GoSafe van on a motorway

guil · 13-10-2015 12:59pm #1

Just passed a marked GoSafe van on the M7, between Naas south and north on the northbound side. Surely they aren't allowed to stop there?

5W30 · 13-10-2015 1:03pm

All the areas where they can stop are marked here in red:
http://www.garda.ie/GoSafe.htm

guil · 13-10-2015 1:11pm

Seems they can so.

Marty McFly · 13-10-2015 1:30pm

They do be on the m7 fairly frequently.

kirving · 13-10-2015 1:32pm

Is it illegal to stop on a motorway? Were they on a raised Garda platform, or behind a barrier. I'd regard stopping on a motorway as a deathwish if not behind a barrier.

tayto lover · 13-10-2015 1:37pm

AA rules / guidelines for motorway driving -

http://www.theaa.ie/blog/half-of-motorists-surveyed-putting-lives-at-risk-by-stopping-on-motorway-to-call-or-text/

munchkin_utd · 13-10-2015 1:42pm

Kevin Irving wrote: »

Is it illegal to stop on a motorway? Were they on a raised Garda platform, or behind a barrier. I'd regard stopping on a motorway as a deathwish if not behind a barrier.

the irish road traffic laws are unreadable (everything is a modification of the original law back in the 30s, or a modification of a modification of a modification) so I cannot say either way.
If in doubt, you can always be done for endangering the travelling public or some such generic general law.
EDIT: "rules" of the road are not the law. Sometimes it defines best practice, sometimes it defines what you can legally do or not do. Only the unreadable road traffic act defines what is an offence

there are laybys for the guards on the northern side of the motorway so the vans could use these safely

Marty McFly · 13-10-2015 1:50pm

They sometimes use Garda laybys they sometimes don't.

But given the fact the gards have set up checkpoints on motorways I don't see why anyone would be suprised.

ironclaw · 13-10-2015 2:20pm

guil wrote: »

Just passed a marked GoSafe van on the M7, between Naas south and north on the northbound side. Surely they aren't allowed to stop there?

Its the only section of motorway, that I'm aware of, that is within their remit. Downright dangerous to stop or operate there however.

Alun · 13-10-2015 4:26pm

I witnessed a Garda Traffic Corps car that had stopped a car on the triangular cross hatching between the main carriageway and the off ramp at a junction on the M50 one night, so nothing surprises me as far as they're concerned. Do they actually get any safety training at all?

bladespin · 13-10-2015 10:00pm

Seen one parked on a footpath on the M3 this week, rules don't apply I guess.

GoSafe van on a motorway

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