Speeding
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Topic: Speeding
Posted By: daboi89
Subject: Speeding
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:36am
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A rare post for me these days Currently waiting in knock airport for a flight back to work London Got stopped on the N4 outside Sligo town this morning. Dual carriage way , one of the safest and straightest roads in the west . Looked in my rear view at 9am this morning and there was a loan ban garda behind me (unmarked 161 white mondeo Estate) with blue lights blazing and head lights flashing like something out of f**king SKYs roadwars. Pulled in and she comes to the window and says, licence please you were doing 130 in a 100 zone. Handed her the licence and she f**ks off into the car. Comes back a few mins later and she says €80 fine and 3 points. I said no bother "Can I have a copy of the gatso gun calibration certificate" To which she leans in the window and says "Is it 3 points or 6 points you want , slow down" And f**ks off back to her car  Sligo Gardai 
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Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2019 at 11:29am
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You didnt finish the story. So did you get any fine or not? Did she back down when you asked for the calibration cert? ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: daboi89
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2019 at 11:43am
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I almost started laughing when she said about the 6 points . I didn't respond tho. She didn't produce any calibration cert Said I had 28 days to appeal as she left |
Posted By: Bob Hoskins
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2019 at 11:45am
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were you doing 130 in a 100 zone?
------------- Romario 2016: And the ticket mafia gets caught! Well, four years ago I had already told the government. |
Posted By: daboi89
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2019 at 11:47am
Yes Liam I have admitted my speed in the first post . Although I have no idea what speed I was going on. Apparently handing my licence over when she asked for it is an admission of guilt . I stayed silent throughout. |
Bob Hoskins wrote:Posted By: Bob Hoskins
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2019 at 12:07pm
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This is the only line - that's her saying it - it's why I asked, as I presumed like others that maybe there was a doubt to the speeding Pulled in and she comes to the window and says, licence please you were doing 130 in a 100 zone. ------------- Romario 2016: And the ticket mafia gets caught! Well, four years ago I had already told the government. |
Posted By: SuperDave84
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2019 at 12:25pm
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Point is, if you want to challenge the calibration, you'll need to go to court. You go to court, you don't get the benefit for paying the fixed charge notice and the lower number of points. It's automatically higher points if you go to court and lose. ------------- 
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Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2019 at 12:25pm
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I got my first ever penalty points in the post yesterday too. 129kmh in a 120km zone (M7 outside Portlaoise). 3 points and €80 fine. I'm hearing it doesn't affect insurance etc until you get over 6, anyone any experience? |
Posted By: darmack
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2019 at 12:41pm
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So that 10% leeway is a myth is it? ------------- The dark side.. And the light |
Posted By: daboi89
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2019 at 1:02pm
She wasn't wearing a body camera So there would be no record of me asking for a calibration cert . And it would be difficult to prove I asked for it and she handed me back my licence said I had 28 days to appeal when the letter comes and fuked off. I'll just accept it . Bit what annoys me is the shooting fish in a barrel term. It's 14km of new carriage way. Identical to motorway . With 2 roundabouts for 20km. Just sit With a radar gun and you'll have your quote in no time. Then again I was over the limit. Which isn't too difficult on that particular stretch |
Posted By: daboi89
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2019 at 1:03pm
That's a farce. 129km on a motorway |
Posted By: SuperDave84
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2019 at 1:40pm
Whether you did or didn't ask for a calibration cert is completely irrelevant. She has no obligation to give you the cert. When they might have an obligation is if you don't pay the fixed charge notice and it ends up in court and you specifically seek disclosure of it at that stage. That's a long way down the track. It probably isn't relevant if you make an application to cancel the FCPN. What you can do is make that application anyway but I'd prepare to be disappointed: https://www.garda.ie/en/Roads-Policing/Fixed-Charge-Notices/Cancelling-Fixed-Charge-Notices.html" rel="nofollow - https://www.garda.ie/en/Roads-Policing/Fixed-Charge-Notices/Cancelling-Fixed-Charge-Notices.html -------------
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Posted By: deco911
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2019 at 7:28pm
| Hi Meath boy you broke the law end of. Pay up |
Posted By: Lostandfound
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2019 at 9:47am
It depends on the insurance company. Mine went up €60 approx at renewal (for first 3 points).
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Posted By: Croftman
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2019 at 9:50am
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Yeah any points will affect the premium with some insurers. Mightn't be much for 3 but still more than likely be some hike. Any excuse to get more money ------------- Some people just deserve a slap |
Posted By: bogball88
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2019 at 9:56am
Slightly off topic, but not so long ago I got a legitimate parking ticket as half the car was parked in a bus lane on the Lisburn Road in Belfast. Got my mate whos a mechanic to do me out an invoice to say that my fuel gauage was faulty and I then appealed the ticket saying I had run out of fuel and had to walk to a garage to get some and had no other option but to leave the car there, with the invoice as evidence for this. The ticket and fine was scrapped  |
Posted By: reddladd
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2019 at 3:41pm
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They need to change the speeding policy in my opinion. I was done for speeding between Kill and Rathcoole 112km in a 100km zone (that stretch can also change from 120 to 100. My point is that I was fined for speeding on a Motorway doing 12% more speed than allowed. 80 + 3 points. Someone else can do 80km in a 50km zone in a built up area with the risk of kids running out on the road or cars pulling out from a side road. 80e + 3 points. ------------- I could agree with you but then we'd both be wrong. |
Posted By: Newryrep
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2019 at 4:05pm
would tend to agree with the general thrust when I did the speed awareness course in lieu of points they emphasised the greatly increased chance of survival being struck at 30mph or indeed 20 as against 40mph whereas an accident at 70mph and 80mph is unlikely to be much of a different outcome ------------- 'Irish' Songs for an Irish team - no SPL EPL generic sh*te Richard Dunne - 6th Sept 11 - best marshalling of a defence in Moscow since General Zukov Russia V Germany 1941 |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2019 at 4:36pm
Or, and this is a f**king mental idea, stay within the speed limit and get no points! ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2019 at 9:35pm
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Posted By: Trigboy 10
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2019 at 11:40pm
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Posted By: deise316
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2019 at 11:54pm
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Speed limits are generally nonsensical all over this country. Most of them were set in the 70s/80s when car braking distances were about 6 times longer than what they are now. Long, straight dual carraigeways where it would be perfectly safe to do 100km/h have been set at 60/70/80 just so the state can collect revenue handily. Equally, there are plenty 'B' roads in the country where limits are set at 100km/h and you would nearly want to be a WRC driver to start attempting it, you hear less about those roads as nobody gets caught for speeding for 2 reasons, first it would be nearly suicidal to go any faster, and second the physical difficulty of going faster than that means the speed vans are at nothing while out revenue collecting, they'd be lucky to catch anyone at all even if they stayed on it for 24 hours. Speed limits in built up areas or where there are dangerous junctions- fair enough- don't think anyone should have an issue with that, but you never really see a speed van in those type of areas, they are generally situated where the limit has been set lower than it should be in the first place instead. Our road traffic death numbers have improved vastly since the 80's & 90's, and that's mainly down to the standard of road and little else, it certainly isn't due to driver behaviour improvements, though to be fair, the current test is a lot more comprehensive than it used to be. ------------- Picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue..... |
Posted By: reddladd
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2019 at 12:32am
Not the point. I am not arguing about being fined for breaking the limit. ------------- I could agree with you but then we'd both be wrong. |
Posted By: daboi89
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2019 at 11:54pm
this was exactly my point. ill take my 3 points and 80 fine and be wary in future. but the stretch of dual carriage way where i was done is insane to limit it to 100. when the road turns woeful 10 mile down the road, but maintains its 100 limit but its handy revenue for them |
Posted By: daboi89
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2019 at 7:38pm
3 and a half weeks now and still no letter/summons has arrived 
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Posted By: Hotlips_Hoolahan
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2021 at 9:36pm
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Question for the thick thread, perhaps, but do you get a fine and points on the licence if caught by a speed van or just the fine? ------------- You know Spider, you're a f**kin' mumbling stuttering little f**k. You know that? |
Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2021 at 9:52pm
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Posted By: Hotlips_Hoolahan
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2021 at 10:06pm
sh*te. Now the anxious wait for a letter. Think I was approx. 3 or 4 over limit. ------------- You know Spider, you're a f**kin' mumbling stuttering little f**k. You know that? |
Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2021 at 10:43pm
| 80 euro and 3 points - no impact on insurance but let them know when you;re renewing. |
Posted By: BrendanD88
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2021 at 11:56am
If you were in a 50 zone you’ll be grand! They usually give you 10% leeway well up North anyway.
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Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2021 at 4:10pm
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Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2021 at 4:28pm
I thought at 88 you go Back to the Future no? ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2021 at 4:40pm
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