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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Got my first ever speeding fine of €80 & 3 penalty points in the post yesterday, doing 90km in a 80km zone I was in the fast lane overtaken, not a happy camper today but lesson learned need to stick to the speed limit
That's my rant for the day lol
XxMrs.MeathXx
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"Got my first ever speeding fine of €80 & 3 penalty points in the post yesterday, doing 90km in a 80km zone I was in the fast lane overtaken, not a happy camper today but lesson learned need to stick to the speed limit
That's my rant for the day lol
XxMrs.MeathXx
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fukken.. wimmen drivers  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Got my first ever speeding fine of €80 & 3 penalty points in the post yesterday, doing 90km in a 80km zone I was in the fast lane overtaken, not a happy camper today but lesson learned need to stick to the speed limit
That's my rant for the day lol
XxMrs.MeathXx
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If you were my wife i'd slap the arse clean off you.......... then again you'd probably like that so you'd drive even quicker!  |
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We don't have fast lanes either. Driving lane plus overtaking lane or lanes. The speed limit is exactly the same in each. Insurance companies won't punish you for that anyway as they look at the context of your points. They don't like points for using your phone while driving though. |
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"After the easter bank holiday weekend 9 penalty points came in my door.....
I'm skating on thin ice here  "
Oh dear, I suspect your insurance company won't be happy bunnies when it comes to renewal time. I wonder how much difference it'll make? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"After the easter bank holiday weekend 9 penalty points came in my door.....
I'm skating on thin ice here
Oh dear, I suspect your insurance company won't be happy bunnies when it comes to renewal time. I wonder how much difference it'll make? "
Shudder the thought  |
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"After the easter bank holiday weekend 9 penalty points came in my door.....
I'm skating on thin ice here
Oh dear, I suspect your insurance company won't be happy bunnies when it comes to renewal time. I wonder how much difference it'll make?
Shudder the thought "
...and now we wait  |
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By *al2001Man
over a year ago
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"I got 3 points for doing 58 in a 50....
And 66 in a 60...
Definitely don't think I deserved them!"
The law says you do deserve them if your over the limit. Cops have a cpl of kph over the limit to use their discretion but only 2 or 3 |
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By (user no longer on site)
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The law says you do deserve them if your over the limit. Cops have a cpl of kph over the limit to use their discretion but only 2 or 3 "
2-3 would be the error in the instrument's reading is my guess |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Lets be honest here.. if the limit is 60 and you're doing 66 there should have been discretion and common sense used. If you hit someone at 66 it isnt going to be much different to hitting them at 60. I'm all for road safety but i think being a fewph or kph over the limit shouldnt cause you to be punished so severely. A moneyaking exercise i suspect. |
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The law says you do deserve them if your over the limit. Cops have a cpl of kph over the limit to use their discretion but only 2 or 3
2-3 would be the error in the instrument's reading is my guess "
From what I know the speedometer in the car will usually suggest that you're going faster than you actually are, so when you're actually doing 80km/ph you're really doing a bit less. This suggests that if you were doing ten over the limit, your speedometer would probably have been telling you that you were fifteen or twenty over it. I'm sure it differs from car to car though. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Didn't think cameras can take a picture with two cars one been overtaken as it can not prove which was speeding... As car in overtaking lane could be undertaken by car inside....
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Have you noticed those lines painted on the road in both lanes???(for fixed cameras) |
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By *j47Man
over a year ago
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"At the end of the day...
I fought the law and the law won  "
A rebel u are 
There used to be a 10% allowance but I got one for fifty two in a fifty when I chalanged it to the fixed penalty office they said no pay up its a money making excerise at that level but a life saver when u see some on the motorways easily doing one fifty |
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"Didn't think cameras can take a picture with two cars one been overtaken as it can not prove which was speeding... As car in overtaking lane could be undertaken by car inside....
Have you noticed those lines painted on the road in both lanes???(for fixed cameras)"
There are no fixed cameras here anymore. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Didn't think cameras can take a picture with two cars one been overtaken as it can not prove which was speeding... As car in overtaking lane could be undertaken by car inside....
Have you noticed those lines painted on the road in both lanes???(for fixed cameras)
There are no fixed cameras here anymore. "
Just the vans now? I got my selfie done in London last month! I remembered the advice Mr69 told me so hoping I won't get stung. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Didn't think cameras can take a picture with two cars one been overtaken as it can not prove which was speeding... As car in overtaking lane could be undertaken by car inside....
Have you noticed those lines painted on the road in both lanes???(for fixed cameras)
There are no fixed cameras here anymore. "
Is that strange one in Kilmainham still operating? I think it was for illegal turns. |
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"Didn't think cameras can take a picture with two cars one been overtaken as it can not prove which was speeding... As car in overtaking lane could be undertaken by car inside....
Have you noticed those lines painted on the road in both lanes???(for fixed cameras)
There are no fixed cameras here anymore.
Is that strange one in Kilmainham still operating? I think it was for illegal turns."
I don't know. All the fixed speed cameras were decommissioned a couple of years ago. There's a new camera in Blackhall Place for catching people running red lights at the Luas crossing though, and more of those to follow along the Luas lines as well. No fixed speed ones as far as I'm aware. |
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By *al2001Man
over a year ago
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"Didn't think cameras can take a picture with two cars one been overtaken as it can not prove which was speeding... As car in overtaking lane could be undertaken by car inside....
Have you noticed those lines painted on the road in both lanes???(for fixed cameras)
There are no fixed cameras here anymore.
Just the vans now? I got my selfie done in London last month! I remembered the advice Mr69 told me so hoping I won't get stung. "
What advice was that candy?
I don't speed,too much like hard work for me just curious |
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By (user no longer on site)
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The law says you do deserve them if your over the limit. Cops have a cpl of kph over the limit to use their discretion but only 2 or 3
2-3 would be the error in the instrument's reading is my guess
From what I know the speedometer in the car will usually suggest that you're going faster than you actually are, so when you're actually doing 80km/ph you're really doing a bit less. This suggests that if you were doing ten over the limit, your speedometer would probably have been telling you that you were fifteen or twenty over it. I'm sure it differs from car to car though. "
This is true, I know from those fancy digital signs that 55 indicated is 50 on the sign and yesterday that 80 indicated is really 78.
Either way, there isn't much excuse for speeding. Cops are all over it, so use your head! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Haven't had points given to me in years. One of the guys working with me was notorious for speeding though. Was caught multiple times and as his driving license was from a different country all he got was fined. Lot more careful since the law was changed |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Got my first ever speeding fine of €80 & 3 penalty points in the post yesterday, doing 90km in a 80km zone I was in the fast lane overtaken, not a happy camper today but lesson learned need to stick to the speed limit
That's my rant for the day lol
XxMrs.MeathXx
Whereabouts in Meath was this - just so i can look out for the speed trap
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Got my first ever speeding fine of €80 & 3 penalty points in the post yesterday, doing 90km in a 80km zone I was in the fast lane overtaken, not a happy camper today but lesson learned need to stick to the speed limit
That's my rant for the day lol
XxMrs.MeathXx
Whereabouts in Meath was this - just so i can look out for the speed trap
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*whispers
the OP wrote this 6 months ago... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Got my first ever speeding fine of €80 & 3 penalty points in the post yesterday, doing 90km in a 80km zone I was in the fast lane overtaken, not a happy camper today but lesson learned need to stick to the speed limit
That's my rant for the day lol
XxMrs.MeathXx
Whereabouts in Meath was this - just so i can look out for the speed trap
*whispers
the OP wrote this 6 months ago..."
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I got 2 fines in a week last June.. 6 points and €160 fine.. Driving hubby's Audi.. Whoops
I hope the meet was worth it lol"
Wasnt even a meet I'm a bit if a speed freak so I don't drive fast cars  |
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