Operation: Checkpoint Charlies

When is a checkpoint not really a checkpoint…?

We reckon a checkpoint isn’t really a checkpoint when there is a Get Out Of Jail Free turn just before your moment of truth.

Such was the case this afternoon outside Aldi on Mill Road.

For anyone coming from Killincarrig, there was little option other than to face the music – or make a very obvious 3-point turn in front of the gardaí.

For those coming from the Greystones end though, rather conveniently, the garda on your side was positioned just after the entrance to the Aldi car park.

Which meant that instead of facing a possible fine, or worse, you just had to pop into Aldi and buy that €3 canoe that you never knew you wanted. Talk about a saving!

Maybe it’s GG that’s missing a trick here, but, we reckon there might be a flaw in these particular Checkpoint Charlies’ cunning plan to keep Greystones’ roads all safe and legal.