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Speed Camera locations on your sat nav - €19.99

  • 11-02-2009 5:14pm
    #1
    I.S.T.
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭


    We've reduced the price of our speed camera download for your sat nav to €19.99 until the end of the month. The usual price is €35.


Comments

  • #2
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,029 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Seems familiar!

    :confused:


  • #3
    I.S.T.
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭I.S.T.


    basquille wrote: »
    Seems familiar!

    :confused:

    It's a bargain, less than almost half price!

    EDIT: Ok, not half the price, my calculator must be broken :-)


  • #4
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,533 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Mad idea (and I know I said it on one of those other threads) - just slow the f**k down and save €20!


  • #5
    yoshytoshy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭yoshytoshy


    your product has destroyed my gps.
    I have a voice activated gps and everytime I got to make a call ,or select music ,your warnings render my menus useless.
    pain in the @ss


  • #6
    I.S.T.
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭I.S.T.


    yoshytoshy wrote: »
    your product has destroyed my gps.
    I have a voice activated gps and everytime I got to make a call ,or select music ,your warnings render my menus useless.
    pain in the @ss

    Please email us support@irishspeedtraps.com and we will sort this out for you


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  • #7
    yoshytoshy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭yoshytoshy


    to be honest and this is the truth.
    If I was to go by your software ,it would mean there is more cameras in dublin than gardai.
    It's become ridiculous and as others have said ,just slow down.
    It was great at first ,but theres just too many camera locations now.


  • #8
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,582 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    They're available free in the TomTom Home downloads, now that's real value.


  • #9
    I.S.T.
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭I.S.T.


    TheZohan wrote: »
    They're available free in the TomTom Home downloads, now that's real value.

    Really? Do you have a link to it plz?


  • #10
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,582 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »
    Really? Do you have a link to it plz?

    Attach your TomTom to your computer via your usb, start up the Home program, click on Points of interest, Points of interest for Ireland and voila!

    They're available on tons of websites too ever since AGS released the info a couple of months back. Do a quick Google. :)


  • #11
    subway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭subway


    looks like free downloads from google http://www.gps-data-team.com/poi/ireland/safety/


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  • #12
    dar83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭dar83


    IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »
    We've reduced the price of our speed camera download for your sat nav to €19.99 until the end of the month. The usual price is €35.

    ...
    IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »
    It's a bargain, less than half price!

    Really? :confused:


  • #13
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,226 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    dar83 wrote: »
    Really? :confused:
    Cheap at half the price!*


    *Another odd expression.


  • #14
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    surely this should be moved to the Rip-Off Ireland section, trying to sell people something they can get off tinternet for free


  • #15
    sallymount
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭sallymount


    looks like irishspeedtraps has ... err.. sped off into the distance:)


  • #16
    jc7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 305 ✭✭jc7


    IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »
    It's a bargain, less than half price!

    Surely to be less than half price, it would have be under €17.50?


  • #17
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,533 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    And the award for "Most spectacular backfiring shill" goes to....


  • #18
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Mr E wrote: »
    And the award for "Most spectacular backfiring shill" goes to....
    I believe he did what you internet folk would call a fail.


  • #19
    Soarer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,922 ✭✭✭Soarer


    Maybe change your name to IrishGreedTraps?


  • #20
    BNC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 425 ✭✭BNC


    Oh dear, this reminds me of a rear ender I saw the other morning. :p


  • #21
    Gran Hermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,330 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    And bang goes that revenue stream.

    It always seemed distasteful to me that someone would ask people for info on the Motor forum and then try and pimp it on the Bargain forum.


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  • #22
    GhostInTheRuins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭GhostInTheRuins


    excellent


  • #23
    Eoinsku
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭Eoinsku


    Poor maths skills: check
    Rip off: check
    Ruins well working software: check

    IrishSpeedTraps are morons: check


  • #24
    bogman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭bogman


    Best laugh I had in ages and where's IrishSpeedTraps gone:rolleyes:


  • #25
    I.S.T.
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭I.S.T.


    subway wrote: »
    looks like free downloads from google http://www.gps-data-team.com/poi/ireland/safety/
    That link only had 112 locations. Out download has over 600 locations.
    the groutch wrote: »
    surely this should be moved to the Rip-Off Ireland section, trying to sell people something they can get off tinternet for free
    Show me where you can get it for free? Why do you think we should give something away for free that takes a lot of time and effort to compile? You are more than welcome to set up a similar site if you want to do it for free.


  • #26
    I.S.T.
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭I.S.T.


    TheZohan wrote: »
    Attach your TomTom to your computer via your usb, start up the Home program, click on Points of interest, Points of interest for Ireland and voila!

    TheZohan wrote: »
    They're available on tons of websites too ever since AGS released the info a couple of months back. Do a quick Google. :)

    Do you mean the Garda speed enforcement zones? That is not what we offer on our download. We have specific locations where the Gardaí regularly set up speed traps. The Garda speed enforcement zones are long stretches of road sometimes up to 10km long where they supposedly target speeders. However there is nothing to stop them setting up outside these zones.


  • #27
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »
    Do you mean the Garda speed enforcement zones? That is not what we offer on our download. We have specific locations where the Gardaí regularly set up speed traps. The Garda speed enforcement zones are long stretches of road sometimes up to 10km long where they supposedly target speeders. However there is nothing to stop them setting up outside these zones.
    There is nothing to stop them setting up outside of the locations you offer either.


  • #28
    alastair_doom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭alastair_doom


    IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »
    Do you mean the Garda speed enforcement zones? That is not what we offer on our download. We have specific locations where the Gardaí regularly set up speed traps. The Garda speed enforcement zones are long stretches of road sometimes up to 10km long where they supposedly target speeders. However there is nothing to stop them setting up outside these zones.

    Last time you spammed your site here, I added a cam near my house that doesnt actually exist for the sake of having a few less cars breaking the speed limit around here. It still looks to be on your site, so your system is FAR from perfect.


  • #29
    xtremepoizn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭xtremepoizn


    come on guys! give IrishSpeedTraps a break!

    IrishSpeedTraps saved me from the garda! :rolleyes: I was over the limit and was stopped, the garda questioned me why I was over the limit. I said I shelled out 35 euros on IrishSpeedTraps and the thing was doing my head in as it just kept telling me there was a camera in every bloody corner or Ireland! How he laughed, his laugh still rings in my ears! He corrected me saying not just corners but on straight roads as well! Told me he is warning me this time and letting me go! Guess what the warning was "???" :D

    Btw added a speed trap location and saw it was wrong then added another which was wrong too so added a third and all three are still there! :D All three are 60km/hr in an 80km/hr zone :P If anyone wants to know where it is PM me and I'll tell ;)


  • #30
    acalmenvoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 884 ✭✭✭acalmenvoy


    Lost my job today...But this thread has cheered me right up...Thanx lads...:)


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  • #31
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,533 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »
    That link only had 112 locations. Out download has over 600 locations.
    Just FYI: I downloaded the GPS POIs from your link (http://www.gps-data-team.com/poi/ireland/safety/). There are 575 locations, not 112.


  • #32
    Aquos76
    Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 9,045 Mod ✭✭✭✭Aquos76


    acalmenvoy wrote: »
    Lost my job today...But this thread has cheered me right up...Thanx lads...:)

    Sorry to hear that, I hope you manage to pick up something else.


  • #33
    bennyob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭bennyob


    i wasn't intested in the download but when i seen there were 32 replies i had a feeling something was going on.

    im glad i read this thread, it got a good laugh here.


  • #34
    I.S.T.
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭I.S.T.


    alastair_doom wrote: »
    Last time you spammed your site here, I added a cam near my house that doesnt actually exist for the sake of having a few less cars breaking the speed limit around here. It still looks to be on your site, so your system is FAR from perfect.

    Is it included on our sat nav download? The locations on the sat nav download are not the same as the locations on the map.


  • #35
    ThOnda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,699 ✭✭✭ThOnda


    Isn't it easier just to drive according to rules?


  • #36
    I.S.T.
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭I.S.T.


    Krusty_Clown wrote: »
    Just FYI: I downloaded the GPS POIs from your link (http://www.gps-data-team.com/poi/ireland/safety/). There are 575 locations, not 112.

    How often are they updated? Is there an automated process to copy them onto your sat nav or do you have to do it manually? Do they have a website where members can view, correct and upload new locations?


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  • #37
    I.S.T.
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭I.S.T.


    ThOnda wrote: »
    Isn't it easier just to drive according to rules?

    If it was why would all the sat nav companies offer this service outside of Ireland? It is there to remind you to slow down at dangerous locations.


  • #38
    justomc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭justomc


    IrishSpeedTraps :

    At the next availble opportunity please complete a U-turn back to your correct location .....Rip Off Republic :D


  • #39
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,533 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »
    It is there to remind you to slow down at dangerous locations.
    If that was the case, there'd be speed cameras all over the back roads of Ireland.


  • #40
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,029 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Mercy lock?


  • #41
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,226 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    BNC wrote: »
    Oh dear, this reminds me of a rear ender I saw the other morning. :p
    You watch porn before breakfast? I normally watch the news myself.


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  • #42
    I.S.T.
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭I.S.T.


    justomc wrote: »
    IrishSpeedTraps :

    At the next availble opportunity please complete a U-turn back to your correct location .....Rip Off Republic :D

    Tell me why you think it is a rip-off? Do you think I be doing this for free?


  • #43
    I.S.T.
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭I.S.T.


    Mr E wrote: »
    If that was the case, there'd be speed cameras all over the back roads of Ireland.

    You'd think so wouldn't you? But that is a totally different debate.


  • #44
    BNC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 425 ✭✭BNC


    RobertFoster wrote: »
    You watch porn before breakfast? I normally watch the news myself.

    Its the new programming for TV3 to try and get early morning risers.
    IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »
    Is it included on our sat nav download? The locations on the sat nav download are not the same as the locations on the map.
    IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »
    How often are they updated? Is there an automated process to copy them onto your sat nav or do you have to do it manually? Do they have a website where members can view, correct and upload new locations?

    Think you're contradicting yourself there.


  • #45
    goldenbrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 444 ✭✭goldenbrown


    use the dial in front of your steering wheel to stay under speed limit and save us hearing about you or someone else getting taken out of a car with a can opener by the fire brigade... speed camera guy - buy an ad space already you parasite:cool:


  • #46
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,533 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »
    You'd think so wouldn't you? But that is a totally different debate.
    No its not a totally different debate - its absolutely relevant. Speed cameras are typically on long stretches of straight road, not "dangerous locations".

    FYI all locations are dangerous if you're driving like a lunatic.


  • #47
    I.S.T.
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭I.S.T.


    Mr E wrote: »
    No its not a totally different debate - its absolutely relevant. Speed cameras are typically on long stretches of straight road, not "dangerous locations".

    FYI all locations are dangerous if you're driving like a lunatic.

    They should be located at the locations of the highest accident rates. However should we be discussing this in a Bargain Alerts forum. Open a thread in Motors and I will debate with you there.


  • #48
    I.S.T.
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭I.S.T.


    goldenbrown wrote: »
    use the dial in front of your steering wheel to stay under speed limit and save us hearing about you or someone else getting taken out of a car with a can opener by the fire brigade...
    Many people find it helpful to hear an audio alert if they go over the limit. Taking your eyes off the road to constantly check your speedo could also cause you to crash
    goldenbrown wrote: »
    speed camera guy - buy an ad space already you parasite:cool:

    I have paid for ads here many times using Google adwords.


  • #49
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,029 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    IrishSpeedTraps,

    I've locked your ads on Bargain Alerts a total of three times now.

    If you post again shilling your wares, you will be banned!


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