Dashcam footage to Gardai?

macwal

Just wondering if the Gardai have an e-mail address or upload page where people can upload dashcam footage of inconsiderate and dangerous plonkers captured on the road?

Or would any footage just be sent to trash? Anyone have any experience of this?

TonyStark

macwal wrote: »

Just wondering if the Gardai have an e-mail address or upload page where people can upload dashcam footage of inconsiderate and dangerous plonkers captured on the road?

Or would any footage just be sent to trash? Anyone have any experience of this?

The only upload is called going to the station and making a statement with a copy of the footage.

Sobanek

And you'll have to testify in court if it goes further

Kenny Logins

PrettyBoy wrote: »

Is that a serious question

I don't see why not.. seems like a good idea to me. Gardaí are very active on Twitter now @ https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic so I suppose accepting video or photos isn't far off.

Traffic Watch allows you to log incidents - http://www.garda.ie/Controller.aspx?Page=111

PLUG71

macwal wrote: »

Just wondering if the Gardai have an e-mail address or upload page where people can upload dashcam footage of inconsiderate and dangerous plonkers captured on the road?

Or would any footage just be sent to trash? Anyone have any experience of this?

Can you post the footage on here so we can judge if its worthy of the Gaurds?:rolleyes:;)

Theta

Put it on youtube and tweet the Gardai....if they show interest they will get in touch.

gctest50

UK police look for footage

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2534042/Send-dashcam-videos-catch-dangerous-drivers-Police-appeal-public-evidence-motorists-behaving-badly.html

Del2005

macwal wrote: »

Just wondering if the Gardai have an e-mail address or upload page where people can upload dashcam footage of inconsiderate and dangerous plonkers captured on the road?

Or would any footage just be sent to trash? Anyone have any experience of this?

Posting it is no good. You need to go to the station and make a statement, provide the video as evidence. Then if the Gardaí decide to act on it you'll need to go to court as a witness. Which will require a day or more off work as there are no times in court, everyone is called in the morning and they work through the list.

Bigus

Del2005 wrote: »

Posting it is no good. You need to go to the station and make a statement, provide the video as evidence. Then if the Gardaí decide to act on it you'll need to go to court as a witness. Which will require a day or more off work as there are no times in court, everyone is called in the morning and they work through the list.

There's also the scenario where the guards will have a quiet word in the registered owners ear , which is probably the best outcome for everybody, and no court time involved , unless the situation is so serious to warrant a hearing in court, and if so serious, I'm sure op would happily turn up.

Truckermal

Traffic@garda.ie and they do reply..

macwal

Thanks for the productive replies, and yes, it was a serious question.

The question was sparked by a UK channel programme I saw last week, Traffic Cops or Road Wars, or similar, I can't remember which.

But I do have footage of me waiting to join Belgard road from one of the junctions, when my light goes green, and a second or so later, a green Passat passes from right to left in front of me. I was going left too, so there is clear footage of the rear of the car. I realise that if it did go to court, a lawyer would probably pick at it, and say that the footage doesn't show the status of the lights that the Passat passed through, and I don't know the robustness of traffic light systems or the longevity of any data that could be acquired by those systems to show that the lights were in perfect working order, so taking all of this into account, it would probably be a waste of time bringing this particular case to court.

However, as someone pointed out, having a word with the owner of the Passat (in this case) may prove beneficial, it may be an incentive to change the driver behavior, or who the car is being loaned to. If they've done it once, they'll likely do it again, and next time there could be a serious collision. I also realise that there may be special circumstances that result in a driver going through a red light in error, such as road condition, environmental factors, or possibly another car driving very close behind them, but it wasn't the situation in the footage I have. Plus, if they do do it again, and there is a serious collision, they won't be able to come up with the excuse that they'd never done anything like that before.

Would it really be a waste of Garda time following up on footage like this? It's hard to guage, but anything that could possibly change driver behaviour for the better has to be a good thing. I know that if someone submitted footage of me doing something irresponsible and dangerous on the road, and the Gardai came knocking on my door, it would make me seriously think about it. I don't particularly like the idea of ending up in a wheelchair, or putting someone else in one, or worse.

Anyway, thanks again to all for the helpful replies.

Del2005

macwal wrote: »

Thanks for the productive replies, and yes, it was a serious question.

The question was sparked by a UK channel programme I saw last week, Traffic Cops or Road Wars, or similar, I can't remember which.

But I do have footage of me waiting to join Belgard road from one of the junctions, when my light goes green, and a second or so later, a green Passat passes from right to left in front of me. I was going left too, so there is clear footage of the rear of the car. I realise that if it did go to court, a lawyer would probably pick at it, and say that the footage doesn't show the status of the lights that the Passat passed through, and I don't know the robustness of traffic light systems or the longevity of any data that could be acquired by those systems to show that the lights were in perfect working order, so taking all of this into account, it would probably be a waste of time bringing this particular case to court.

However, as someone pointed out, having a word with the owner of the Passat (in this case) may prove beneficial, it may be an incentive to change the driver behavior, or who the car is being loaned to. If they've done it once, they'll likely do it again, and next time there could be a serious collision. I also realise that there may be special circumstances that result in a driver going through a red light in error, such as road condition, environmental factors, or possibly another car driving very close behind them, but it wasn't the situation in the footage I have. Plus, if they do do it again, and there is a serious collision, they won't be able to come up with the excuse that they'd never done anything like that before.

Would it really be a waste of Garda time following up on footage like this? It's hard to guage, but anything that could possibly change driver behaviour for the better has to be a good thing. I know that if someone submitted footage of me doing something irresponsible and dangerous on the road, and the Gardai came knocking on my door, it would make me seriously think about it. I don't particularly like the idea of ending up in a wheelchair, or putting someone else in one, or worse.

Anyway, thanks again to all for the helpful replies.

It would be because they should be enforcing this not us. If you've only seen 1 car go through red you've been lucky. I see it nearly everyday I'm out. Only yesterday I had lights go red as I passed the line I looked in my rear view mirror and 4 other cars followed, the last one must have been 5 or more seconds after the light change.

Mango Joe

Hi All,

This thread came up in a search - Didn't want to start a new one.

On the motorway I've cruise control set at 120km typically & use the right hand lane only to overtake slower vehicles when I need to do so and then pull right back into the left lane once I'm well clear of that vehicle.

I'm really sick of those people speeding in the right hand lane who then aggressively drive right up to my rear bumper while I'm in the process of correctly overtaking someone while staying within the speed limit, doing their best to run you off the road - its really unsettling, irritating and very dangerous driving.

Can dashcam footage of this be submitted to the Gardaí?

Surely if their registration and face is clearly visible (and often their company vans logo) then it should be fairly simple from that point on to prosecute.

I'd prefer not to have to attend court - But I certainly would if it came to it - Depending on the incident.

PS I'm not trying to be needlessly vindictive here - I'm talking about the drivers who are close to putting either me, you or somebody elses child in a wheelchair for life.

Kenny Logins

Just blip the bloody pedal when overtaking. Sometimes it's painful watching people trying to overtake with the CC on -they'd happily sit alongside you for a couple of kms until they actually get past.

punisher5112

Having it set at 120km/h may well be lower then that actual speed depending on car etc.

When in situation of overtaking don't over take like a truck where they are both at the near same speed save 1 or 2km/h difference.

Best off leaving them off and just get out of the way.

Don't be swerving or brake checking and you will most likely be fine.


There is much much worse driving going on such as undertaking you while in the process of passing etc.