Zen and the art of telepathic driving. Lessons anyone?
Zen and the art of telepathic driving. Lessons anyone?Most normal people who pull into the kerb when they are dropping a person off immediately indicate they are pulling out again. Anyone with a whit of situational awareness would see the car pull in, the passenger door open, the driver indicating they are pulling out and know it is a drop off and themselves indicate they wish to pull into that space. As Mr&Mrs GG know it is only seconds.
And if I was doing a drop off, I would be scanning in my rear view mirror for an opportunity to exit back out into the traffic, and if I noticed a car slow down as if looking for a car parking space I would then indicate I was pulling off again, if I did not already have my indicator on.
It’s like knowing the car in front of you is definitely going to change lanes even before they indicate, it is all about situational awareness and reading other road users. Mr&Mrs GG did nothing wrong and they were not parked, they were just doing a drop off. I doubt they spent 20 minutes discussing how they were going to miss each other, whether MrGg was going to have a good time, did he want to be picked up again etc etc.
In my experience (never on the wrong side of the law) most are reasonable, polite and helpful but there are still far too many who are obnoxious and seem to be looking for any excuse to inflame tensions for no good reason.The Gardai generally have a difficult job and are subjected to a lot of abuse from many members of the public.
Perhaps but at least some of it bring it on themselves.Gardai are not respected by a considerable proportion of the general public.
Perhaps but at least some of it bring it on themselves.
I’ve the greatest of sympathy and respect for Gardai willing to put themselves in the front line in real cases of public disorder or other danger. Not so much for the brave officer who loses his rag with people stopping in a loading bay for five seconds to let a passenger out.
And then they may wonder why they don’t get more cooperation from the public.
Garda member. There is no such thing as a Garda officer. Despite the best efforts of RTE, The Indo, The Cork Examiner, Sunday Worst, etc to rebrand them, in law in this country they are Garda members. If Drew Harris, despite decades of referring to "PSNI officers" can get it right, why the persistence of the Irish Redtops on getting it wrong, each and every time?Not so much for the brave officer who loses his rag with people stopping in a loading bay for five seconds to let a passenger out.
I wish they wouldn't. They're there to do a job, get on and do it.Gardai are very willing to turn a blind eye to many road traffic offences, particularly around things like footpath parking or just match day parking in general all in the name of community policing.
I referred to him as something similar at the time.Garda member.
Getting into semantics now (although you started it!), but the poster you're replying to never used the phrase "Garda officer". They referred to Gardai, and then to "the brave officer".Garda member. There is no such thing as a Garda officer.
I don't doubt that - I was just relating my experience.I would take the opposite view. There are to many members of the public who are obnoxious and looking for any excuse to inflame situations.
Perhaps the Garda just like you ...or are just concerned about you.....or there are a lot of unpleasant Garda about........when you are out and about minding your own business...I don't doubt that - I was just relating my experience.
I was even out for a stroll a few weeks ago minding my own business and a patrol car pulled up beside me (inside a park where no vehicular traffic was allowed) and, for no reason at all, the particularly unpleasant Garda in the passenger seat started interrogating me asking "are you alright?" and "what are you up to?" almost as if he was goading me to say the wrong thing or tell him where to go! I was tempted to pop down to the Bridewell and make a complaint but reckoned that that was probably just asking for (more) trouble.
Unfortunately Mrs Gekko pulled in on a disabled parking spot. Should/if a disabled driver was behind you they would proceed assuming the parking spot was taken.Mrs Gekko gave me a lift to meet some mates on Saturday. We pulled up and I got out of the car. A Garda approached us and said that we were parked in a disabled bay. I said that she wasn’t parked and was just dropping me off and that he’d seen us pull up 10 seconds earlier. He accused me of being smart with him and said he was issuing a €150 fine. A row then ensued. He was pretty rude and obnoxious. Any thoughts/suggestions on how to play it? I’m pretty annoyed about it and am happy to fight it, go to Court, etc. i don’t care about the money or the cost and I’m happy to engage with the Ombudsman or whatever the appropriate channel is. We’re law abiding citizens and I actually helped the Gardai from yer man’s station recently with a technical matter. Thanks.
I wouldn't say a lot as such incidents have been rare - but still a significant proportion of my overall interactions with the Gardaí. I don't think that a law abiding citizen should have to put up with any incidents of such a nature though.or there are a lot of unpleasant Garda about........when you are out and about minding your own business...
Garda member. There is no such thing as a Garda officer. Despite the best efforts of RTE, The Indo, The Cork Examiner, Sunday Worst, etc to rebrand them, in law in this country they are Garda members. If Drew Harris, despite decades of referring to "PSNI officers" can get it right, why the persistence of the Irish Redtops on getting it wrong, each and every time?
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