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Garda Speed Gun/camera

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  • 08-07-2013 10:43am
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    savic04
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    on way to Cork this morning as as I came off the motorway into city centre there was a Garda with what looked a speed gun, by the 60k zone

    I was doing over 60 at the time, wondering does he have to pull me over there and then or can i get ticket in post.


    Looked more like a speed gun rather than a camera but not sure


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    savic04
    Registered Users Posts: 600 ✭✭✭savic04


    holding it up from what I remember


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    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,218 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    Did he have his hat on?


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    popeye1_2
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    Hi
    Was doing 63-65 kph today in a 60kph
    will I get penalty points

    paul


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    freshpopcorn
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    Well if it is a hand held speed gun they have to pull you over but if it's on a tripod you'll get the letter in the post.


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    Supraman
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    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    Well if it is a hand held speed gun they have to pull you over but if it's on a tripod you'll get the letter in the post.

    Not necessarily . Myself and a few mates passed a guard with a tripod all travelling over the ton in mph and none of us ever heard anything about it . This was a couple of years ago so unless the tripods are newly updated with more technology then id struggle to believe it .


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    endacl
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    popeye1_2 wrote: »
    Hi
    Was doing 63-65 kph today in a 60kph
    will I get penalty points

    paul

    Yep. I'd say you'll have the car seized too!


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    Scortho
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    popeye1_2 wrote: »
    Hi
    Was doing 63-65 kph today in a 60kph
    will I get penalty points

    paul

    Most likely your speedometer is about 5k over what your actually driving.
    So if it says 65, it's most likely 60.
    Gardai generally allow a few km/h over the speed limit as well


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    ofcork
    Registered Users Posts: 5,353 ✭✭✭ofcork


    Passed a 08 D transit plain white in ballinascarthy co. cork today,got flashed by a guy before i came to it.Could it have been a speed van though i had dropped the speed anyway.


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    ironclaw
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    ofcork wrote: »
    Passed a 08 D transit plain white in ballinascarthy co. cork today,got flashed by a guy before i came to it.Could it have been a speed van though i had dropped the speed anyway.

    Could have been alright. Most Garda vans are white Ford transits (And may or may not have any markings)


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