It isn’t something which I ever saw, but it might have been used when entering a military base or something like that.
As a civilian, it was generally a given that you wouldn’t, or shouldn’t, be carrying such material, although there might have been those licensed to, who would declare it on reading that sign.
I used to drive a little van. I was asked this question often at checkpoints. But normally in not such an official way. Was something like are you all right love? Are you carrying anything for anyone else? Are you sure everything’s okay? I never saw a sign saying this.
I can’t remember ever seeing a sign like that and definitely never heard those questions being asked. Signs usually said STOP HERE. LIGHTS OFF and WAIT HERE TO BE CALLED FORWARD. There were definitely other signs about though which I can’t remember specifically but I think had details about CCTV recording happening / photography is banned in this area etc etc.
Questions were usually some variation of “licence” then questions about where you were going to (or coming from and purpose of the trip. Occasionally they’d ask passengers for I.D or to state their details and ask what if anything was in the boot, then they would invariably ask to see into the boot even if they were told it was empty.
Shit like that.
If true I wonder how many people were caught out by answering yes
Used to be “control zones” (not “controlled zones”). Think there was one near the airport, few round Belfast centre and you’d get them round police barracks and courts. There was a big one coming up to the RUC fort near the border crossing by Newry.
Basically meant no stopping. And I don’t ever remember seeing a sign like yours… and not at any kind of ad-hoc checkpoint either.
Standard translink legal department shenanigans right there
I don’t remember seeing any of these at checkpoints but it looks more like you would see at a barracks or police station gate. The typeface and language is very “British army/MI5” feeling. So could have been at a secure site
Yes…I mean no, dammit foiled again
I don’t think they were as polite as that tbh.
I think there was something like that on the border back in the day. Maybe late 70s.
Takes me back to the 70s that
Reminds me of the question on the US landing card: ‘Are you here in order to subvert the government of the USA?
Reminds me of the Eddie izzard sketch about an English version of the Spanish inquisition.
YOU! CAKE OR DEATH?
Uhhhhhhhh cake please?
Very well! Give him cake!
i asked my family and they said no but i assume this declaration would more be for areas that military personnel who were carrying explosives would have to declare it. they didn’t really go around being like “do you have a bomb on you mate” because the ra are hardly gonna say yes.
I think that kind of sign was used at some border posts back in the day. I’m thinking 80s, early 90s at the latest.
Seem to recall something like that when you drove between NI & ROI.
Mind you, I was a kid then, so could be talking bollocks.
Just a wee petrol bomb M8 nothing too major
Reminds me of the question on the ESTA form when going to the US that asks have you ever taken part in terrorist activity
I don’t remember this sign in particular but I remember my parents being asked this question when crossing the border in the early/mid-90s
Can’t remember seeing that sign, but if my dad had to get past the checkpoint on Ladas Drive, he always had to answer something pretty similar since he was the dead spit of Gerry when he was younger. I got dragged with him since they were a bit hesitant about scaring a wee girl, and dad always bought me a Twirl as thanks.
I doubt it. The signs at checkpoints were the bright red like a normal stop sign and they all said “Stop checkpoint Headlights Off”. It’s possible this was a variation at a barracks or something but not widely used anyway.
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That exact one? Maybe not.
It isn’t something which I ever saw, but it might have been used when entering a military base or something like that.
As a civilian, it was generally a given that you wouldn’t, or shouldn’t, be carrying such material, although there might have been those licensed to, who would declare it on reading that sign.
I used to drive a little van. I was asked this question often at checkpoints. But normally in not such an official way. Was something like are you all right love? Are you carrying anything for anyone else? Are you sure everything’s okay? I never saw a sign saying this.
I can’t remember ever seeing a sign like that and definitely never heard those questions being asked. Signs usually said STOP HERE. LIGHTS OFF and WAIT HERE TO BE CALLED FORWARD. There were definitely other signs about though which I can’t remember specifically but I think had details about CCTV recording happening / photography is banned in this area etc etc.
Questions were usually some variation of “licence” then questions about where you were going to (or coming from and purpose of the trip. Occasionally they’d ask passengers for I.D or to state their details and ask what if anything was in the boot, then they would invariably ask to see into the boot even if they were told it was empty.
Shit like that.
If true I wonder how many people were caught out by answering yes
Used to be “control zones” (not “controlled zones”). Think there was one near the airport, few round Belfast centre and you’d get them round police barracks and courts. There was a big one coming up to the RUC fort near the border crossing by Newry.
Basically meant no stopping. And I don’t ever remember seeing a sign like yours… and not at any kind of ad-hoc checkpoint either.
Standard translink legal department shenanigans right there
I don’t remember seeing any of these at checkpoints but it looks more like you would see at a barracks or police station gate. The typeface and language is very “British army/MI5” feeling. So could have been at a secure site
Yes…I mean no, dammit foiled again
I don’t think they were as polite as that tbh.
I think there was something like that on the border back in the day. Maybe late 70s.
Takes me back to the 70s that
Reminds me of the question on the US landing card: ‘Are you here in order to subvert the government of the USA?
Reminds me of the Eddie izzard sketch about an English version of the Spanish inquisition.
YOU! CAKE OR DEATH?
Uhhhhhhhh cake please?
Very well! Give him cake!
i asked my family and they said no but i assume this declaration would more be for areas that military personnel who were carrying explosives would have to declare it. they didn’t really go around being like “do you have a bomb on you mate” because the ra are hardly gonna say yes.
I think that kind of sign was used at some border posts back in the day. I’m thinking 80s, early 90s at the latest.
Seem to recall something like that when you drove between NI & ROI.
Mind you, I was a kid then, so could be talking bollocks.
Just a wee petrol bomb M8 nothing too major
Reminds me of the question on the ESTA form when going to the US that asks have you ever taken part in terrorist activity
I don’t remember this sign in particular but I remember my parents being asked this question when crossing the border in the early/mid-90s
Can’t remember seeing that sign, but if my dad had to get past the checkpoint on Ladas Drive, he always had to answer something pretty similar since he was the dead spit of Gerry when he was younger. I got dragged with him since they were a bit hesitant about scaring a wee girl, and dad always bought me a Twirl as thanks.
I doubt it. The signs at checkpoints were the bright red like a normal stop sign and they all said “Stop checkpoint Headlights Off”. It’s possible this was a variation at a barracks or something but not widely used anyway.
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