Fixed Speed Cameras M1

madmac187

Hi all just wondering, went to Belfast today from Laois and just saw the fixed speed camera on south bound of the M1. Dont think I got done, but is there a fixed speed camera northbound? Or do these cameras work, as i haven't seen any signs before them. Thanks for the information guys.

Zcott

Nope, there are no northbound cameras.

madmac187

Sound job, was in a hurry for an interview is all and got worried when i saw the other one lol But i hear the other doesn't work, is that right?

Zcott

I drive past it every week and I've never seen it flash, but I've never gone more than about 125 past it.

Sobanek

It works if you're wondering either way. My mammy got caught doing 147 there

debabyjesus

I didn't think any fixed cameras still standing were working now?

LeakingLava

debabyjesus wrote: »

I didn't think any fixed cameras still standing were working now?

Got caught at the annesley bridge(Fairview Strand) recently. Didn't notice a van so I'm guessing it was those fixed cameras just past the footbridge.

Mister Jingles

LeakingLava wrote: »

Got caught at the annesley bridge(Fairview Strand) recently. Didn't notice a van so I'm guessing it was those fixed cameras just past the footbridge.

Are they speed cameras ? I always thought they just monitored the traffic flow, especially if there does be a speed van there at times as well ?

LeakingLava

Mister Jingles wrote: »

Are they speed cameras ? I always thought they just monitored the traffic flow, especially if there does be a speed van there at times as well ?

Well I'm not too sure now if you say that's what their purpose are but I did get caught there and I'm sure there wasn't a van.

legomanx51v

Is this the fixed speed camera with accompanying white lines on the m1? Does it really work?
Ive never seen it flash once over the last year and have frequently gone past at above 120..

Technoprisoner

LeakingLava wrote: »

Got caught at the annesley bridge(Fairview Strand) recently. Didn't notice a van so I'm guessing it was those fixed cameras just past the footbridge.

that would have been the van...got caught there myself by it

fmcg_scribe

I'm presuming that OP is referring to GATSO camera on south bound M1 near Dunleer in Co. Louth?

GATSO is old technology, so camera might not flash if all of its film is used up. When GATSO cameras were first introduced in the UK, the idea was that the films would be replaced regularly but over time there were rumours that a lot of so-called "safety camera partnerships" around England and Wales didn't bother checking the cameras regularly and a lot of the time the cameras did contain any film and any available film was rotated among different cameras in each safety camera partnership area.

From memory, something similar was happening to the few fixed GATSO cameras in Ireland that existed before the current (mobile) speed camera regime was introduced.

I've seen GATSO cameras flash in the UK during daylight, so believe me you'll know it when it happens.

The more recent fixed speed cameras in the UK are a different beast from the GATSO ones - they tend to be used for roadworks on motorways and operate on a relay basis and measure average speed. However, they can also be installed as individual cameras on trunk and other urban roads and they sit on taller poles so they can't be vandalised (easily) and they never run out of film because they are digital (I believe).

WacoKid

fmcg_scribe wrote: »

I'm presuming that OP is referring to GATSO camera on south bound M1 near Dunleer in Co. Louth?

GATSO is old technology, so camera might not flash if all of its film is used up. When GATSO cameras were first introduced in the UK, the idea was that the films would be replaced regularly but over time there were rumours that a lot of so-called "safety camera partnerships" around England and Wales didn't bother checking the cameras regularly and a lot of the time the cameras did contain any film and any available film was rotated among different cameras in each safety camera partnership area.

From memory, something similar was happening to the few fixed GATSO cameras in Ireland that existed before the current (mobile) speed camera regime was introduced.

I've seen GATSO cameras flash in the UK during daylight, so believe me you'll know it when it happens.

The more recent fixed speed cameras in the UK are a different beast from the GATSO ones - they tend to be used for roadworks on motorways and operate on a relay basis and measure average speed. However, they can also be installed as individual cameras on trunk and other urban roads and they sit on taller poles so they can't be vandalised (easily) and they never run out of film because they are digital (I believe).

IIRC when you pass the fixed ones you can see 2 circular holes (size of 2 euro coin) at the top left and right of the box as you approach it. If these are open then the camera is running and need ventilation and if they are closed then there is no camera. I have been driving southbound on the M1 for years and the fixed camera has never had its holes open. Based on this my opinion is that the southbound camera on the M1 has not been operational for a long time.

fmcg_scribe

WacoKid wrote: »

IIRC when you pass the fixed ones you can see 2 circular holes (size of 2 euro coin) at the top left and right of the box as you approach it. If these are open then the camera is running and need ventilation and if they are closed then there is no camera. I have been driving southbound on the M1 for years and the fixed camera has never had its holes open. Based on this my opinion is that the southbound camera on the M1 has not been operational for a long time.

You could be correct about that particular camera.

In some parts of the UK, people used to mess with fixed GATSO cameras by smearing Vaseline (or similar substance) on to cling film and then apply the cling film to the lens. The camera could still detect speeding cars but it couldn't capture the number plates or the images of the cars accurately.

deandean

fmcg_scribe wrote: »

You could be correct about that particular camera.

In some parts of the UK, people used to mess with fixed GATSO cameras by smearing Vaseline (or similar substance) on to cling film and then apply the cling film to the lens. The camera could still detect speeding cars but it couldn't capture the number plates or the images of the cars accurately.

meh, very sedate.
i remember the camera on the n3 on the way to navan. It was 'necklaced' with a couple of burning tyres. It stood there, burned out, for years afterwards.

fmcg_scribe

deandean wrote: »

meh, very sedate.
i remember the camera on the n3 on the way to navan. It was 'necklaced' with a couple of burning tyres. It stood there, burned out, for years afterwards.

The tyre solution is less subtle and could land you in trouble with the law if caught. The cling film tactic still counts as interference with a camera but I imagine you'd get only a slap on the wrist if caught.