I'm laughing here with all of the above
They are either sound or complete tossers.
Stopped at a Garda checkpoint a few months ago in town one night. Young fella comes up to me and goes, eh what's the story?' in a serious tone.
I'm there 'eh?'
Guard, why are your spotlights/ fog lights on?
Me, 'eh, I don't have any Guard!'
Guard, YES you do,
Me, 'NO I DONT' (95 prefacelift standard front with original lights!)
Guard, 'Switch off your spot lights'---Me, there, just side lights on.
Guard, 'Switch them off' Now it's 10pm and I'm in a black FTO on a dark side street in town and anyone could have come around the corner and up my ar$e...clever lad
I'm sitting there laughing and he goes 'eh OK'
They never bloody apologise that's what gets me the most.
Driving back from Kerry one night in my girlfriends car and I'm teaching her how to drive. Picked up cat as well from parents house.
Come to set of RED traffic lights beside Garda station and I stop obviously. Lights go GREEN I drive on.
Blue flashing lights behind me, I've done nothing and keep going thinking that they want to go around but they don't! I keep driving and pull in letting them past but they don't go past.
Ok I better stop but have no idea what the story is.
Guard comes up to the window, I go 'Hi' in friendly but curious tone'
He says, 'Why did you just run that red light?'
I go,'WHAT I DIDNT, I DONT RUN RED LIGHTS' laughing and in shock at same time.
Guard, 'Show me your license as your getting an 80 euro fine and 2 points'
I said that he wasn't giving me any fine or any points as I haven't done anything wrong and that he got it wrong.
Guard goes fcuking mental and tries to arrest me.
I go, 'no ones getting arrested as no one has done anything wrong!
I'd just driven 500kms from Kerry and I wasn't in the mood for any crap. Plus I have a witness beside me in the car.
This goes on for half an hour at the side of the road. Guard was trying to do me big time and said that 2 points wasn't any big deal as he had 2 points!
The he talks about my 'bad attitude' and I ask him that if he was pulled over and accused in the wrong what would his bloody attitude be like? He agreed with me.
Meanwhile, cats going mad and girlfriend is feaking out and wants to report him to Ombudsman!
He tells me to come into the station tomorrow when his shift starts to show my NCT and Insurance cert (which I had on car anyway) and he'll decide what he'll do depending what my attitude was like.
I told him that 'my attitude' wouldn't be any different.
Then he starts to say things like, 'well I was in the carpark driving around by some cars and I saw you running light through the trees!' JASUS.
Anyway I'm waiting for him the next day and he arrives late for work. Comes out and asks me for my stuff which I give him politely. Spends the next 20 mins putting it to through the system, hands it back with a big smile on his face.
I ask, 'what happens now' as in 'you're not giving me a fine and he tells me that i'll receive my 'Fixed Penalty Notice' in the post!
I go bloody mad again and we argue for next half hour in station! Finally he says, OK i'll let this one go as I'm not entirely sure what I saw lastnight'
What a waste of my time. I stood up for myself because I totally knew I hadn't broken the light.
No apology from this total EGO head so they ain't in my best books I'm afraid!!!
And I didn't get laid that night, that was the worst bit! (by my girlfriend in case anyone is a smart ar$e!)
. crazy woman
