"Too far back" on a toll?

Daegerty

A few months ago I went over that toll bridge by Waterford, stopped with the front of the car just at the start of the toll booth so the car so it wouldn't be blocking my way cause I have a LHD and the fella started complaining that I was too far back

Is there some sensor in the road that the barrier will only open if the car is directly infront of it? or is big brother in action here and they are trying to get a good picture of every car?

I don't see why it would make a difference but I'm just wondering is one's privacy being invaded while driving through regular toll roads with barriers?

galwaytt

Daegerty wrote: »

...I'm just wondering is one's privacy being invaded while driving through regular toll roads with barriers?

...you have no expectation of privacy being in a public place. That's just the way it is. It's what keeps the Papparazzi in business as well.

Seth Brundle

I presume that it has something to do with ANPR

Top Dog

kbannon wrote: »

I presume that it has something to do with ANPR

Could well be.

I'm not too familiar with the Waterford toll, but both the Portlaoise and Limerick toll booths have camera's which read (and display) the registration number of the vehicle. At a guess its so that on the unmanned booths, vehicles registered as commercial but that fit under the 1.8m height restriction, still get hit with the commercial charge rather than the private vehicle charge.

maybe?

Del2005

Daegerty wrote: »

A few months ago I went over that toll bridge by Waterford, stopped with the front of the car just at the start of the toll booth so the car so it wouldn't be blocking my way cause I have a LHD and the fella started complaining that I was too far back

Is there some sensor in the road that the barrier will only open if the car is directly infront of it? or is big brother in action here and they are trying to get a good picture of every car?

I don't see why it would make a difference but I'm just wondering is one's privacy being invaded while driving through regular toll roads with barriers?

Perhaps he was the usual ignorant/bored booth operator who you just happened to annoy that second.

How where you going to pay if you'd parked so far back?

Chippy01

Del2005 wrote: »

How where you going to pay if you'd parked so far back?

Judging by the way he told the story, he was going to get out of the car and walk around the front of it to pay at the hatch?

MunsterCycling

Idiots should have just built baskets on both sodes of the booths to take account of this

stevenmu

Some of them have some sort of camera system to determine if you're a car, van, bike etc and charge you appropriately. You might have been too far back for that system ?

keithclancy

MunsterCycling wrote: »

Idiots should have just built baskets on both sodes of the booths to take account of this

Tell that to the French.

And Maccy dees ... pain in the arse to throw money effectively at the checkout person

inforfun

This thing and a mug might work for LHD drivers

Anan1

MunsterCycling wrote: »

Idiots should have just built baskets on both sodes of the booths to take account of this

Are you serious?

keithclancy

inforfun wrote: »

This thing and a mug might work for LHD drivers

G/F is handier.

inforfun

My solution is quieter

keithclancy

inforfun wrote: »

My solution is quieter

Thats why I have a sat nav, I don't even follow the damn thing, its just handier to have an independent third party.:D:D

Daegerty

keithclancy wrote: »

G/F is handier.

She was until the clutch started slipping, gear box wasn't great either. but worst of all was the lining of the cylinder