Garda Speed Checks

lachin

Hey Guys,

I was driving from Clonmel to Thurles this morn,when I saw (too late btw)a garda car parked in front of 3 parked up HGVs in the parking lay by just before the exit for Thurles.
The garda was standing out with a speed camera but was completely obscured by the lorries.
I thought it was so sneaky!! :mad:im always on the motorway and have never seen them there before...has anyone else?

Amtmann

I've never seen them there, but I have seen them

• on the junction 9 southbound on-ramp.
• beside the southbound and northbound carriageways halfway between junction 9 and 10.
• on one of the Garda perches north of junction 7, northbound, just before motorway passes through the cool rock cutting section.

I'm always at 120km/h nowadays because fuel prices make driving any faster uneconomical for me.

solerina

lachin wrote: »

Hey Guys,

I was driving from Clonmel to Thurles this morn,when I saw (too late btw)a garda car parked in front of 3 parked up HGVs in the parking lay by just before the exit for Thurles.
The garda was standing out with a speed camera but was completely obscured by the lorries.
I thought it was so sneaky!! :mad:im always on the motorway and have never seen them there before...has anyone else?

Yes, I have seen them there, more than once actually and I dont go up that way all that often (matchs, shopping trips, airport runs etc)

honeyvale

Garda Speed Checks

for how much:D

jett

Lets put the cameras out of business by sticking to the speed limit:cool:

jprboy

Anyone see them anywhere else (van or handheld) anywhere else in North Tipp in recent times?

hinault

I've seen them hiding in the bushes at Thurles Golf club area (notorious for speeding I might add).

The dual carriage between Cashel and Thurles (at the Cashel end especially)
appears to be popular for speed checks as well.

djman

Have seen them just outside Tipp town on the Limerick Road in that 80km zone. They're here at least twice a week, no joke so must be making a fortune there. Also on the Cahir road across from Kilshane house where it's pretty hard to get to the 100km so i think they're wasting their time in that place. Also outside that pub on the left after Bansha, seen them there too.

Amtmann

N24 between Barne Lodge and Clonmel. Often there.

callaway92

djman wrote: »

Have seen them just outside Tipp town on the Limerick Road in that 80km zone. They're here at least twice a week, no joke so must be making a fortune there. Also on the Cahir road across from Kilshane house where it's pretty hard to get to the 100km so i think they're wasting their time in that place. Also outside that pub on the left after Bansha, seen them there too.

ya, 100KM/H limit there is ridiculous. I don't feel particularly safe going over 80km/h there tbh. Can't imagine anyone getting caught there!

jprboy

Saw two this week on different days, both at approx 8.00 am :

1. Marked Traffic Corps car parked at top of the exit ramp on to the M8 near Two-Mile-Borris and officer standing beside it with handheld device, not sure whether it was the northbound or southbound carriageway being targetted.

2. Marked Traffic Corps car parked in on the left just after the Anner Hotel on the Dublin Road in Thurles. I think they had a handheld device and were aiming at traffic coming out from the town. It's a 50km zone and I was probably doing 75km when I copped (:P) them. They didn't jump out or chase me down, though.

Question: I always assumed the handheld devices were radar only and not cameras so they had to stop you at the time. Has technology progressed to handheld cameras, does anyone know? Cos if it has I'll probably be acquiring a fine and some points.......

tippspur

Seen one on a regular basis out near Lisronagh where you turn off for Moyle rovers pitch,also on the way to Carrick near Blarney Woolen mills.

Vizzy

Can I ask a genuine question here ?
Are people more aware of their speed/less likely to speed because of the chance of meeting one of these speed checks?

jett

I was let off speeding leaving New Inn 4 years ago, its a long story butv I bored plod into letting me go.
I see the camera signs and take extra care.
I tend not to exceed the limit.
I wish the Gardai could catch and ban every tail gateing speeding pest off the road!

jprboy

Was on Thurles-Nenagh road yesterday and went through the Ragg (Inch) - 50k zone - at approx 6.00 pm. There was a vehicle in front of me and just before leaving the 50k zone on Nenagh side there were 2 camera flashes from the back of an unmarked white van parked in to the side (one for me and one for the vehicle in front). Looked down at speedometer and I was doing between 55 & 60 kmh.

Does the flash indicate that I was exceeding the limit and can potentially expect a letter in the post?

Easy pickings there as it's very hard not to pick up some speed as you exit a speed limited area.

Amtmann

I don't know about the flash, but 60 in a 50 zone is not looking too good for you. At 55 you would probably get away with it.

Royco

jprboy wrote: »

Was on Thurles-Nenagh road yesterday and went through the Ragg (Inch) - 50k zone - at approx 6.00 pm. There was a vehicle in front of me and just before leaving the 50k zone on Nenagh side there were 2 camera flashes from the back of an unmarked white van parked in to the side (one for me and one for the vehicle in front). Looked down at speedometer and I was doing between 55 & 60 kmh.

Does the flash indicate that I was exceeding the limit and can potentially expect a letter in the post?

Easy pickings there as it's very hard not to pick up some speed as you exit a speed limited area.

Yea you can expect the fine in the door in about one months time the flash is to prove your vehicle plus a photo of the driver in case you dispute it when it comes they don't flash if your under the limit there's a guy in those vans and they video in both directions at the same time.

Sigma Force

Lets put the cameras out of business by sticking to the speed limit

here here!

Pity they don't hang around country roads more, the amount of chancers flying about every day grrr.

byhookorbycrook

Cashel bypass yest, unmarked squad. Seem to be there a lot.

BanshaMan

I look forward to the day when the Gardaí can afford to put a sattelite into orbit and immediately fine anyone who exceeds the speed limit anywhere in Ireland.

No question: Speed Kills.

And I have no time for people who try to circumvent the Gardaí by publicising the location of speed checks.

619C

BanshaMan wrote: »

No question: Speed Kills.

Speed does not kill.
If it did we would all be dead from flying in airplanes.

What does kill is bad judgement at speed, drunk at speed, learner at speed,
etc. etc.

Last week I saw a sign coming into Dublin on that 100 Kph stretch

'if you speed everyone suffers'

Another attempt at a sound byte.

Black Suir

lachin wrote: »

Hey Guys,

I was driving from Clonmel to Thurles this morn,when I saw (too late btw)a garda car parked in front of 3 parked up HGVs in the parking lay by just before the exit for Thurles.
The garda was standing out with a speed camera but was completely obscured by the lorries.
I thought it was so sneaky!! :mad:im always on the motorway and have never seen them there before...has anyone else?

How is it. If people drive within the speed limits whats to fear.

Black Suir

BanshaMan wrote: »

I look forward to the day when the Gardaí can afford to put a sattelite into orbit and immediately fine anyone who exceeds the speed limit anywhere in Ireland.

No question: Speed Kills.

And I have no time for people who try to circumvent the Gardaí by publicising the location of speed checks.

No it dont, Carless use of the road does.

BanshaMan

619C wrote: »

Speed does not kill.
If it did we would all be dead from flying in airplanes.

What does kill is bad judgement at speed, drunk at speed, learner at speed,
etc. etc.

Last week I saw a sign coming into Dublin on that 100 Kph stretch

'if you speed everyone suffers'

Another attempt at a sound byte.

Fair point 619C. "Collision Kills" would be more accurate.

Your observations - regarding bad judgement, drink, carelessness, defective brakes (to add to your etc's) etc. - explain why accidents happen but the determining factor in whether an accident proves fatal is directly proportional to the speed the vehicle is travelling immediately prior to impact.

Accidents happen. Deaths are preventable.

Black Suir

BanshaMan wrote: »

Fair point 619C. "Collision Kills" would be more accurate.

Your observations - regarding bad judgement, drink, carelessness, defective brakes (to add to your etc's) etc. - explain why accidents happen but the determining factor in whether an accident proves fatal is directly proportional to the speed the vehicle is travelling immediately prior to impact.

Accidents happen. Deaths are preventable.

Accidents dont happen, they are caused.