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1. Anonymous
   Member

   Dunno if anyone here has noticed the road behavior of the large amount of foreign registered cars in Dublin, i.e Latvian, hungarians, Polish etc. God knows what the driving test is like in those countries or even if they have one? Speed limits, yield signs, mini-roundabouts, stop signs/road markings appear to mean nothing to these people! One also wonders at the people who "barge" there way past a bus pulling out of a stop only to be then passed by the same bus 2mins later in the bus lane!
   [posted by: XpressoX]

   Posted 5 years ago #

2. AlekSmart
   Member

   Oh dear Xp it`s much worse than that i`m afraid.....
   As the recent tragedy on the M50 illustrated many of the drivers from the countries you mention do possess an attitude towards Irish or indeed ANY form of regulation or restriction on their movements.
   There is also the issue of why so many cars with LA,LV,RO,LT and other Eastern Bloc countries are fitted with fully blacked out windows.
   This when coupled with a somewhat startling lack of Irish Insurance or Tax documentation raises some very unsettling questions.
   Even today an Irish National risks strong action from the Customs and Excise if found driving a foreign registered vehicle within the state.
   My advice would be to carry a Camera at all times and if involved in an altercation of any sort with a vehicle with a foreign reg then take as many pics as possible especially of the occupants.
   Times are indeed changing and Paddy better change along with them or else !!

   Posted 5 years ago #

3. jester
   Member

   The reason why all foreign reg drivers get away with what they do is beacause they know they are untouchable. As mad mullah pointed out ,the only people that get penalty points are people with irish driving licences. so therefore it is fair to say that it is open season for every joe soap that doesn't have an irish licence. A classic example is northern drivers coming down south. As long as there in the north ,there little angles, but at soon as they cross the border they become the anti-christ

   Posted 5 years ago #

4. sandy
   Member

   Mostly LT regs around my area and prob 9/10 of them have blacked out windows,usually Audi's or 5series Bm's.
   It was suggested that maybe they need the windows blacked out due to extreme weather conditions in their country....glare from sun,glare from snow.Or is there some other dodgy reason????

   Posted 5 years ago #

5. Anonymous
   Member

   could it be they are soooooo good looking. esp.. the birds.....LOL.. men ain't bad either...
   [posted by: ad11]

   Posted 5 years ago #

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