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You didn't see that girl in Ballymum yesterday evening then? I think all the cop cars in Dublin were following her!With all the checkpoints on the roads these days it's becoming obvious that a lot of people turn around to avoid checkpoints. Surprisingly I have yet to see any of these people followed? I see it mentioned on twitter occasionally that they catch a person who turned but from what I see they don't follow them.
Only yesterday I was in a line of traffic coming up to a check point and two cars turned around and one of them for sure was in full view of the Gardai?
Can they take down the reg and follow up again or if they are not followed are they getting away with what ever they avoided the checkpoint for? Also not that I would go this far but would reporting someone for turning actually get looked into or would it be too hard to prove anything?
No., I'm not based in Dublin so that wasn't one I saw, good to hear though. I'm on the road very little over the last few months like everyone and I reckon I've seen 7 or 8 people turn from I think 6 different check points over the last while and no sign of the guards to follow, I was actually going away from the check point on a few occasions and the person turned back the direction I was going so in these cases I know for sure there was no following as they would have had to overtake me.You didn't see that girl in Ballymum yesterday evening then? I think all the cop cars in Dublin were following her!
Surprisingly I have yet to see any of these people followed?
Isn't it ironic, the juxtaposition of the user-name and the non-questions punctuated by question marks? What Alanis Morisette sang about wasn't the least bit ironic, but she got her question marks right.Only yesterday I was in a line of traffic coming up to a check point and two cars turned around and one of them for sure was in full view of the Gardai?
I'm on the road very little over the last few months like everyone and I reckon I've seen 7 or 8 people turn from I think 6 different check points over the last while and no sign of the guards to follow,
Wow! Very little????? 6 checkpoints???
When I read that I infer you’re on the road quite a bit.
To the other poster above, some maybe turning because of 5km rules but I personally doubt it and feel it’s likely no insurance, learner driver etc that they are turning for. To my other question since they are not followed does anyone know if the gardai managed to get their reg plate can they be followed up on or is it still a case of having to be stopped?
I actively try to avoid them if I can. They're all over Dublin City centre - I have to go through two to do the weekly shop so that's 4 interactions. If you have to drive along the quays there can be 2 to 3 checkpoints either side of the river. Most of the Guards manning them are fine but there's a few who like to try rattle you and it's a bit unnerving even when your journey is permitted.
The Guards can't do anything with their registration. These are not roads policing checkpoints so it would be a bit counterproductive for them to initiate pursuit for each and every car that is turning around.
The second part makes sense I guess but the first part is as I expected but something I could never understand? Why is it they can’t check a reg plate, and if there is say no tax send out a fine in the post or at least question the person on why they turned around? They are allowed to follow up on a reg reported for a crash or dangerous driving so why not the more common offences?
Are all checkpoints at the moment primarily public health checkpoints? I mean I've been waved though some like normal checkpoints were the Gardai appear to just be looking at the cars as they pass which would tell me they are checking tax etc?These are public health checkpoints so the Guards are not interested in identifying untaxed vehicles.
Are all checkpoints at the moment primarily public health checkpoints? I mean I've been waved though some like normal checkpoints were the Gardai appear to just be looking at the cars as they pass which would tell me they are checking tax etc?
2 birds with 1 stone comes to mindI actively try to avoid them if I can. They're all over Dublin City centre - I have to go through two to do the weekly shop so that's 4 interactions. If you have to drive along the quays there can be 2 to 3 checkpoints either side of the river. Most of the Guards manning them are fine but there's a few who like to try rattle you and it's a bit unnerving even when your journey is permitted.
The Guards can't do anything with their registration. These are not roads policing checkpoints so it would be a bit counterproductive for them to initiate pursuit for each and every car that is turning around.
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