancey

cjmcork wrote: »

I loved the Cork garda's greeting to the guy he'd pulled over a few weeks earlier - how are ya boy.........!!!:D

Yeah , I noticed that too - I was waiting for him to say when he found the weed '' jayz now boy , aren't ya a fierce langer ? ''

cjmcork

Delancey wrote: »

Yeah , I noticed that too - I was waiting for him to say when he found the weed '' jayz now boy , aren't ya a fierce langer ? ''

how much would that cost ya on Pana like feen!? ah brilliant - nice to hear it though!

Slippin Jimmy

Have to say, I thought the first episode was better. Would love to see more car chases, but I suppose it's not all about that. Next weeks one looks good and am looking forward to it. More fantastic work done by An Garda Siochana, well done to all involved.

The Black Oil

No nonsense, walking on eggshells, self-censorship type stuff with this series.

Sterling Archer

Really enjoying this series, much better i now look forward to watching it as apposed to the last series which i watched on rte player in the wee hours of the morning while bored... Two Thumbs up lads great work