what do the new gatso vans look like ?

Eric Cartman

i saw a white van today with rear windows tinted and a flashing orange and red LED lights on the back, no visible hole for the lens, are these the new gatso vans or just some construction workers who fancied up their new van

Tipsy Mac

They have 08D White Transit vans.

donvito99

Eric Cartman wrote: »

i saw a white van today with rear windows tinted and a flashing orange and red LED lights on the back, no visible hole for the lens, are these the new gatso vans or just some construction workers who fancied up their new van

That might be highway maintenance or traffic light installers/maintenance.
Would think that the guards would have blue lights with possible red.

EPM

The one i saw on the outer ring road in Waterford the other night was a plain white high roof transit. No markings whatsoever. 08D reg on it

Seth Brundle

I recently saw an unmarked 08-D white high roof transit (which thankfully for me flashed a merc about 200m ahead). It was along the N4 inbound opposite the Foxhunter at about 11pm.
When I was close to it (and within the speed limit ) I could easily see the camera looking out.

Fozzie Bear

Crafty feckers! For those who know it there is a halting site on the dual carriage way as you are leaving Limerick city heading towards Ennis/Galway direction. The site is just inside the end of the 60kmph zone and the boys park their van outside the halting site. No one is going to look twice at a transit van sitting outside a halting site! Pure luck that I copped the camera as I passed by as the boys had the back door open doing something with it.

Keep an eye out for it (white transit) and also for the 02 G reg silver mondeo that the traffic corp in Ennis are currently using.

Tipsy Mac

Here's the numbers of a few...
08-D-61808
08-D-61810
08-D-61831
08-D-61843
08-D-61846
08-D-61850
08-D-61856
08-D-61857

eringobragh

M1 Motorway (Northbound)...enough said really :mad:






(and not an 08 van either!)

cul-2008

Tipsy Mac wrote: »

They have 08D White Transit vans.

They're not all 08 D Transits just so you know. I was caught speeding in Limerick city just before Christmas by a 99 D citroen gatso van...didn't even realise it was one, because like many others, I was looking out for the gleaming 08 D transit!

Got my letter, complete with a lovely photo, on Christmas Eve.. :rolleyes:

Our man in Havana

There are a couple of 99 D transits, one green and one blue. The tell tale sign is the roof vent and the power socket on the side of the van.

NewApproach

Bond-007 wrote: »

There are a couple of 99 D transits, one green and one blue. The tell tale sign is the roof vent and the power socket on the side of the van.

Id say once you see a power socket on the side of the van it will be too late, TBH!

donvito99

The marked Transit Gatso Vans 08 have the typical tinted windows at the rear, also with the speed camera sign...



...something like that up in the top right corner I think.

On the sides it has the standar flourescent yellow and blue stripe, also the garda crst in large (unusual) just above the stripe and the Garda.ie and garda confidential markings tec.

Our man in Havana

donvito99 wrote: »

The marked Transit Gatso Vans 08 have the typical tinted windows at the rear, also with the speed camera sign...



...something like that up in the top right corner I think.

On the sides it has the standar flourescent yellow and blue stripe, also the garda crst in large (unusual) just above the stripe and the Garda.ie and garda confidential markings tec.

The unmarked ones are completly unmarked apart from the air vent in the roof.

Merjock

On a slightly different note, some time ago I spotted a Garda with a hand-held speed-gun operating in what appeared to be a Tesco car park, pointing it towards a nearby suburban road. Is this legal?
Surely they are not allowed to operate speed traps from what is, essentially,
private property? Would this hold up in Court?

Merjock

Our man in Havana

It will.

They often use my yard to run speed checks.

*Tripper*

Can they do that in you yard or could you ask the to leave?

donvito99

Heres a bad pick found via google

Sizzler

Why cant we rip off the UK model and insist all Gatsos / fixed or mobile are highly visible :mad:

Our man in Havana

*Tripper* wrote: »

Can they do that in you yard or could you ask the to leave?

They actually asked if I minded them being there.

I have no objections as they do a good job at keeping the speed down.

donvito99

Bond-007 wrote: »

They actually asked if I minded them being there.

I have no objections as they do a good job at keeping the speed down.

At least no one parks blocking your drive way.

Bobo78

cul-2008 wrote: »

They're not all 08 D Transits just so you know. I was caught speeding in Limerick city just before Christmas by a 99 D citroen gatso van...didn't even realise it was one, because like many others, I was looking out for the gleaming 08 D transit!

Got my letter, complete with a lovely photo, on Christmas Eve.. :rolleyes:

Where were you caught in Limerick?
I m in Limerick and I never seen one of those Berlingo Vans.
I didnt even know that we have Gatso here in Limerick.
Will have to be carefull from now on.