Garda Neaky Speed Traps.

punisher5112

Hi all most may already know this but the cops are now catching you from behind while sitting on slip roads and such.

I fully understand they have a job to do and I myself have been caught before.

I think this is low and very sneaky as they are waiting till you pass then catching you from behind.

I believe more Garda presence and better teaching of driving would be better then catching you 5-10km/h over the limit.

Be good out there;)

I Apoligise for typo in heading.

keithclancy

punisher5112 wrote: »

Hi all most may already know this but the cops are now catching you from behind while sitting on slip roads and such.

I fully understand they have a job to do and I myself have been caught before.

I think this is low and very sneaky as they are waiting till you pass then catching you from behind.

I believe more Garda presence and better teaching of driving would be better then catching you 5-10km/h over the limit.

Be good out there;)

I Apoligise for typo in heading.

No, they caught you from the front, the second car was just waiting as you passed.

djimi

Its nothing new; Gardai have been sitting on sliproads for years.

Sneaky it may be, but if youre speeding then so be it; you cant really complain if you get caught.

daveohdave

keithclancy wrote: »

No, they caught you from the front, the second car was just waiting as you passed.

Nope. Guards have being thing this for years, only one car required. Direction is irrelevant as long as the car is coming straight towards or heading straight away.

punisher5112

Yes I know they have been doing it.

Just have seen it a hell of a lot recently including near UCD.

I am seeing it been done all over the country it's something usually wouldn't see as much.

jobeenfitz

Shur everybody gets them quashed. Just ring a friend in the guards or a friend of a friend kinda thingy. Dont tell the fella with the long white gruaig or the fella who smokes dope abroad. Ya'l be grand.

djimi

punisher5112 wrote: »

I am seeing it been done all over the country it's something usually wouldn't see as much.

Thats because they are usually well hidden :pac:

fineso.mom

"They are waiting till you pass then catching you from behind"...........??
Wait...the guards are waiting for people to commit an offence and then catching them ? When did this carry on start? Sure that's just mad like.

punisher5112

You can read into it whatever way you want but the car can get away from time to time espaecially on hills and starights and of course thats where they will be.

Don't get me started on the flash for cash vans.

Red Nissan

Report it.

This practice has been criticized in the past and a number of individual members chastised.

It undermines the policies of the Go Safe vans.

keithclancy

daveohdave wrote: »

Nope. Guards have being thing this for years, only one car required. Direction is irrelevant as long as the car is coming straight towards or heading straight away.

Doubtful .. don't think they use Radar anymore, and by the time you got a reading from a reflective surface they would be gone.

AFAK they use a Tripod mounted Lidar type device with a second car to pull you in further down the road.

mfergus

Red Nissan wrote: »

Report it.

This practice has been criticized in the past and a number of individual members chastised.

It undermines the policies of the Go Safe vans.

Lol.

Report it to who?
"I want to make a report, a guard is out catching people breaking the law, I don't like the way he is doing it, I could get caught"

daveohdave

They do still use radar. I saw a speedy shooting fish in a barrel at the end of a dual carriageway just last month. And if they could do on-ramp checks ten years ago, they can still do it today. The technology hasn't magically disimproved.

This is the police force that protested over pencils, not the bloody Dubai PD.

Red Nissan

keithclancy wrote: »

Doubtful .. don't think they use Radar anymore, and by the time you got a reading from a reflective surface they would be gone.

I'm fairly sure they still use radar.

But they do not need a radar, just a stop watch and time you over a given distance.

Think of the situation described by the OP, think of the location, we all have one just like it, ever noticed small yellow or faded yellow lines across the road, not the tiny speed bumps things, just thin paint.

They are guide marks and anyone with a watch can determine the speed of the vehicle.

No Pants

punisher5112 wrote: »

the car can get away from time to time espaecially on hills and starights and of course thats where they will be.

If you know where they're going to be, how are they being neaky?

paddydone1

Stick to the legal speed limits and you will have no worries

ezopsae

I think they do a great job.

The government doesn't get enough revenue from the tax on petrol, motor tax, NCT cartel, levies on insurance, VRT, tax on car maintenance and road tolls including botched M50 agreement. It's great to have the gardai hiding in bushes catching people drifting over ridiculously low limits - squeezes the cash cow that is the Irish motorist more and unlike investigating real crime, it's very straightforward and easy.

dgt

Common on the M1, especially the Tallanstown exit.

Your observation is at least 10 years out of date.

Garda also use hairdriers and lasers out the window too to this day. So can be either

punisher5112

dgt wrote: »

Common on the M1, especially the Tallanstown exit.

Your observation is at least 10 years out of date.

Garda also use hairdriers and lasers out the window too to this day. So can be either

I did say I know this has been done for a long time but it is a hell of a long time since I have seen them doing such.

dgt

punisher5112 wrote: »

I did say I know this has been done for a long time but it is a hell of a long time since I have seen them doing such.

Keep an eye for them, they're fairly active on the M1. Especially between Dundalk and Drogheda. More so in the afternoon they do be on sliproads however whos to dictate when they'll appear

In an unrelated matter, I do often see them stopping coaches on the way south (Fiat Ulysse positioned just after the Ravensdale exit in an old customs checkpoint)

toastedpickles

Seen them at that on the n2 coming back from the north the other day hidden behind a fence, some fella flew past em and off they went, sly, but there you have it