Speed camera mega-thread ***Read first post before posting***

Seen the first one today in Dundalk. Thanks god I was driving slow in my girlfriends 1.2 and not my m3!

Anan1 wrote: »

I think the real problem here is not the cameras but the sometimes inappropriate limits. Rather than giving out about enforcement, wouldn't it make more sense to focus on getting limits adjusted where a good argument can be made for it?

Also inappropriate limits for roads I agree with. There is lots of roads that are too dangerous even for 50kph, but councils on the other hand are too extreme is where there is 50kph that are wide with no history of serious accidents such as the Condell road in Limerick city council where 3.5Km stretch is now 50kph (non build up area and no housing estate access like most roads, used to be 100kph under Limerick County Council before been reduced to 60kph before the city took it over.
http://maps.google.ie/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Condell+Road,+Limerick&sll=53.349399,-6.259933&sspn=0.015909,0.033731&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Condell+Rd,+Limerick,+County+Limerick&ll=52.661036,-8.664292&spn=0,0.016866&z=16&layer=c&cbll=52.661036,-8.664292&panoid=wDdRSb0hZ-xJH6Q1YI5ghQ&cbp=12,120.64,,0,6.37

This stretch of road should be 80kph should be used here, not 60kph on the old N21 road into Rathkeale from the Five Cross Roads.
http://maps.google.ie/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Five+Cross+Roads,+Limerick&sll=52.661036,-8.664292&sspn=0.008407,0.016866&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Five+Cross+Roads,+County+Limerick&ll=52.526144,-8.910856&spn=0,0.033731&z=15&layer=c&cbll=52.52612,-8.911017&panoid=1z2agFszlShAJm_Y-u5-kw&cbp=12,81.13,,0,-13.66

Same as the other side of Rathkeale
http://maps.google.ie/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=gpo+dublin&sll=51.179148,-1.826394&sspn=0.001145,0.002803&ie=UTF8&hq=GPO&hnear=GPO,+Custom+House+Quay,+Dublin+1,+County+Dublin+City,+Ireland&ll=53.349066,-6.260147&spn=0.016703,0.044847&z=15&layer=c&cbll=53.349392,-6.259913&panoid=af5UzjlXJmCx54yna2HvnA&cbp=12,274.32,,0,-3.46

Look at this for ridiculous speed Limits assignments on this same road
Here on a Passage way type road you can legal do 80kph where you could easily have an accident at this speed.
http://maps.google.ie/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=gpo+dublin&sll=51.179148,-1.826394&sspn=0.001145,0.002803&ie=UTF8&hq=GPO&hnear=GPO,+Custom+House+Quay,+Dublin+1,+County+Dublin+City,+Ireland&ll=53.349066,-6.260147&spn=0.016703,0.044847&z=15&layer=c&cbll=53.349392,-6.259913&panoid=af5UzjlXJmCx54yna2HvnA&cbp=12,274.32,,0,-3.46
and when you get to the Normal two way road you are force to do 60kph see the sign post for each road junction.
http://maps.google.ie/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Five+Cross+Roads,+Limerick&sll=52.661036,-8.664292&sspn=0.008407,0.016866&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Five+Cross+Roads,+County+Limerick&layer=c&cbll=52.513304,-8.968997&panoid=o-RULTAFtMOe6PWwIR5bRw&cbp=12,9.63,,0,4.43&ll=52.513374,-8.968921&spn=0,0.033731&z=15


What is the danger on this stretch of road that causes a 60kph to be so far out of Rathkeale? There is no Traffic choas that will cause Rathkeale to jam up, it is already bypassed for donkey years. Stroll up and down using Google maps street view to find out for yourself. I do not see a reason for it.

http://maps.google.ie/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Five+Cross+Roads,+Limerick&sll=52.661036,-8.664292&sspn=0.008407,0.016866&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Five+Cross+Roads,+County+Limerick&ll=52.513374,-8.968921&spn=0,0.033731&z=15&layer=c&cbll=52.513304,-8.968997&panoid=o-RULTAFtMOe6PWwIR5bRw&cbp=12,9.63,,0,4.43

Do these fu!cking things flash, or do you just have to wait on the post to find out you were caught?

Wasnt sure if this deserves a thread to itsself....

The guards have published a list of the roads which are going to be targeted by cameras called "Speed Enforcement Zones".
http://www.garda.ie/sez/default.aspx

Across the country a lot of the zones seem to be accident black spots on the "old" primary routes now by passed by motorways.
Of course some stretches are bypassed by tolled motorways, and the old N road remains a useful toll dodge route.
In both cases the old road is normally re-designated a R road, and automatically getting the lower speed limit for back roads of 80kmh.
In the past, with masses of traffic, these roads had lots of accidents. So now they are on the list of super-dangerous roads, due to masses of accidents when they were an N road.
Does it make sense to use old accident statistics from the road's hey-day to bring out the hair dryers now targeted at formerly busy roads?

Either way, toll dodgers are going to get a fierce rough go of it if the private companies are enforcing the 80kmh on all these old stretches of former National Roads (/former very dangerous roads)!
Well, you've been warned!

do you believe in santa and the tooth fairy, all this shower require is revenue, and badly at that.

Apologies - I thought the system was up and running currently.

How are these calibrated ?
Is it a % over the limit you get snapped ?

or is it points for 101 kph, 121 kph etc.

embracingLife wrote: »

Anyway,as I approached it, I could see flashes of light-(first I thought it was lightning as its a windy/rainy day!) as cars ahead of me drove past this white van, but it was only as I got nearer I realised it was coming from this van.
Sure enough it was a speed camera van with only the words "Garda" written on back door and black windows on back doors of van. No reflectors at all on van so its only an ordinary looking white van and from the distance no way at all to tell what it is,so looks like these vans are going to catch everyone all the time.

A white van parked on the LHS with black windows and its back facing towards traffic, flashing, and with 'Garda' written on the back door? The sneaky so-and-sos.;)

its only when you get right beside it do you see the words garda. Is that you Gay?

Those vans usually have a 3 phase power connector sticking out of where you'd normally have a fuel cap too.

jock101 wrote: »

Kill the Speed, avoid the fines!;)

And if you stop having sex, you'll never get AIDS, but where's the fun in that?

One of them parked here this morning!
I'd say its about the 5th time in the last 2 months that there has been some form of speed detection on this stretch of road.

PaintDoctor wrote: »

Wasn't there some high moral announcement when they came out that they weren't to be used as cash cows, and would only be put on black spot known accident areas and high risk areas?

Well, that lasted long. 2 cameras on the 120kph Ballincollig Bypass today in Cork, one facing east, one west on a lovely wide open Dual Carriageway. Fish in a barrel!

can you describe what you saw.
if you saw rubber strips across the road.. they count traffic.. THEY ARE NOT SPEED CAMS

there were strips across both carriageways, and another one near the pub at the end of the dual carriageway, and there was another set on the outbound land of the south link (not the south ring)

pa990 wrote: »

can you describe what you saw.
if you saw rubber strips across the road.. they count traffic.. THEY ARE NOT SPEED CAMS

Yes, I know what traffic counters look like. They're everywhere in Cork at the moment too. But these were camera vans.

[EDIT]Jeez that sounds sarcastic, but it's not meant to be.

kwalshe wrote: »

Is it not better though to catch people speeding and let them get hit with fines, points and increased insurance premiums and thus possibly change their habits.
Otherwise if you have advertised gatsos people just jam on when they see them.
Its very simple, I dont see what people dont understand, dont go over the limit and you dont need to concern yourself with white van paranoia

I dont think people are disputing speed detectors being put in places where they could reduce deaths i.e. a R road in Donegal at 3 on a saturday night may save life's (sorry Donegal people but i had to use something as an example)

Putting one on a motorway and catching and fining people for doing 122kph in a 120kph is nothing more than a money making exercise.