Do garda checkpoints acutally exist anymore ?

Colash

Meself an the brother had this conversation the other day . Is there a cut back on check points ? I'm driving 9 years and I can safely say I've come across 10 mabye 11 check points on the road in that time and I used to do around 7k miles a year . The same with my brother . Anyone else notice this?

Piriz

i usually see about 4 a year living in Dublin City

Littlegirllost

I don't know about other parts of the country but I'm Newport, Tipperary there are often checkpoints there. I think they do them every month there.

I've not seen many in others spots in the last few years though

Colash

Piriz wrote: »

i usually see about 4 a year living in Dublin City

4 a year isn't a whole lot for dub city either

Paulw

There was one beside where I live last week. They are still out there.

But, I guess if you consider the number of Gardai, the number of roads, the number of journeys you take, the chances of hitting a checkpoint are very slim.

barney 20v

In fairness 7K is nothing in driving terms, it depends on your location i think as to your probability of meeting a check point.
I do over 20k a year and have not seen a checkpoint in 2.5 years.

Colash

I used to travel daily to Sligo on the n4 . There was a period of around 2 mabye 3 years where I never seen or came across a checkpoint .

kerry4sam

A Guard stopped me at a check-point a few weeks back asking where I was cycling from & to and whether I'd seen a particular vehicle whilst on that route. That Guard knew me so don't know if that's why he asked me to stop or if they ask all cyclists when looking for particulars whilst holding check-points.

Hope they found who they were looking for

Colash

kerry4sam wrote: »

A Guard stopped me at a check-point a few weeks back asking where I was cycling from & to and whether I'd seen a particular vehicle whilst on that route. That Guard knew me so don't know if that's why he asked me to stop or if they ask all cyclists when looking for particulars whilst holding check-points.

Hope they found who they were looking for

Do the Garda have any power when it comes to cyclists ?

Wile E. Coyote

Depends on the amount of driving you do and where you are. The Guards aren't going to have a 24hr check point. They'll do it for an hour tops so if you're only doing 7k a year your chances of running into one are very slim. I do about 60k a year and I've come across 7-8 so far this year.

Colash

Wile E. Coyote wrote: »

Depends on the amount of driving you do and where you are. The Guards aren't going to have a 24hr check point. They'll do it for an hour tops so if you're only doing 7k a year your chances of running into one are very slim. I do about 60k a year and I've come across 7-8 so far this year.

I met a guy last week at work who hasn't taxed his car in over a year and a half and he reckons he does huge mileage every year .60k plus . I told him the Garda would lift his car if caught and he just laughed

Fred Swanson

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dan_ep82

Colash wrote: »

Do the Garda have any power when it comes to cyclists ?

I'd like to imagine so:eek:

hullaballoo

dan_ep82 wrote: »

I'd like to imagine so:eek:

I think we were all secretly hoping the penny would have dropped and that comment deleted by now. Oh, well.

Yellowblackbird

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Maybe the Gardai based in controversial areas are too busy dealing with the controversy to be able to instigate check points.

audidiesel

they do exist, but not nearly as many as there used to be. blame a chronic lack of transport and also garda numbers are down so there isn't as much time to stand out and do them.

charlemont

There was a lot of checkpoints around Cork the last few days.

gowley

Colash wrote: »

Meself an the brother had this conversation the other day . Is there a cut back on check points ? I'm driving 9 years and I can safely say I've come across 10 mabye 11 check points on the road in that time and I used to do around 7k miles a year . The same with my brother . Anyone else notice this?

i think alan shatter has

solas111

Colash wrote: »

Meself an the brother had this conversation the other day . Is there a cut back on check points ? I'm driving 9 years and I can safely say I've come across 10 mabye 11 check points on the road in that time and I used to do around 7k miles a year . The same with my brother . Anyone else notice this?

The checkpoints are not anywhere near as frequent as they used to be despite the rubbish talk you will hear from the Garda Superintendents on TV and radio.

However, you will find them out on the road just before the monthly District Court dates, all in the interests of road safety of course.

Neeson

They're always on Pembroke street I think it's called. Outside Louis copeland and matt the threshers.

Wasn't this the place where shatter was caught?

gowley

Neeson wrote: »

They're always on Pembroke street I think it's called. Outside Louis copeland and matt the threshers.

Wasn't this the place where shatter was caught?

or wasnt caught. depends on your point of view

hfallada

I live beside the canal in Dublin and you cant really have a garda checkpoint when the traffic is barely moving at 8pm in the evening.

Neither of my parents have gotten breathalyzed in 10 years and my dad drives a van they just let him through check points without checking anything

solas111

Neeson wrote: »

They're always on Pembroke street I think it's called. Outside Louis copeland and matt the threshers.

Wasn't this the place where shatter was caught?

Sheeeesh…. The Shatter story has been rewritten. Some people maintain that the Yanks never landed on the moon and now we know that Alan never refused to blow into the breathalyser thingy.

hullaballoo

Stop talking about Alan Shatter.

solas111

hullaballoo wrote: »

Stop talking about Alan Shatter.

Don't mention the war.

carzony

https://www.facebook.com/FreeChatDublin?ref=stream&hc_location=timeline

That will give you an idea of how many checkpoints there does be, According to that they are regular enough