Gardai Speed Checks at Night

pistonsvox

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Are Gardai able to do hand-held speed checks at night? I never noticed them personally doing it at night time as I figured the speed guns didn't work at dark.

Do the speed guns note your reg and speed or does the Garda have to follow you and pull you over to give you the fine? Think I was caught doing 100 in an 80 earlier oops...

winston82

pistonsvox wrote: »

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Are Gardai able to do hand-held speed checks at night? I never noticed them personally doing it at night time as I figured the speed guns didn't work at dark.

Do the speed guns note your reg and speed or does the Garda have to follow you and pull you over to give you the fine? Think I was caught doing 100 in an 80 earlier oops...

So you like dogging then? :eek:

pistonsvox

heh

Mint Sauce

pistonsvox wrote: »

Couldn't find a relevant forum for these so mods please move if necessary...


Are Gardai able to do hand-held speed checks at night? I never noticed them personally doing it at night time as I figured the speed guns didn't work at dark.

Do the speed guns note your reg and speed or does the Garda have to follow you and pull you over to give you the fine? Think I was caught doing 100 in an 80 earlier oops...

Only after they have been to the dounut store and supermacs.






















































Oh and

Motoring forum

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Luap

pistonsvox wrote: »

Couldn't find a relevant forum for these so mods please move if necessary...


Are Gardai able to do hand-held speed checks at night? I never noticed them personally doing it at night time as I figured the speed guns didn't work at dark.

Do the speed guns note your reg and speed or does the Garda have to follow you and pull you over to give you the fine? Think I was caught doing 100 in an 80 earlier oops...

No he was holding a camcorder.

pistonsvox

irish-stew wrote: »

Oh and

Motoring forum

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Tried it... all it has is stuff about vintage cars and modified cars...

Mint Sauce

pistonsvox wrote: »

Couldn't find a relevant forum for these so mods please move if necessary...


Are Gardai able to do hand-held speed checks at night? I never noticed them personally doing it at night time as I figured the speed guns didn't work at dark.

Do the speed guns note your reg and speed or does the Garda have to follow you and pull you over to give you the fine? Think I was caught doing 100 in an 80 earlier oops...

Thats because its dark.

Luap

pistonsvox wrote: »

Tried it... all it has is stuff about vintage cars and modified cars...

There is also one for this also if you look.

RMD

AFAIK Speed Guns work by measuring the distance between the Gun and the Car, the speed is measured by the rate the distance changes between the two so time of day will make no difference.

That said I don't see how they could have taken your reg without pursuing you so you should be alright.

gurramok

They(GoSafe, not Gardai) have been on marked roads at 5am. I do see them on the way to work.

Fid10

I was caught at night last year travelling at 80kmph in a 60kmph zone.

I got an 80 Euro fine and two penalty points - and I never noticed the patrol car!

RMD

AFAIK Speed Guns work by measuring the distance between the Gun and the Car, the speed is measured by the rate the distance changes between the two so time of day will make no difference.

That said I don't see how they could have taken your reg without pursuing you so you should be alright.

Gee Bag

I'm pretty sure that speed guns don't record your reg number. Therefore the Guard has to stop your vehicle to give you the ticket. I might be wrong though.

Try asking in Emergency Services or Legal Discussion.

MungBean

Why wouldnt the speed guns work at night ??

Gee Bag

MungBean wrote: »

Why wouldnt the speed guns work at night ??

They don't eat enough carrots.

cloptrop

You dont see Garda doing speed checks at night cause your driving too fast.
But really maybe they are too busy at night time what with crime never sleeping and have to prioritise . Also no children on the road or schools letting out.

jimthemental

MungBean wrote: »

Why wouldnt the speed guns work at night ??

They're scared of the dark.

Born to Die

Their speed guns don't work at night, they are solar powered.

oppenheimer1

The older speed guns don' work at night. Gosafe and the newer mobile garda cameras do.

Itsdacraic

Can the speed guns detect you if your car is red?

cloptrop

Can you snort a speed gun? mine keeps getting stuck

jimthemental

Itsdacraic wrote: »

Can the speed guns detect you if your car is red?

An interesting question, is your car a wine red or Liverpool red, if it's the latter I hope you are caught.

Regards,
Jim.

Itsdacraic

jimthemental wrote: »

An interesting question, is your car a wine red or Liverpool red, if it's the latter I hope you are caught.

Regards,
Jim.

It's garda blood red

Gee Bag

The best way to avoid guards catching you speeding at night is to drive around without turning on your headlights.

Super-Rush

Moved from After Hours.

audidiesel

the handheld speedguns work at night. the regular units are usually too busy to be using them then though

have_a_go_hero

cloptrop wrote: »

Also no children on the road

I wasnt aware speeding children was an issue these days....just another thing to add to the list!!

goldie fish

audidiesel wrote: »

the handheld speedguns work at night. the regular units are usually too busy to be using them then though

If the Gard isn't wearing his cap it won't work.

cloptrop

have_a_go_hero wrote: »

I wasnt aware speeding children was an issue these days....just another thing to add to the list!!

Most speeders are children , @17 years old.

parsi

pistonsvox wrote: »

Couldn't find a relevant forum for these so mods please move if necessary...


Are Gardai able to do hand-held speed checks at night? I never noticed them personally doing it at night time as I figured the speed guns didn't work at dark.

Do the speed guns note your reg and speed or does the Garda have to follow you and pull you over to give you the fine? Think I was caught doing 100 in an 80 earlier oops...

Generally nighttime is sleep time.

Also a time for racing the squad cars and occasionally writing one off .

parsi

parsi wrote: »

Generally nighttime is sleep time.

Also a time for racing the squad cars and occasionally writing one off .

I hope that is a crap attempt at being funny.

source

foreign wrote: »

I hope that is a crap attempt at being funny.

Given his contribution to other threads in this forum, he's either flaming or trolling.