Garda Traffic on Twitter 2

Mr Snow

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1260971714151944192

Mr Snow

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1260961784187498499

joujoujou

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1261021357577551872

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1261035321749274630

wassie

liamog wrote: »

I've not been affected by the enforcement of speeds on motorways, I generally drive with cruise control on at the speed limit. However, my car was was hit by a motorbike who ran a red light in a 50km/h zone, and have had a couple of close calls as a pedestrian by people barrelling though after the man has gone green.

In Australia they have red light & speed cameras at high risk traffic light controlled intersections. Peeps who speed up to run red lights in turn get fined & penalty points twice - once for speeding and once for running a red light. Problem sorted!

Given the Garda have only been issued with their new mobility app toy in the last few months whist other countries have had similar tech for the best part of a decade, could be years before we see anything of the sort here. At least the mobility app makes their Twitter feed interesting now!

Mr Snow

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1261194821341007874

Mr Snow

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1261209400045375493

Mr Snow

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1261289783957094408

It wasnt me123

martingriff wrote: »

You are speaking of a perfect world and that all people have the driving ability. You are not the only person on the road and the point of the speed limit is that for everyone to be aware and careful of everyone on the road. 150 is not dangerous in ideal conditions but with fog ice rain etc it sure as hell could be

Exactly and include in that group drivers who have never passed a test - there are loads of them out there - just because you can drive safely at 150km, doesn't mean any of the drivers around you can drive safely at 120km.

Slow down and arrive alive

CrabRevolution

It wasnt me123 wrote: »

Exactly and include in that group drivers who have never passed a test - there are loads of them out there - just because you can drive safely at 150km, doesn't mean any of the drivers around you can drive safely at 120km.

Slow down and arrive alive

Assuming you mean the amnesty of 1979, I think this gets overblown a bit. It's estimated that between 25'000 and 50'000 people in 1979 got licenses with no test. This number can only have gotten smaller with emigration, death, illness, not renewing licenses etc. in the 40 years since, and they'll mostly be 60+ at this stage. There's over 3 million licenses in the state at the moment. Taking a midpoint of 37'500 and applying a bit of attrition, plus foreign licenses etc. I'd say far fewer than 1% of drivers you encounter will have never passed the test.

In any case it's academic since even in 2020 our driving test has no motorway section in it, so passing a test proves nothing about your ability to handle motorway driving.

bazz26

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1261636426787061760

Judging by the photo in the equipment they were nabbed from a patrol car parked on an overpass.

colm_mcm

Surprised they caught up.

drunkmonkey

colm_mcm wrote: »

Surprised they caught up.

They must have red lined the Hyundai, then pulled him on a straight white line with a truck coming the other direction all while taking Twitter friendly pictures on their phone. You'd have to question the logic.

Sam Russell

drunkmonkey wrote: »

They must have red lined the Hyundai, then pulled him on a straight white line with a truck coming the other direction all while taking Twitter friendly pictures on their phone. You'd have to question the logic.

They do have radios and other patrol cars that can be coordinated.

drunkmonkey

drunkmonkey wrote: »

They must have red lined the Hyundai, then pulled him on a straight white line with a truck coming the other direction all while taking Twitter friendly pictures on their phone. You'd have to question the logic.

The logic is punishing scum.

CrabRevolution

CrabRevolution wrote: »

Assuming you mean the amnesty of 1979, I think this gets overblown a bit. It's estimated that between 25'000 and 50'000 people in 1979 got licenses with no test. This number can only have gotten smaller with emigration, death, illness, not renewing licenses etc. in the 40 years since, and they'll mostly be 60+ at this stage. There's over 3 million licenses in the state at the moment. Taking a midpoint of 37'500 and applying a bit of attrition, plus foreign licenses etc. I'd say far fewer than 1% of drivers you encounter will have never passed the test.

In any case it's academic since even in 2020 our driving test has no motorway section in it, so passing a test proves nothing about your ability to handle motorway driving.

Followed this up a bit to get an answer, and it seems 45'000 got licenses through the amnesty:

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1979-11-27/43

The pass rate at the time was 50%, so realistically only 25'000 or so of those licenses can be classed as undeserved and unsafe:

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1979-11-28/24

For posterity, the amnesty also only applied to those on a second Provisional License for a Car or Motorbike who had a driving test booked before the 11th of October 1979. So tales of aunties and grannies having truck licenses or getting every vehicle category ticked on their license just by filling the form in are total horsesh*t.

Sam Russell

CrabRevolution wrote: »

Followed this up a bit to get an answer, and it seems 45'000 got licenses through the amnesty:

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1979-11-27/43

The pass rate at the time was 50%, so realistically only 25'000 or so of those licenses can be classed as undeserved and unsafe:

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1979-11-28/24

For posterity, the amnesty also only applied to those on a second Provisional License for a Car or Motorbike who had a driving test booked before the 11th of October 1979. So tales of aunties and grannies having truck licenses or getting every vehicle category ticked on their license just by filling the form in are total horsesh*t.

I know someone who got one, and kept it renewed, but recently stopped renewing it. She has never driven since getting it. Probably quite a few like that.

I would be in favour of having all of them retested - or tested, at zero fee.

Emmersonn

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For posterity, the amnesty also only applied to those on a second Provisional License for a Car or Motorbike who had a driving test booked before the 11th of October 1979. So tales of aunties and grannies having truck licenses or getting every vehicle category ticked on their license just by filling the form in are total horsesh*t.[/QUOTE]

It is total horsepoo but it does'nt stop the poo shovellers on here who regularly preach this $h!te.

colm_mcm

UK licences had all categories ticked in them for a good while.

joujoujou

Busy Saturday.

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1261641910600556544

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https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1261695723382493184

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1261715715175993346

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1261735928638386176

Damien360

CrabRevolution wrote: »

Followed this up a bit to get an answer, and it seems 45'000 got licenses through the amnesty:

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1979-11-27/43

The pass rate at the time was 50%, so realistically only 25'000 or so of those licenses can be classed as undeserved and unsafe:

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1979-11-28/24

For posterity, the amnesty also only applied to those on a second Provisional License for a Car or Motorbike who had a driving test booked before the 11th of October 1979. So tales of aunties and grannies having truck licenses or getting every vehicle category ticked on their license just by filling the form in are total horsesh*t.

My father in law ticked every single thing. He has a valid license for everything and has driven bin trucks, large horse box trucks and he claims an artic once. Never done a test in his life and a scary driver to be with. Drops his speed to look into every open hole in a bush. I insist on driving for longer distance trips.

sweet_trip

bazz26 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1261636426787061760

Judging by the photo in the equipment they were nabbed from a patrol car parked on an overpass.

colm_mcm wrote: »

Surprised they caught up.

This is the overpass after the toll bridge bypass in Waterford. They pulled him after the end of the dual carriage way after Kilmeaden.

8km down the road.

Be fairly easy to catch up with somebody doing 160km/h tbh.

pablo128

sweet_trip wrote: »

This is the overpass after the toll bridge bypass in Waterford. They pulled him after the end of the dual carriage way after Kilmeaden.

8km down the road.

Be fairly easy to catch up with somebody doing 160km/h tbh.

I just looked up top speed for the Hyundai's. An i40 1.7d has a top speed of 200 kph. An ix35 has between 173 and 178. But I suppose they can call ahead too.

It wasnt me123

CrabRevolution wrote: »

Assuming you mean the amnesty of 1979, I think this gets overblown a bit. ......

In any case it's academic since even in 2020 our driving test has no motorway section in it, so passing a test proves nothing about your ability to handle motorway driving.

Actually I was referring to the people with learner permits and no licence at all but can include the “give them a licence” brigade as well.

We should have a zero tolerance to road rule ignorers - regardless if they Speed or drive without the proper paper work and stop with the insurance is too high, lists too long for applying for a licence, catching fish in a barrel BS, if you don’t brake the rules, there is not fish in a barrel.

Our lives literally depend on every driver adhering to the rules of the road - driving safely, adhering to the speed limit, being insured, having a NCT’d car, having a licence to drive - no-one’s perfect and I have never been caught speeding but the level of lawlessness of the Irish roads is staggering.

mooseknunkle

bazz26 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1261636426787061760

Judging by the photo in the equipment they were nabbed from a patrol car parked on an overpass.

I know this road very well and they are usually in a lay-by on one side of the road,looks like now they are on the overpass catching cars going the other way.

My wife was pulled over by Traffic Corps yesterday (She has never so much has had a penalty point or anything else). They did not practice even basic hand hygiene or any form of social distancing. My wife is a nurse and was quite distressed by it. She really can't afford to catch Covid-19 through incompetence. She didn't say anything at the time as she was in shock.

punisher5112

[Deleted User] wrote: »

My wife was pulled over by Traffic Corps yesterday (She has never so much has had a penalty point or anything else). They did not practice even basic hand hygiene or any form of social distancing. My wife is a nurse and was quite distressed by it. She really can't afford to catch Covid-19 through incompetence. She didn't say anything at the time as she was in shock.

What did she do?

McCrack

Deleted User wrote: »

My wife was pulled over by Traffic Corps yesterday (She has never so much has had a penalty point or anything else). They did not practice even basic hand hygiene or any form of social distancing. My wife is a nurse and was quite distressed by it. She really can't afford to catch Covid-19 through incompetence. She didn't say anything at the time as she was in shock.

If your wife is a nurse, a trained health professional with experience of pressured and highly traumatic and sometimes end of life situation, I'm surprised she was in "shock" getting stopped by a garda for some alleged driving transgression

flazio

[Deleted User] wrote: »

My wife was pulled over by Traffic Corps yesterday (She has never so much has had a penalty point or anything else). They did not practice even basic hand hygiene or any form of social distancing. My wife is a nurse and was quite distressed by it. She really can't afford to catch Covid-19 through incompetence. She didn't say anything at the time as she was in shock.

If you feel you have a genuine grievance you are entitled to make a complaint to the Garda ombudsman.

Darc19

[Deleted User] wrote: »

My wife was pulled over by Traffic Corps yesterday (She has never so much has had a penalty point or anything else). They did not practice even basic hand hygiene or any form of social distancing. My wife is a nurse and was quite distressed by it. She really can't afford to catch Covid-19 through incompetence. She didn't say anything at the time as she was in shock.

Tell her to keep to the speed limits.

joujoujou

Still busy.

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1261766319168421891

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1261769138151849985

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1261916644739350528

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https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1262001919742169089

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1262060418241085441

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1262073393593094153

joujoujou

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1262106082392014848

joujoujou

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1262292618446286848

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1262326597639647237

McCrack

McCrack wrote: »

If your wife is a nurse, a trained health professional with experience of pressured and highly traumatic and sometimes end of life situation, I'm surprised she was in "shock" getting stopped by a garda for some alleged driving transgression

Actually she was stopped for no apparent reason. Never been stopped before, never had a point etc. They searched the car and then told her to go on. I think anyone would be shocked in such a situation and lack of regards for Covid-19 measures. Obviously they had a reason but I think there is no excuse for how they behaved with respect to Covid-19 rules. As the other poster pointed out, she can make a complaint to the local station and ombudsman.

joujoujou

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1262452511589511169

Damien360

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Actually she was stopped for no apparent reason. Never been stopped before, never had a point etc. They searched the car and then told her to go on. I think anyone would be shocked in such a situation and lack of regards for Covid-19 measures. Obviously they had a reason but I think there is no excuse for how they behaved with respect to Covid-19 rules. As the other poster pointed out, she can make a complaint to the local station and ombudsman.

Just for perspective. I’ve been stopped twice by gardai and as soon as they stuck their head into the car, I got waved on with a quick apology. Doesn’t bother me. My theory, as I have seen the other car, is a local criminal has the exact same colour car and a very close reg plate number. They thought I was him and they made a stop. To further confirm my theory, if I pass a garda car in town, they nearly strain their necks looking out to see who is in the car. They are doing their job so I’m actually delighted.

joujoujou

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1262636885278507009

Henry Ford III

The mobility app seems to be working well.

bazz26

Another trip to court ain't going to bother them. It does make you question our judicial system where you can just keep accumulating driving bans without having more severe punishment applied or even that someone would notice that adding another driving ban just won't work.

Henry Ford III

bazz26 wrote: »

Another trip to court ain't going to bother them. It does make you question our judicial system where you can just keep accumulating driving bans without having more severe punishment applied or even that someone would notice that adding another driving ban just won't work.

A month in the clink sharing with Mr. Big might encourage them change their ways?

BronsonTB

Henry Ford III wrote: »

A month in the clink sharing with Mr. Big might encourage them change their ways?

I'm sure it would BUT that's the issue, they ain't getting that as punishment!
(Free to keep driving & accumulate bans) :mad:

joujoujou

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1262648556386766848

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1262656155844775937

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1262727805923741696

Marcusm

BronsonTB wrote: »

I'm sure it would BUT that's the issue, they ain't getting that as punishment!
(Free to keep driving & accumulate bans) :mad:

The DJ could imprison them for 6 months.

joujoujou

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1262857738427813895

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/1262990645066641408

drunkmonkey

Constantly retweeting the old pride flag is getting a bit jarring do we really need the guards virtue signalling every day we'll have enough of it by the end of next month. It's about as far from an all inclusive symbol as you can get.

Charles Babbage

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Constantly retweeting the old pride flag is getting a bit jarring do we really need the guards virtue signalling every day we'll have enough of it by the end of next month. It's about as far from an all inclusive symbol as you can get.

The Gardai should never have adopted the symbol of political faction in the first place.

TJJP

Off topic - Read about the new HSE campaign 'Hold Firm'. The campaign takes inspiration from the words of President Michael D Higgins, written in his 1993 poem, Take Care......

Knock yourself out with more info here - https://healthservice.hse.ie/staff/news/coronavirus/hse-hold-firm-campaign.html

Dravokivich

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Constantly retweeting the old pride flag is getting a bit jarring do we really need the guards virtue signalling every day we'll have enough of it by the end of next month. It's about as far from an all inclusive symbol as you can get.

I don't think #holdfirm has anything to do with Pride and how could they trademark a rainbow, which occurs naturally?

drunkmonkey

Dravokivich wrote: »

I don't think #holdfirm has anything to do with Pride and how could they trademark a rainbow, which occurs naturally?

Hashtag just sounds wrong with the pride flag, what exactly are we meant to hold firm, it's the last flag before the current one where they dropped pink due to the pink fabric shortage. There's a world of symbols they could of used.

Cheensbo

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Hashtag just sounds wrong with the pride flag, what exactly are we meant to hold firm, it's the last flag before the current one where they dropped pink due to the pink fabric shortage. There's a world of symbols they could of used.

It's a rainbow, not the pride flag.

The only problem with the symbol is your perception of it

Dravokivich

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Hashtag just sounds wrong with the pride flag, what exactly are we meant to hold firm, it's the last flag before the current one where they dropped pink due to the pink fabric shortage. There's a world of symbols they could of used.

Pink? Isn't a color typically associated with a rainbow.