Garda Traffic Division & Traffic Policy

[Dodge]

They were on the St JOhns Road (near Hueston) too. A particular pet hate area for me...

[onceahoop]

On the Naas Road this morning, there was a squad car parked up on the verge on the approach to the Green Isle, with two coppers doing people for driving in the bus lane. Anyone that tried sneaking out of the bus lane into the proper traffic lane got pulled over anyway. Long overdue. How the hell is public transport meant to make any progress if the bus lanes are full of cars? What really takes the p1ss is when artics are at it too.

For weeks now, I've had lurid fantasies of a pair of traffic cops with about 40 or 50 bad boys backed up waiting to be booked, all fuming at the delay, while us legit drivers inch past them, slowly but ticketlessly. So dreams do come true, even if not on the epic scale I'd hoped for.

Far better doing that than sitting under the bridge at City West tagging motorists at 120kph in a 100kph zone on what is essentially a 3 lane highway.

One of my pet hates is drivers using the hard shoulder or bus lane to dodge trafficr jams. My other hate is 24 hour bus lanes which have minimal use by buses.

You people starting to use the hard shoulder between Turvey Avenue and the Lissenhall interchange on to the M1 beware.

[pete]

I think there are a lot of drivers that just ignore the bus lanes. You cannot get penalty points for the offence & only carries something like 60 euro fine. If you consider how many times you would use it before getting caught could be argued the fine is good value.

I like 7-10am & 4-7pm bus lanes as great for bypassing traffic as 10.05am & 7.05pm. Vast majority of motorists never read the times on the bus lane signs which is all the better for me.

[Dr.Nightdub]

As of this morning, the Clondalkin cops have adopted a new tactic on the same stretch of road I mentioned before. Zoom up the bus lane in an unmarked car, once they're behind some offending motorist, on comes the flashing blue. Great idea - catches the one in front and all the ones following along behind.

Much more of this crackdown on car crime and I could yet find myself voting PD...