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Do Go Safe vans 'red flash' every car that passes?

brophs · 2017-10-31 18:31:40

Hi, As I was driving out of Ballincollig towards Cork around 10:30 last night I passed a Go Safe van parked up. As I passed it there was a sort of faint red light/flash. I was under the speed limit, so I was just curious does the infrared system capture each vehicle/licence plate? Is that done for record keeping purposes,…

31-10-2017 6:31pm

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Hi,

As I was driving out of Ballincollig towards Cork around 10:30 last night I passed a Go Safe van parked up. As I passed it there was a sort of faint red light/flash. I was under the speed limit, so I was just curious does the infrared system capture each vehicle/licence plate? Is that done for record keeping purposes, or just an automated feature which records the plate of every car that passes?

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#2 31-10-2017 6:43pm

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brophs wrote: »

Hi,

As I was driving out of Ballincollig towards Cork around 10:30 last night I passed a Go Safe van parked up. As I passed it there was a sort of faint red light/flash. I was under the speed limit, so I was just curious does the infrared system capture each vehicle/licence plate? Is that done for record keeping purposes, or just an automated feature which records the plate of every car that passes?

Cheers

Misread that sorry edited

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#3 31-10-2017 7:24pm

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057800621

Was the light inside the rear window ?

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#4 31-10-2017 7:37pm

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mikeecho wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057800621

Was the light inside the rear window ?

Cheers. Yeah, fairly certain that's what I saw.

So does the flash go off for every car? I sort of always assumed the system worked on the basis of a vehicle setting being registered as being above the limit, which triggered a picture being taken of the plate? Is it the case that they automatically take pics of everything within the range of the van?

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#5 31-10-2017 9:16pm

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Every car is photoed

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#6 01-11-2017 9:27am

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mikeecho wrote: »

Every car is photoed

Are they checking for tax / NCT / Insurance?

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#7 01-11-2017 9:31am

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They check for speed.
Manned checkpoints on roads stop you and check your discs.

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#8 01-11-2017 3:51pm

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There's always a little red dot/light as you pass them..

I treat the like magpies; Wave for luck if there's only one!

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