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Speed camera mega-thread ***Read first post before posting***
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No, what you probably saw was an Ultralyte:
It doesn't take photos and cannot be used through the glass of a window (Reflection, Refraction of the laser etc) In fact if it was used through a window you'd have a very good defense in court.
It can be used through glass without issue - it just takes longer to get a lock - these guns are clever it spits out 100 - 125 pulses per second and if it doesn't recieve them back the way its supposed to it spits out an error:
Some models of UL have weather mode for use in the cabin / rainy weather:
Or the tripod camera gardai
Your quite right however theres not supposed to be many of these floating around.0 -
hello there, just a quick question,
today driving into work heading towards city centre, i was driving through marino, there was a white van, now anytime i go through there i stick to the speed limit, so im not complaining that i got done for speeding:), anyway it flashed a car in the left lane, there was no marking on the van at all, looked like a survay van but i thought they didnt flash, could it have been an unmarked garda van
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robbie_998 wrote: »saw the le gatso van on the belgard road last night near ABB building.
think i was doing bout 48KM/h while passing it.
was coming up near the luas line.
wasnt speeding. me is happy and saving fuel
All the Gatso Vans have been decommissioned.. you must have spotted a ROBOT van0 -
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robbie_998 wrote: »saw the le gatso van on the belgard road last night near ABB building.
think i was doing bout 48KM/h while passing it.
was coming up near the luas line.
wasnt speeding. me is happy and saving fuel
All the Gatso Vans have been decommissioned.. you must have spotted a ROBOT van
It was blue and full of signs warning that it was a speed van
It was a small one unlike the Garda one. Thing it was a renault traffic or something to that effect.0 -
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No, what you probably saw was an Ultralyte:
It doesn't take photos and cannot be used through the glass of a window (Reflection, Refraction of the laser etc) In fact if it was used through a window you'd have a very good defense in court.
saw something like this today only on a tripod as you came out of the tunnel ex limerick to shannon guards were literaly standing in front of 100 km sign reckon they cleaned up today crazy set up its 8okm for tunnell and then 100km about 100 yards outside it and then goes down again going into toll boths is there any leeway with these as i was doing about 85-86 reckon myself and a few other will be getting a few fines iin the post soon .:mad:0 -
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Before I start, I want to say that I think I'm in the minority when it comes to the GoSafe vans. I don't think they're a bad idea but they're execution certainly needs work.
Those of you who travel the Waterford to New Ross main road will know it's a particular favorite of the GoSafe operators. In their defense, they're usually in plain sight (which they're supposed to be) and act as a deterrent to those who might be tempted to get a bit carried away on the open road. When leaving Waterford, the road opens out after Ferrybank into a perfect example of what a national route should look like - wide lanes, hard shoulders, good surface and good signage and road markings.
Strangely though, the road is a deceptive 60KM/H limit for the first kilometer or so. However, once you round the slight left hander, the limit increases to a more reasonable 80KM/H before increasing further beyond the next roundabout to 100KM/H.
I drive this road quite a lot with family & friends living in the general Wexford direction. Every time I follow the same routine of glueing myself to the 60KM/H limit before gently accelerating around the corner to the 80KM/H limit. Earlier this week however, as I was mid-acceleration, I spotted the top corner of a GoSafe van protruding from the hedgerow. The van was parked in a gateway to a large field on the left hand side. To be honest, I know I certainly wasn't over the 80KM/H limit which began almost immediately after the van but I was somewhere in that range that I'll be dreading the sight of the postman for the next couple of weeks.
I was furious.
I was partly angry at myself for being foolish enough to have potentially been caught out. I was even more angry that I might be punished for not really doing anything dangerous or that would have put another motorist at risk. This was an example of revenue raising at its finest.
Today, I again was making a trip in the Wexford direction but a little bit more conscious of my previous experience. Lo and behold, here's the oh so familiar sight of a (different) GoSafe van hiding in the same gateway.
This time, I decided to circle back for a couple of photographs.
To be fair, if you're traveling from the Wexford direction, the van is well sighted but I thought I'd go back the road a little bit to give a better view from the Waterford approach...
For reference, that 60KM/H sign is a lot closer to the van than it looks.
The 80KM/H signs can be seen just beyond the van (sorry for the phone pictures)
Fuelled by curiosity, I decided to pull in and see if anyone was home. A quick knock and a pleasant gentleman emerged. I opened with the fact that I wasn't here to abuse or threaten him and that my enquiries were genuine questions.
I asked him what limit was he working to - 60KM/H was his answer.
Was he aware he was parked on private property - No, but that An Garda Síochána had assigned him this location.
What sort of a tolerance do the GoSafe cameras have? - Although he wouldn't say specifically, when prompted with '10% plus two' he nodded with 'yeah, something like that.'
Did he think he was saving lives at this current position or revenue raising? - He said he would prefer to be on the 100KM/H stretches of road but again, had been assigned this area by AGS. He also said that they often pleaded with AGS to change locations but were instructed that this was where they had to position themselves.
Why couldn't he place the van beyond the 80KM/H sign which would give a much fairer view in both directions with a more reasonable limit - Again, this was AGS directive. He said they used to locate themselves beyond the 80KM/H sign but were told to move back to the 60KM/H zone.
Speaking to him for a while, he was a genuine nice guy with a job that I can't imagine is very easy. He told me that they get lots of knocks on the door and most people aren't very friendly about it. He gave me the contact information on for the GoSafe HQ if I wanted to lodge a complaint or told me to contact my local Garda station. To be honest, he couldn't have been nicer and more accommodating. I headed back off on my journey.
Returning an hour later, he was still there, still shooting into his barrel.
My own wait for the postman continues ...0 -
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This pic shows some illegal overtaking (car bottom right, driving on a traffic island), no wonder there are safety concerns at that location.
If I were the owner of the field, I'd be annoyed by all the people speeding past it.germanator wrote: »d like to be the owner of that field, id be moving them along fairly quickly!!
But then people might jam on when they seem them, maybe causing a crash? I find it very annoying when people drop their 15kph below the speed limit when they see one of those vansgermanator wrote: »Are they not supposed to be in plain sight aswell as the vans?
I think it's better to the vans concealed as much as possible. An advantage of concealment is that they're more likely to catch people who speed when they think they won't be caught.0 -
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If I were the owner of the field, I'd be annoyed by all the people speeding past it.
But then people might jam on when they seem them, maybe causing a crash? I find it very annoying when people drop their 15kph below the speed limit when they see one of those vans
I think it's better to the vans concealed as much as possible. An advantage of concealment is that they're more likely to catch people who speed when they think they won't be caught.
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