Someone else posted this video earlier and when I saw it I was compelled to leave a few messages.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9hCC3-sALk]
I have to admit it isn’t only the ‘driving’ that really get’s to me, but that he’s English and he’s dissing my crib all over the shop.
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Don’t think you make out his reg plate clearly enough for a positive ID….
Yeah. But if you go to the youtube page itself he identifies himself clearly: …http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9hCC3-sALk… you can also see my comments. They’re are the ones that don’t praise him like a god.
If I ran this country him and his mates would be first against the wall. In a cruel twist of fate, I do not.
Wow!
Driving a souped up car, ok if it floats your boat. Pulling stunts in the middle of the night on some deserted car park, getting dodgy, but as long as the only person you’re endangering is yourself, if you must, yeah.
But doing that on a public road, in daylight, in full view of others, with traffic on the road, what a donut!
That should be licence gone with points and having to take a full test to be allowed back on the road, on probation in a car with max 1 litre, max 100 km/h for at least 2 years. And any offence, licence gone 2 years.
With retest, etc…
I know that it’s probably a wild goose chase and will only make me feel a little better, but i’m going to forward this to a nice Garda i’m related to. Or RTE?
Natural Selection is a great thing. Trust it. Every weekend you hear of one or two more people like him being removed from the gene pool. It’s only a problem when they do collateral damage.
Lomax,
Short answer - No prosecution.
what road was this on?
Bad news he can’t be prosecuted because you or however is prosecuting cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt who the driver was. The same thing is true of the other plebs who record themselves at high speeds and crazy driving. The law is great he must basically be stopped in the act. Also yellow number plate so its one of our friends down from up north probably(exempt everything down here).
Shane,
You are way off the mark with your comments. The reasons you give are not the legal reason (s)he cannot be prosecuted. It is to do with the statute of limitations - it happened too long ago.
The driver of a car does NOT have to be stopped in the act of committing a driving offence in order to be prosecuted. (e.g. speed cameras etc. would be useless).
Number plates do not exempt any owner/driver from prosecution for road traffic offences in Ireland, north or south.
The colour of an Irish or N. Irish numberplate or details on it are only an indication of where the car was originally registered - it does not indicate who the driver is, their nationality, religion or gender.
In some European Countries the registration plate is issued to the driver and not the vehicle and is useful in the identification of Shite Drivers in Gelgium for example.
You can be prosecuted down here if you are a foreigner, but whoever prosecutes might as well stand on a hill and piss onto a strong gale for all the good it does.Once you’re back home you can safely ignore any summons in the post, because there will be none. Why? Because they have no way to check up on you.
I know people who drove around with German plates. Park where you like, go what speed you like, drive down one way roads, it doesn’t matter. Why do northern drivers drive like a bat out of hell with rockets up it’s arse? Because they can return safely back home, knowing that the republic of onga bonga land is powerless to do anything about them. Because they have (in finest Irish government tradition) sat on the problem untill it became a crisis. And untill it becomes a disaster, expect no action.
This has been discussed over and over again for at least the last 10 years, what has happened? Some vague idea to maybe consider, in the future, if it’s not too much trouble, perhaps, one day, think about getting a report done. (another thing this government is world class at). Maybe.
Well identifies himself on youtube. So if you see him, kick him in the balls. Twice.
Miaowww,
I was not referring to the statute of limitation in anything I said. I was simply stating the fact that to get a prosecution, the prosecution have to be able to prove who the driver was. To go further they have to be able to prove the date and exact time of the incident also. They cannot rely on the data provided by the recording as this could be wrong. The exact location must also be proven although this is possible. I am not simply referring to this incident I was referring to all recorded incidents. There was a very good example in the courts and on RTE 1 news last year, involving two foreign cars on the Mullingar by-pass if you want to check up on it.
The driver of a car does NOT have to be stopped in the act of committing a driving offence in VERY specific offences which have been legislated for in order to be prosecuted. (e.g. speed cameras etc. would be useless).
Another e.g. the digital cameras for breaking red lights which have not been brought into use as they use digital technology and this cannot be used in a prosecution (yet).
My comment (exempt everything down here) was aimed at Northern drivers basically being able to get away with loads of offences down here. It was not about their number plates, sorry if that wasn’t clear enough.
I have to disagree with you slightly on your comment about the colour and details on number plates. I think the number plate gives slightly more information than where the car was originally registered. The fact it was registered within the EU is detailed. The Country of origin is detailed. The area within the country of origin is detailed, in the case of Ireland the County. The year of first registration is detailed. The numbers on the number plate also are both vehicle and owner specific i.e. records can be checked and the make model colour engine cc of the car can be learned as can the registered owners details. I have outlined these details based on the
Irish format. The number plate format in other countries may take a slightly different format e.g. groups of letters as opposed to numbers but the details that can be learned are the same. I agree with you and hope we never have to display our religion on our number plate.
Shane,
I am not being picky or trying to start an argument but I do have to point out the following to avoid any further misunderstandings. I can see where you are comming from and my guess is that you have more than a passing interest in this subject when you discuss these matters. My comments were a reply based on the comments posted by you. I appreciate that some of the content of a post can be lost when it is typed in a forum such as this, all i am trying to do is correct the ‘fireside lawer’ and ‘modern myth’ comments.
Keep posting regardless.
You said “The law is great he must basically be stopped in the act.”
I have pointed out that this is not correct and you appear to have agreed in your last post.
You said ” Also yellow number plate so its one of our friends down from up north probably(exempt everything down here).”
I have pointed out that there was NOTHING in the video to indicate that the offending DRIVER was from up north or any location other than the Republic or was exempt ANY of the Road Traffic Laws in Ireland.
A number plate, yellow or otherwise on the Island of Ireland does not tell anyone who the DRIVER of a car is at a particular time or where they are from.
In Belgium a number plate is issued to individual drivers when they pass their driving test and remains with the individual throughout their driving career.
If that system is adopted in Ireland and the U.K., it would sort out all the rogue and shite drivers regardless of the border OVER NIGHT !
Northern drivers are no more exempt from Road Traffic Law when driving in the Republic any more than Southern drivers are exempt when driving in the U.K.
The only way this guy will be psosecuted is if someone has the number plate and is willing to make a sworn statement to the police and willing to make a court appearance to give testimony.
If this can’t be done he gets away with it - simple
tightropetom,
This guy (in this particular instance) CANNOT be prosecuted because it happened TOO LONG AGO. Therefore he WILL NOT be prosecuted even if a complaint is made.
If a complaint HAD BEEN RECEIVED by the Guards within 6 months of this offence it COULD have been dealt with and MAY have resulted in a prosecution and conviction.
Either way it is all water under the bridge at this stage. As the old saying goes “There is no use closing the door once the horse has bolted” - in this case the ‘horse’ has been too long gone.
Miaowww,
What’s with the SHOUTING when your posting comments for the different topics, we get it..you want to get your point across…we can all read the small letters fine so please stop using capital letters…it’s VERY ANNOYING!!!
gemmat,
First of all I agree 100% with you.
There is no facility to format the text on this site, or if there is I cannot use it. If there was a formatting toolbar I would have used the italic or bold formatting tool for EMPHASIS.
It is not intended to come across as SHOUTING, it is intended to grab your ATTENTION and it appears to have worked !
I have previously posted the same comments using lower case lettering and the points made in the comment have been completly MISSED or IGNORED.
No danger of that now , IS THERE ?
Rich Text comments? Now there’s an idea…
Not a top priority, granted - but added to the list of (potential) add-ons, all the same.
Ah - didn’t see any date so didn’t know when it was posted