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Can somebody please invent this???

  • 15-11-2010 7:45pm
    #1
    musings
    Registered Users Posts: 91 ✭✭


    In the interests of annoying our revenue-hungry government and standing up for the long suffering Irish motorist, can someone please invent an iphone App to fight these new garda speed cameras. (of which there is 23 per county!!)

    I'm thinking an app which uses the iphone's GPS for motorists to warn other motorists of the presence of a Gatso Van. If driver A spots a van, he presses a button which logs the presence of a Gatso Van to a central database updated in real time, so driver 2 gets warned.......simples,

    Any coders out there willing to do this in the national interest?


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  • #2
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    www.trapster.com might be what you're looking for. a number of people are talking about it.


  • #3
    musings
    Registered Users Posts: 91 ✭✭musings


    God bless the internet! I wonder is it any good?


  • #4
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    Good observation is generally enough. The camera's in a van, after all.


  • #5
    musings
    Registered Users Posts: 91 ✭✭musings


    Anan1 wrote: »
    Good observation is generally enough. The camera's in a van, after all.


    Oh thats obvious, a van, I should've known that. because obviously the only vans on the road are garda vans. Couriers and builders don't use vans?


  • #6
    dodger50
    Closed Accounts Posts: 59 ✭✭dodger50


    . . . .or you could just drive at a legal speed on the roads which have been designated as dangerous and worthy of monitoring. If you're caught there is really only one person to blame!


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  • #7
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    No.Purely because iPhones suck :pac:


  • #8
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    musings wrote: »
    Oh thats obvious, a van, I should've known that. because obviously the only vans on the road are garda vans. Couriers and builders don't use vans?
    Speed detection vans are fairly obvious, not least because of where and how they're parked. I'm not saying it's impossible for an alert driver to be caught, but it's generally the dozy who don't see them.


  • #9
    jaffa20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,550 ✭✭✭jaffa20


    Yet another speed camera thread.


  • #10
    brad_ady77
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭brad_ady77


    We in Romania,use CB radio stations. easy way to avoid radars,check points... always ch 9 and 19 to listen what truck drivers talk...


  • #11
    Bigcheeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭Bigcheeze


    There's an Irishspeedtrap.com in the top 10 apps on app store. It gets crap reviews compared to trapster though. Anyone tried either of these apps ?


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  • #12
    Bigcheeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭Bigcheeze


    brad_ady77 wrote: »
    We in Romania,use CB radio stations. easy way to avoid radars,check points... always ch 9 and 19 to listen what truck drivers talk...

    With an 8 foot aerial on the roof of your Opel Manta ?


  • #13
    Atomic Pineapple
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    trapster is also available on Android handsets


  • #14
    Owen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    Been using Trapster in Cork for a good while now. It was fantastic, everyone would report checkpoints/cameras, and you'd get push notifications if you were within say 2 miles of the area.

    Then they changed something, and screwed it up. We started getting notifications for Germany, some people in Dublin were getting Dutch ones, but we didn't get any local ones again. The people at Trapster have said 'meh, don't know why that is, sorry', and a few months on, they're no closer to figuring out why.


  • #15
    StereoLove
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,068 ✭✭✭StereoLove


    I would but I have no idea how!:rolleyes:


  • #16
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,063 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    brad_ady77 wrote: »
    We in Romania,use CB radio stations. easy way to avoid radars,check points... always ch 9 and 19 to listen what truck drivers talk...

    Confirm it.
    The same in Poland, and pretty much most of the Continent of Europe.
    Truck drivers always use CB's to inform each other about traffic situation, speed cameras, police patrols, etc.
    In recent years lots of car drivers bought CB sets as well, so if there's a speed camera or police patrol on the way, you always know.
    You can buy a CB set for under 100 euros, but I can't really see any point in Ireland, as barely anyone has it. So there would be no one to get information from.
    I was surprices when I arrived in Poland in 2009, and saw about every 10th car has an CB aerial on the roof. That's a lot.

    Besides - when driving somewhere using couple cars - f.e on holidays with friends, it very nice to have CB's, as you can easily communicate and have some fun on the way.


  • #17
    benj
    Registered Users Posts: 292 ✭✭benj


    musings wrote: »
    In the interests of annoying our revenue-hungry government and standing up for the long suffering Irish motorist, can someone please invent an iphone App to fight these new garda speed cameras. (of which there is 23 per county!!)

    I'm thinking an app which uses the iphone's GPS for motorists to warn other motorists of the presence of a Gatso Van. If driver A spots a van, he presses a button which logs the presence of a Gatso Van to a central database updated in real time, so driver 2 gets warned.......simples,

    Any coders out there willing to do this in the national interest?


    you don't need to, just check garda.ie and it tells you where speed cameras are.


  • #18
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Breaker, breaker 1-9, we got us a bear in the air, come on!


  • #19
    bogman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭bogman


    Trapster installed on my Android smartphone, ill be using and adding to this a lot

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  • #20
    slimjimmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,786 ✭✭✭slimjimmc


    musings wrote: »
    In the interests of annoying our revenue-hungry government and standing up for the long suffering Irish motorist, can someone please invent an iphone App to fight these new garda speed cameras. (of which there is 23 per county!!)

    I'm thinking an app which uses the iphone's GPS for motorists to warn other motorists of the presence of a Gatso Van. If driver A spots a van, he presses a button which logs the presence of a Gatso Van to a central database updated in real time, so driver 2 gets warned.......simples,

    Any coders out there willing to do this in the national interest?

    Obviously not holding the phone while driving. It'd be a pity to get done yourself while helping someone else avoid getting done for speeding.:p


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