Garda Traffic on Twitter 2

joujoujou

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1228799680689119232

Mr Snow

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1228952351987392513

joujoujou

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1229370518240997376

https://twitter.com/PSNITraffic/status/1228977652712837120

markc1184

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1229489657823531008?s=19

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1229502490921652224?s=19

D3V!L

markc1184 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1229489657823531008?s=19

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1229502490921652224?s=19

Are they allowed to post the name and address of the person ??

D3V!L

D3V!L wrote: »

Are they allowed to post the name and address of the person ??

Unfortunately not. Hope it doesn’t help them get off or get a big handout.

Scaltan

Mobility App will give Gardai much more information to help in enforcement

ShylockWept

D3V!L wrote: »

Are they allowed to post the name and address of the person ??

Nope, that's a GDPR breach.

wonski

ShylockWept wrote: »

Nope, that's a GDPR breach.

Name, full address, date of birth.

Good job.

That's not even funny.

Borgo

They have now put the post up again with his name marked out. Dont think that makes a difference now as the original was up for a good 15 mins. Thats a bad one.

markc1184

D3V!L wrote: »

Are they allowed to post the name and address of the person ??

Looks like they spotted their error

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1229507698317762561?s=19

Atlantic Dawn

Tax out for over 7 years, wonder was if their daily driver.

Atlantic Dawn

ShylockWept wrote: »

Nope, that's a GDPR breach.

Screen print and a handshake and a cheque for that driver.

wonski

It was not allowed even before GDPR.

Me being "nosy" found the name in a second and now it is not visible on the most common social media website. But it was earlier so he knows about it now. Probably some messages were exchanged, maybe even few nasty ones sent to the offender I guess.

This will backfire on Gardaí. Complete lack of any sort of professionalism there.

Not a simple mistake to make. Not the first time.

wonski

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Tax out for over 7 years, wonder was if their daily driver.

They could at least have a decency and pay it once in a while after transferring the ownership.

If they have to give him a daub then I hope they at least do him as much as the law will allow along with it.

Charles Babbage

wonski wrote: »

It was not allowed even before GDPR.

Me being "nosy" found the name in a second and now it is not visible on the most common social media website. But it was earlier so he knows about it now. Probably some messages were exchanged, maybe even few nasty ones sent to the offender I guess.

This will backfire on Gardaí. Complete lack of any sort of professionalism there.

Not a simple mistake to make. Not the first time.

If they had brought him to court it would have been a matter of public record.

blackbird99

there's a screen grab of the original in the comments

A GDPR breach doesn't affect criminal proceedings, and you also aren't going to get any compensation for it when it was an unintentional accident and fixed within minutes. No need to catastrophise or waffle.

TJJP

https://www.donegaldaily.com/2020/02/14/man-who-bought-car-in-donegal-caught-driving-at-211kph/

Atlantic Dawn

TJJP wrote: »

https://www.donegaldaily.com/2020/02/14/man-who-bought-car-in-donegal-caught-driving-at-211kph/

A '2 litre diesel Golf' no less

dsmythy

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

A '2 litre diesel Golf' no less

Must be hard to look at the aul speedometer the odd time on them.

colm_mcm

So did he get points or what?

tuxy

colm_mcm wrote: »

So did he get points or what?

5 penalty points is mandatory for a careless driving conviction. It's out of the judges control.

joujoujou

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1229673409900138496

bazz26

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1229875949698719744

joujoujou

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1229876900660760581

joeysoap

How did they get a rental with no license ? Wouldn’t the rental have basic insurance included to cover themselves in the case of an accident?

bazz26

Someone they know with a clean licence might have rented it or the rental company didn't do proper checks.

tuxy

Some people do not hand in their licence on conviction or else claimed they lost their licence and order a duplicate when they know the case is going ahead.

Do the rental companies have access to a database to check if a licence is valid?

tcawley29

tuxy wrote: »

Do the rental companies have access to a database to check if a licence is valid?

I think they have their own internal blacklist system but this wouldn't be the same as checking if a driver is disqualified

inforfun

joeysoap wrote: »

How did they get a rental with no license ? Wouldn’t the rental have basic insurance included to cover themselves in the case of an accident?

Recently had to renew my license.
I have now 2.
Rented a car at hertz after changing DL details in my profile at their website.
Picked up car, nothing was checked.

Was also the newest car i have ever driven in my life. 1,8 miles it had.

ShylockWept

Why are the Gardaí wasting resources on such twitter account?

It should not be happening? Such events should not be publicized on a social media website.

DaveyDave

ShylockWept wrote: »

Why are the Gardaí wasting resources on such twitter account?

It should not be happening? Such events should not be publicized on a social media website.

I think it's important for the public to see them doing something. There's not enough checkpoints on the roads simply because there's not enough Gardai, but seeing them catching people speeding on roads I frequent or having checkpoints in and around where I live helps. I share the road with these feckers.

Sure, most of them will be back in the roads illegally, but at least it makes life a pain in the arse for them.

I wouldn't say resources are wasted either, it's likely handled by a social media/PR staff.

ShylockWept

DaveyDave wrote: »

I think it's important for the public to see them doing something. There's not enough checkpoints on the roads simply because there's not enough Gardai, but at least they're doing something. Seeing them catching people speeding on the N4 which I frequent or doing checkpoints in and around where I live helps. I share the road with these feckers.

Sure, most of them will be back in the roads illegally, but at least it makes life a pain in the arse for them.

I wouldn't say resources are wasted either, it's likely handled by a social media/PR staff and to be fair, they're on public roads.

Fair points; I hadn't thought of that.

Just seem like they sometimes take it too far - laughing at misfortune of drivers caught on minor matters. yet, they do not provide such postings if and when they catch real criminals.

ShylockWept

ShylockWept wrote: »

Fair points; I hadn't thought of that.

Just seem like they sometimes take it too far - laughing at misfortune of drivers caught on minor matters. yet, they do not provide such postings if and when they catch real criminals.

The drivers deserve to be caught, so it isn’t misfortune. The only tolerance should be zero.

ShylockWept

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

The drivers deserve to be caught, so it isn’t misfortune. The only tolerance should be zero.

Ah go wan now and get out of the park...most of them are hard working folks

why not focus more attention on real criminals as such

DaveyDave

ShylockWept wrote: »

Fair points; I hadn't thought of that.

Just seem like they sometimes take it too far - laughing at misfortune of drivers caught on minor matters. yet, they do not provide such postings if and when they catch real criminals.

I think Twitter lends itself to frequent motor offence posts and people are probably more interested in seeing cars on their news feed as opposed to posts about teenage murders, rape, elderly being robbed in their homes etc. As far as I know some regional stations have Facebook pages and you tend to see drug and weapons seizures there.

ShylockWept

ShylockWept wrote: »

Ah go wan now and get out of the park...most of them are hard working folks

why not focus more attention on real criminals as such

You can’t make the rules different for different people just based on ‘ah shur’. Keep to the rules and keep your paperwork up to date. It’s not exactly a big ask.

donvito99

ShylockWept wrote: »

Ah go wan now and get out of the park...most of them are hard working folks

why not focus more attention on real criminals as such

If they're so hard working why not get your tax, insurance and NCT sorted, and keep your vehicle in proper working order?

tuxy

ShylockWept wrote: »

Ah go wan now and get out of the park...most of them are hard working folks

why not focus more attention on real criminals as such

I would never pay motor tax if there was no enforcement and I'd be tempted to go without NCT if I considered what it failed on to be something minor.
I imagine the majority of people would do the same. Laws need to have some amount of enforcement to make them relevant even the minor ones.

ohnonotgmail

ShylockWept wrote: »

Fair points; I hadn't thought of that.

Just seem like they sometimes take it too far - laughing at misfortune of drivers caught on minor matters. yet, they do not provide such postings if and when they catch real criminals.

Yeah it is ridiculous that a twitter account called @GardaTraffic only posts traffic offences

Top Dog

ShylockWept wrote: »

Ah go wan now and get out of the park...most of them are hard working folks

why not focus more attention on real criminals as such

ShylockWept - more like Jesus Wept :rolleyes:


Hard working folks pay their taxes etc so they don't lose what they've worked hard to have in the first place. Chancers don't bother following the law, so any ridicule or punishment they receive when caught is well deserved. Can't say I have even a hint of sympathy for the vast majority of the offenders that we see on this thread.

splinter65

ShylockWept wrote: »

Ah go wan now and get out of the park...most of them are hard working folks

why not focus more attention on real criminals as such

Who are the real criminals?
Someone who has failed the driving test but is driving unaccompanied in an uninsured car that’s not roadworthy crashes into my daughter who has all her paperwork in order and kills her but according to you that’s a “hard working person” so no punishment for them.
But who is a criminal??

FishOnABike

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

You can’t make the rules different for different people just based on ‘ah shur’. Keep to the rules and keep your paperwork up to date. It’s not exactly a big ask.

donvito99 wrote: »

If they're so hard working why not get your tax, insurance and NCT sorted, and keep your vehicle in proper working order?

Isn't this exactly what they are doing with NCT certificates + discs at the moment and likely for a few more months yet. Legally you should have them but 'ah shur'.

ShylockWept

splinter65 wrote: »

Who are the real criminals?
Someone who has failed the driving test but is driving unaccompanied in an uninsured car that’s not roadworthy crashes into my daughter who has all her paperwork in order and kills her but according to you that’s a “hard working person” so no punishment for them.
But who is a criminal??

I'm hugely sorry to hear that...and of course somebody who drives uninsured and causes such a tragedy is the lowest of the low.

My point is that I fail to see the point of a twitter feed that humiliates some people whop are committing minor violations....

ShylockWept

ShylockWept wrote: »

I'm hugely sorry to hear that...and of course somebody who drives uninsured and causes such a tragedy is the lowest of the low.

My point is that I fail to see the point of a twitter feed that humiliates some people whop are committing minor violations....

It doesn’t though, apart from the odd mistake. 99.99% of the time they humiliate nobody because they name nobody. It’s good to see there’s action being taken, especially all the new drug testing.

joujoujou

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1230193974054440962

GNWoodd

Why didn't Gardatraffic comment on a motorway being closed by the sulkies ? . Much easier to pull a motorist off the road while driving to work .

square ball

GNWoodd wrote: »

Why didn't Gardatraffic comment on a motorway being closed by the sulkies ? . Much easier to pull a motorist off the road while driving to work .

Might require doing some real work. Road safety is only important if it is also revenue generating. It's the reason why the RSA are slow to upgrade accident black spots for poorly engineered junctions/roads.