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"New" M50 Speed Camera: Dundrum -Tallaght

ytareh · 2010-08-02 17:08:18

I know theres a thread elsewhere on M50 speed cameras but Im not sure everybody is as aware of this as they need be .This one is on the DOWNHILL stretch after Dundrum heading for Tallaght where the road straightens out a bit AFTER a few minor 'bends'.You will only see the 'lines' on the road when its too late (if youre…

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I know theres a thread elsewhere on M50 speed cameras but Im not sure everybody is as aware of this as they need be .This one is on the DOWNHILL stretch after Dundrum heading for Tallaght where the road straightens out a bit AFTER a few minor 'bends'.You will only see the 'lines' on the road when its too late (if youre paying attention to traffic around you ).And braking at any more than a moderate rate is EXTREMELY dangerous in busy traffic . Seriously could there be any more cynical positioning of a speed camera .They are clearly after 'non - locals' .Anybody know what's the cut off point ?(110?)Is it the usual crack of their one or two cameras nationwide only being in it for a few days a year or is this a genuine 'hazard' for the 'ordinary decent (criminal)motorist'?God help us all come October(?) and the private speed cameras...whats to be done ?As far as I know in Canada citizens campaigned to have cameras removed as an election issue ...

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#2 02-08-2010 5:19pm

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"what's to be done" ? Two choices, stay within limits or keep speeding and complain about the fine you will have to pay...
Am I missing something?

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#3 02-08-2010 5:24pm

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Greed cameras have no place on a safe road like that.

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#4 02-08-2010 5:32pm

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The cameras aren't up yet though, are they? It's painful to try and keep to 100kmph on the m50:(

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#5 02-08-2010 5:34pm

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No need for EXTREME braking when your doing the speed limit... Simples!

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#6 02-08-2010 5:38pm

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neilthefunkeone wrote: »

No need for EXTREME braking when your doing the speed limit... Simples!

Some people will probably stupidly slow right down to 80kmph when they come to the speed cameras though. It's like everytime someone sees a squad car, they slow right down well below the speed limit.

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#7 02-08-2010 5:38pm

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Absurdum wrote: »

Greed cameras have no place on a safe road like that.

Greed is the name of the game...

But transport sources said the proposals that “leapt off the page” were the Waterford route and extending the toll area on the M50. “Road pricing” had been mentioned as a “demand management measure” as far back as the Platform For Change report, published in 2001.
Currently, only vehicles that cross the West-Link bridges on the M50 are subject to a toll, but with the upgrade of the motorway between the airport and Sandyford and the construction of overhead gantries, extending barrier-free tolling is now possible.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0726/1224275468010.html

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#8 02-08-2010 5:41pm

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jaffa20 wrote: »

Some people will probably stupidly slow right down to 80kmph when they come to the speed cameras though. It's like everytime someone sees a squad car, they slow right down well below the speed limit.

No arguments with that.. but that will happen everywhere..

I find it quite easy to keep the limit on the Mifty.. Drive it everyday for work..

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#9 02-08-2010 5:54pm

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There are been a lot of accidents on the M50, here are a few...

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/uk-ireland/man-dies-following-m50-road-crash-in-dublin-14282174.html
http://www.sbpost.ie/breakingnews/ireland/mhgbidqlmhey/
http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/eyojausnsnmh
http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/eygbcwkfidql

The next one is quite gruesome, and yes it happened on the "safe" M50...
http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/1205/rta.html

I'm sure we'll all agree that there's no harm in slowing down a little, eh?

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#10 02-08-2010 5:56pm

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What a joke the M50 is. A motorway with large sections restricted to 100kph. What must the Germans think LOL.

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#11 02-08-2010 6:02pm

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Bullseye1 wrote: »

What a joke the M50 is. A motorway with large sections restricted to 100kph. What must the Germans think LOL.

Nah, things have changed in Germany too...

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/10/german-state-adopts-autobahn-speed-limit/

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#12 02-08-2010 6:07pm

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seensensee wrote: »

The next one is quite gruesome, and yes it happened on the "safe" M50...
http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/1205/rta.html

I'm sure we'll all agree that there's no harm in slowing down a little, eh?

The M50 at that time had a central reserve consisting of a few bushes.

the article wrote:

She was the driver of a car which was driving northbound when a southbound car crossed the central reservation and crashed into her car and another car.

That cannot happen now.

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#13 02-08-2010 6:09pm

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seensensee wrote: »

Nah, things have changed in Germany too...

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/10/german-state-adopts-autobahn-speed-limit/

That's only in Bremen though which is tiny, a "city state". Acording to that article there's only 60km of autobahn there, and given that parts of the network will pass close by the city, it may well have had a 100km/h limit anyway, so all in all a bit of a non-story really.

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#14 02-08-2010 6:14pm

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Alun wrote: »

That's only in Bremen though which is tiny, a "city state". Acording to that article there's only 60km of autobahn there, and given that parts of the network will pass close by the city, it may well have had a 100km/h limit anyway, so all in all a bit of a non-story really.

So similar to the M50 then?:)

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#15 02-08-2010 6:41pm

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MYOB wrote: »

The M50 at that time had a central reserve consisting of a few bushes.
That cannot happen now.

Correct, now there are plenty of other scenarios whereby a driver can lose control of their vehicle on the M50 resulting in injury and death.
Risks have been reduced but are there nonetheless.

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#16 02-08-2010 6:47pm

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This isn't quite on topic, but does anyone know what all the empty gantrys on that stretch of the M50 are for? I'd assume one of them could be used for a barrier free toll, but there seem to be at least 5 of them.

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#17 02-08-2010 6:56pm

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don't suppose anyone has a photo of this speed camera...have passed by this area over the last few weeks...haven't seen anything that looked like a speed camera on that stretch of road...

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#18 02-08-2010 6:59pm

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MYOB wrote: »

The M50 at that time had a central reserve consisting of a few bushes.
That cannot happen now.

You would'nt bet on it, either would I.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNo9APd4DhE

Ouch :eek:

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#19 02-08-2010 8:02pm

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Most of this has been covered here:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055968123

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