Where are there working fixed gatso cameras left?

L1011 · 31-05-2008 7:00pm #1

Noticed this last night, the Gatso at Tallaght on the M50 is missing its head now. The two on the Northern Cross are inoperative (think the counter-clock-bound is gone actually), the one on the N4 at the Spa Hotel is inoperative, the one north of Lusk on the R132 is headless...

I can only think of the one at Coolquay on the former N2 and the one at Collon on the N1 as possibly still in operation.

Have the state/guards given up entirely on them?

towel401 · 31-05-2008 7:03pm

if you do find a working one i have a few old tyres and some matches laying around for it

Max_Damage · 31-05-2008 9:00pm

The one of the N3 has been burnt out for ages now.

towel401 · 31-05-2008 9:40pm

Max_Damage wrote: »

The one of the N3 has been burnt out for ages now.

yay!

landydef · 31-05-2008 10:49pm

just hope this doesn't mean privatisation is on the way like in england,they'll be everywhere!

towel401 · 31-05-2008 10:57pm

landydef wrote: »

just hope this doesn't mean privatisation is on the way like in england,they'll be everywhere!

we'll have to burn those out too.
in other news I found a large stash of old tyres somewhere. It really is time to stick it to the 'Fail and let them know we wont take this ****

Tropheus · 31-05-2008 11:39pm

I've passed most of the Dublin ones recently and none are working. Passed the one on the M1 between Drogheda and Dundalk today and it isn't working either.

Don't ask how, I just know;)

Oilrig · 31-05-2008 11:39pm

Democracy in action. Those in power should take note.

orbital83 · 01-06-2008 12:53am

As a result of these cameras being out of action, road deaths have skyrocketed.

Oh no, they're actually the lowest in years! Funny that.

ART6 · 01-06-2008 12:06pm

Oilrig wrote: »

Democracy in action. Those in power should take note.

I can't believe you really want to do the government out of it's revenues!:D

eringobragh · 01-06-2008 3:37pm

Noticed on firday the GATSO before the N4 slip road @ the end of the toll head is off as well. It was turned off for months anyway

I can confirm that:

Northbound M50 Camera @ Airport = Turned on but never seen it flash
GATSO @ Toll = Missing But turned off for months
Tallaght = Turned on but missing now.
Lucan N4 = Turned off for months now.
Drogheda (Turn off to Julianstown) = Turned off for months now (Previously Active with film)
N3 = Burnt for a while now.

Some handy info below for GPS users

Republic of Ireland (Éire)

Fixed Camera Co-ords for all fixed GATSO & Redlight cameras in the Republic of Ireland (Éire)

Longitude Latitude Speed

-6.33558 53.29744 60
-6.35503 53.46364 80
-6.46206 53.35569 80
-6.38342 53.35928 60
-6.39947 53.81089 120
-6.24419 53.41011 120
-6.40597 53.85222 0
-6.48261 53.45803 100
-6.57775 53.56056 100
-6.63044 53.61108 100
-6.50028 53.64111 0
-6.53861 53.85111 0
-6.44306 53.56267 100
-6.22778 53.44111 60
-6.19425 53.50469 80
-6.25406 53.65042 80
-6.30836 53.34367 50
-6.38742 54.01675 100
-6.74706 53.67611 100

Northern Ireland

Various RedLight, SPECS and Fixed GATSO

Longitude Latitude Speed

-5.93519 54.60275 30
-5.92714 54.60625 0
-5.91611 54.60056 30
-5.89811 54.60294 50
-5.87306 54.59561 30
-5.90778 54.55056 40
-5.75444 54.59333 70
-5.72778 54.58903 70
-6.34083 54.13889 60
-6.35842 54.11361 60
-6.3325 54.19667 0
-6.31806 54.22306 0
-6.35825 54.11361 60
-6.34061 54.13889 60
-5.98006 54.59758 30
-5.93894 54.62972 30

Sandwich · 01-06-2008 6:52pm

eringobragh wrote: »

Drogheda (Turn off to Julianstown) = Turned off for months now (Previously Active with film)

Not sure you're right about that one. Was travelling north last Saturday week(24th) and saw it flash twice on the Southbound side.

FX Meister · 01-06-2008 7:31pm

Within the past month I saw the Gardai working on the one southbound on the M1 at Dunleer. Few days later I spotted some dudes shifting the traffic monitoring cameras on the northbound side to watch the gatso with a guy checking with a monitor to make sure it was in position.

NBar · 02-06-2008 6:41pm

Both of those camera are being relocated to the new road works on the Sandyford/Dundrum M50 upgrades

Dr.Millah · 02-06-2008 6:51pm

"Fixed Camera Co-ords for all fixed GATSO & Redlight cameras"

Redlight Cameras?? Do they take a picture of cars running red lights? Or am i totaly wrong?

L1011 · 02-06-2008 7:22pm

Dr.Millah wrote: »

"Fixed Camera Co-ords for all fixed GATSO & Redlight cameras"

Redlight Cameras?? Do they take a picture of cars running red lights? Or am i totaly wrong?

Yes. I only know of one, at the wonkabout at Johns Road / Con Colbert Road in Dublin.

antodeco · 02-06-2008 7:47pm

MYOB wrote: »

Yes. I only know of one, at the wonkabout at Johns Road / Con Colbert Road in Dublin.

Last time I passed that (2 weeks ago) it was gone!

eringobragh · 02-06-2008 9:33pm

antodeco wrote: »

Last time I passed that (2 weeks ago) it was gone!

I presume your talking about the Camera before Heuston Station.

Marcus.Aurelius · 02-06-2008 9:49pm

Personally I reckon the state is letting the number of detections drop so that:

1. People start speeding again, as the rules are not enforced

2. Fianna Fáil swing voters are going to be high-horse pleased when the number of detections skyrockets when the private contractors start up

3. Said contracters make lots of money for said govt led by said party and get to keep their contract

4. Other high-horse morons who actually believe the one-sided "speeding kills all!!!!" rubbish move from their respective political camps into Fianna Fáil

It's a stupid, ignorant, cold-blooded and deliberate move. And if Fine Gael were in power for the last 10 years, they'd probably do the same. All political parties get this callous when unopposed for so long

bigpinkelephant · 03-06-2008 12:50am

MYOB wrote: »

Yes. I only know of one, at the wonkabout at Johns Road / Con Colbert Road in Dublin.

There's also one at the traffic lights beside the Riverforest Hotel on Captain's Hill in Leixlip.

JRock_Yakuza · 03-06-2008 2:18pm

I think that the one on the M50 are still on

agent_smith · 03-06-2008 3:11pm

Maybe they have moved it to realistic places where accidents actually happen... like the backroads around the capital ?

quarryman · 03-06-2008 4:08pm

Are the N4 and the M50 cameras not de-activated due to the road-works?

bigpinkelephant · 03-06-2008 8:08pm

MYOB wrote: »

the one on the N4 at the Spa Hotel is inoperative

Is this definitely off? I was over the speed limit going past it this morning due to a small incident.

L1011 · 03-06-2008 8:18pm

bigpinkelephant wrote: »

Is this definitely off? I was over the speed limit going past it this morning due to a small incident.

There's no lines in the inside lane, for one thing. Can't have the double-lock proof you were speeding without them.

And the local rag reported it as being turned off.

eringobragh · 04-06-2008 9:37am

MYOB wrote: »

There's no lines in the inside lane, for one thing. Can't have the double-lock proof you were speeding without them.

And the local rag reported it as being turned off.

IT is off passed yesterday and it doesn't set off my radar detector anymore (hasn't for a while now)

vibe666 · 04-06-2008 9:45am

ksimpson wrote: »

Don't ask how, I just know;)

someone told me a few years back when I was living in England that the camera's only worked when the two small holes in the back were uncovered and I was dumb enough to test it.

I was wrong and got sent a fine and some points with a picture of me and 3 mates in the car all gawking out the back window at it as it flashed with a bad case of red-eye making it blindingly obvious what we were up to (and that I wasn't watching where I was going).

at the time it was also a widely held belief that if you told them you couldn't remember who was driving that day that they wouldn't prosecute and would let you off (if they believed you) because technically they could be prosecuting an innocent person, but I couldn't even get away with that one.

Also, in the last couple of months I've seen the one just before the ross cross junction on the N3 flashing someone coming the other way and I've also been caught myself (letter & fine etc.) just after overtaking someone at 4am by the one on the N2 at the top of the hill between the Snailbox & Ashbourne.