cyrastas Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 I heard Bob Marley liked jamming - but that's a different story...roll me a fat one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxyboy Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Bloody hell everyone get off will fie's case. Drpellypo no one asked for your opinion on the ethics of having one fitted, nor did they ask for your holier than thou thoughts on road safety. People have every right to ask a question on this site without getting a load of useless responses. I may not agree with the use of the jammers, and neither would a number of people. It would also appear RR is of the same opinion, but at least he tried to point the poster in the right direction to get the information. I can see you are a long term user of TSN and have a great deal more posts than I do. I would have thought this would lead to tolerance, not arrogance. My two cents worth. Getting off my soapbox. Will fie - do the jammers work in Australia? [/ QUOTE ] very well said...my feelings exactly but i'm just too thick to put it in written form as people have said all info is good, whether it be right or wrong, but the your naughty/i'm very good route does take a bit of chewing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fresco1 Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 I think by Laser Jammers we're really referring to Laser Diffusers. I'm not too hot on info for these items, but the following may be of use: Linky There is still some debate about how 'legal' they are: Linky I seem to recall that for Laser Detectors (which I do have) you can be charged with acting on police information (or some similar wording) if you are found to be obviously slamming on the brakes (having been speeding) after being targeted with a laser. It is an offence to intercept such police 'information', so you could be charged quite severely. There is no corresponding charge for acting on information from a GPS-based speed / safety camera device. I would imagine being caught using a laser Diffusor (if speeding then rapidly decelerating in front of Plod!) would probably see a charge of again misusing police information or worse perverting the course of justice. Worth remembering that there has to be a reasonable suspicion of an offence being committed in the first place! PS - Above is in the spirit of imparting knowledge, not judging the request or encouraging illegal use of kit etc .. ! PPS - Also, is 'rear' significant? Think they are normally mounted in the front of your vehicle, am wondering if by a rear mount you may be assuming you will be speeding PAST a police car as opposed to driving towards it?! Pedantic I know, but just curious ... ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Wouldn't rear laser device be for plod in car following you? Or could be hidden up a slip road and get you going past as happened to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunsterGTI Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Hi all I read through this article on the fourm and I just want to express my opinion / view (which is what forums are for among other things) Just to put some context here for those of you who are not from Ireland, The police (Gardai) here in Ireland are the sneakiest, slippery and most ignorant police force you are likely to meet. It is not about safety here in Ireland its about revenue. There are some atrocious roads here and the gards dont give a monkeys and all of the fixed 3/4 speed cameras we have here in ireland are on straight pieces of road on the 1 meter strip of motorways we have here which are safe, and there is no need for them in such places. Gards can be found hanging out of trees, behind walls, lying in ditches on straigh pieces of roads it is simply ridiculous. Then they wonder why our roads deaths are so high. They are never in built up areas or on dangerous roads, it really is a joke It is willf ie decision if he wants to get a jammer, fair play is all i say, if you had to deal with the gards here in ireland you would understand Rant over, Its all good healthy debate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac_Terrorist Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Hmmm - sounds like the Gardai are trained in the UK then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Gardai also closely related to Gendarmerie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fresco1 Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Gardai are closely related to chimps, methinks! (Cf. quote re. them hanging out of trees!). I think there's an IQ test all Gardai have to fail to get on the force (and don't forget I am Irish so I'm not being mean here!)!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzGTI Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Hmmm - sounds like the Gardai are trained in the UK then [/ QUOTE ] And then emigrate to Australia... I reckon our police do a pretty good job given that the politicians write them such rubbish laws. Here's an example: I can be fined for travelling 3km over the speed limit, the speed limit is generally 100km on the open road, though a couple of freeways have a rather more exciting 110km limit. I think it is a loss of 1 point and a $150 or so fine. The contradiction here is that cars homologated for Australian roads have to have a speedometer that reads within 10% of the true spped at 100km an hour. Commonwealth law says an error of up to 10% is acceptable, State law says 3%. The police who are State public servants apply the State law. Why do we have so many accidents on our wide open, spacious roads? Because we are all watching the feckin speedo (and that our lane discipline is shocking - slow cars in fast lanes, fast cars in slow lanes - general ignorance of the 'Keep left unless overtaking' signs) and not on what's happening ahead. The majority of the road safety initiative here is about revenue, the sad part is that the pollies are too lousy to front it and leave the consequences of their stupid laws to the cops to face. BTW I am not an anti pollie/anti government type. But these laws and the placement of speed cameras have nothing to do with minimising accidents. The real reason is revenue - the two best forms of revenue for our State governments - poker machines and speeding fines. Both are shameful. End of rant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caveboy Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Can't see what all the fuss is about. You wouldn't be buying a GTI if you didn't like to go fast , what about those of you that get them modified to go even faster?? Should look at yourselves before you pass judgement on others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonl Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Should look at yourselves before you pass judgement on others. [/ QUOTE ] No one was passing judgement, just merely pointing out the risks. Why don't you actually read the thread properly before critising us all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironclaw Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 Hi, I hate to reopen an old thread (And what a cool forum by the way, had to join) Can some point out to me the exact Irish law that is in relation to Radar Detectors or Jammers? What is the legal line on Jammers? Is it simular to detectors as in, you can hold it in your hand and legally pocess it, however it cannot be in your car or switched on. Thanks! ironclaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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