Agreed, normal working man, the one with the most to lose.
And unfortunately also too busy to get out and stick a proverbial toe up the arse of our politicians to change things.
Agreed, normal working man, the one with the most to lose.
That is seriously harsh!
Must be more to this than is being reported.
It's the same as here, over 100 is automatic licence gone.
That judge sounds like an absolute idiot though, I don't fancy jail so I'm slowing down lol.
I was caught down there a fair bit over that and just got a bollocking & fine. Unless it's changed a lot in the past few years?
I did make a break for the border years ago lol. I had no bother out running the siochana ,none at all but i couldn't out run his CB lolI know it’s limerick and a bit of a drive, but if you were close you’d definitely make a break for the border
Seems bizarre indeed. Something either being misreported or kept secret about it all. Either that or the judge was blocked or something and thought it was a different case.
It would appear that under the new rules that anything 30kph above the posted limit is an automatic dangerous driving charge, which you can be locked up for.
New speeding laws proposed in Ireland
I know someone very close to me caught at 186kmph.. went to court, the right solicitor had him 5points and a 250€ fine.
I kid you not lol couldn’t believe it
He was arrested at the time and bailed.A friend got arrested for driving at 187kph a few years ago. No consistency.
Guns must only be calibrated to that, must go faster and get off....That’s a lot of people caught at exactly 187kph.
Guns must only be calibrated to that, must go faster and get off....
I did make a break for the border years ago lol. I had no bother out running the siochana ,none at all but i couldn't out run his CB lol
rumour had it someone else may have done the same a few years ago.....I did make a break for the border years ago lol. I had no bother out running the siochana ,none at all but i couldn't out run his CB lol
That’s a lot of people caught at exactly 187kph.
Followed a couple of ‘top stories’ links after reading this...this one gave me a chuckle...
How many ads on that site? And answer a survey to read? Do one.Followed a couple of ‘top stories’ links after reading this...this one gave me a chuckle...
Family quit €190,000 car accident claim after barrister’s examination - Independent.ie
Didn't notice any ads or surveys myself, unless I'm missing something, but I'm sure you get the jist anyway from the title...How many ads on that site? And answer a survey to read? Do one.
Five members of a family who had claimed a total of €190,000 damages for car accident injuries abandoned their claims after a barrister’s interrogation.
Driver David Joyce (34) had claimed his car was rear-ended at a T-junction on a back road from Ashbourne to Swords in June 2009. But when Mr Joyce, of Wotton Bridge, The Ward, Ashbourne, Co Meath, stepped out of the witness box after detailed probing by John Martin, counsel for Liberty Insurance, he walked away from his €38,000 claim.
He was joined by co-claimants Wayne (32), Marie (31), and Tracy Joyce (36), all of the same address. The fifth claimant, Roseann Joyce (29), of Morgan’s Place, Blanchardstown, Dublin, also abandoned her claim at the court’s lunch break. All of them claimed they had suffered injuries when David Joyce’s car was allegedly rear-ended on June 13, 2009. “Or was it a month later on the 13th of July?” Mr Martin inquired. Some of Mr Joyce’s passengers had given that date in their claims.
Mr Joyce, a vehicle recovery driver and owner of the two-year-old BMW in which the claimants were travelling, was unable to recall but he thought it could have been July.
“And what time did this accident happen at?” Mr Martin continued. Joyce said it was about 9.30pm. He said he could not recall if he told his doctor it happened at eight o’clock. On further questioning, he said it was dark but not pitch black. “Dark but not pitch black at 9.30 on an evening only a few weeks from midsummer’s day?” Mr Martin said. Mr Joyce said it was certainly dark by the time the whole thing was over. He added it was about 9.30 when he got out of his car and immediately called the emergency services.
“Two ambulances, two fire engines and gardaí turned up,” Mr Martin said. “A witness from the fire service will tell this court they received your alarm call at 10.40pm”. Mr Joyce replied: “OK.”
When told by Mr Martin that expert motor assessor Mark Nangle would tell the court there were no marks on either of the two cars to indicate even the slightest collision, Joyce said: “My car was undriveable.”
All of the Joyces had brought claims against motorist Mihail Creciun, of Abbeywood Avenue, Lucan, Co Dublin, who was a customer of Liberty Insurance.
Their recovery for damages was curtailed to €38,000 each under the court jurisdiction as it existed prior to being updated to €60,000 in 2014.