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Garda cars parked on motorway

  • 02-12-2011 8:05pm
    #1
    xabi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,006 ✭✭✭


    Anyone know what type of speed detection the Garda cars use that park on those special Garda only raised thingys on the motorways? Passed a few today slightly over the limit, didn't see any cameras, is it just radar guns they use?


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  • #2
    Terrontress
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,903 ✭✭✭Terrontress


    It's not those raised areas where they do the speed checks. They can see you too easily there. What they do is sit toward the top of the onramp and check your speed as you travel away from you. That way you can't see them until it is too late.


  • #3
    xabi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,006 ✭✭✭xabi


    What do they use the raised areas for? Saw 3 being used today on M7 and M1.


  • #4
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,289 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Alot of the Garda Traffic Corp cars are now fitted with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras. These can be positioned either at the front or rear of the car.

    More information here:
    http://www.garda.ie/Controller.aspx?Page=106

    They could have been checking for vehicles with no motor tax and insurance.


  • #5
    Terrontress
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,903 ✭✭✭Terrontress


    xabi wrote: »
    What do they use the raised areas for? Saw 3 being used today on M7 and M1.
    they can just observe traffic. If you're driving at 120 km/h you'll see the same 10 cars doing a similar speed. Sit static and you can observe thousands of cars.


  • #6
    Hooch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭Hooch


    Terrontress wrote: »
    they can just observe traffic. If you're driving at 120 km/h you'll see the same 10 cars doing a similar speed. Sit static and you can observe thousands of cars.

    We do both static observation and speed detection. One type of our speed detection gun is 1,000meters so depending on where the raised ramp is (some are terrible locations) we can intact see you wayyyyyy before you see us.


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  • #7
    pudzey101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,925 ✭✭✭pudzey101


    bazz26 wrote: »
    Alot of the Garda Traffic Corp cars are now fitted with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras. These can be positioned either at the front or rear of the car.

    More information here:
    http://www.garda.ie/Controller.aspx?Page=106

    They could have been checking for vehicles with no motor tax and insurance.

    Quote : The technology can read number plates at a rate of six per second on vehicles travelling up to 180km/h.

    So if im doing 190km/h ill be fine :D


  • #8
    robbie_998
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,222 ✭✭✭robbie_998


    pudzey101 wrote: »
    Quote : The technology can read number plates at a rate of six per second on vehicles travelling up to 180km/h.

    So if im doing 190km/h ill be fine :D



    nope.... you cant afford petrol for that anymore !


  • #9
    dev100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭dev100


    Hooch wrote: »
    We do both static observation and speed detection. One type of our speed detection gun is 1,000meters so depending on where the raised ramp is (some are terrible locations) we can intact see you wayyyyyy before you see us.


    Ha try the n11 m11 week days ye are well spotted before you see us . Every twat slams on the brakes and traffic crawls by you causing rubber necking :)

    Great form of speed prevention :)


  • #10
    Cork24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭Cork24


    What signal are they using on their guns now a days I remember getting a speed radar dec off the net before never got to try it out with the cop guns it had dector on it as well it would tell u if the cops had a device to pick up them up


  • #11
    Hooch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭Hooch


    Cork24 wrote: »
    What signal are they using on their guns now a days I remember getting a speed radar dec off the net before never got to try it out with the cop guns it had dector on it as well it would tell u if the cops had a device to pick up them up

    All speed detection guns now show if a radar jammer is being used.....and there are high penalties for them


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  • #12
    staker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,677 ✭✭✭staker


    Hooch wrote: »
    We do both static observation and speed detection. One type of our speed detection gun is 1,000meters so depending on where the raised ramp is (some are terrible locations) we can intact see you wayyyyyy before you see us.


    Shooting fish in a barrel springs to mind.
    What exactly are terrible locations in regards to sitting at the side of the motorway in the front seat of a car pointing a gun?
    This we/ye concept breeds nothing but contempt.


  • #13
    scholar007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 902 ✭✭✭scholar007


    Hooch wrote: »
    We do both static observation and speed detection. One type of our speed detection gun is 1,000meters so depending on where the raised ramp is (some are terrible locations) we can intact see you wayyyyyy before you see us.


    So what really sexy cars do ye have these days? The unmarked ones for speed detection? I saw a Scorpio years ago (on blues) when I was coming out of Dublin, it was better spec'd than some Mercs.


  • #14
    Cork24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭Cork24


    Hooch wrote: »
    Cork24 wrote: »
    What signal are they using on their guns now a days I remember getting a speed radar dec off the net before never got to try it out with the cop guns it had dector on it as well it would tell u if the cops had a device to pick up them up

    All speed detection guns now show if a radar jammer is being used.....and there are high penalties for them

    It's not a speed jammer but a it will pick up a speed cam and will let u know theirs one their


  • #15
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    Reading this thread has reminded me to ring the bank on monday and ask them what's the best time to rob them.:P


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