Garda hand held speed camera

suicide_circus

someone was driving my car and they passed a couple of gardai at their squad car with the speed gun yoke pointed at the road. the person isnt sure if they were speeding, might have been 5km over. anyway the question is, do those hand held guns take a photo of the cars? do they issue fixed penalty notices from them or just the GoSafe vans?

thanks for your help

Charles Ingles

No they issue postal fines probably not for a couple of kilometres over the limit.
Guards have the ability to wave you over if belting along

Atlantic Dawn

With speed gun they have to stop you to show you the reading.

biko

It might have been a speedgun but also a gun to check insurance, rolled out last year

Silent Running

biko wrote: »

It might have been a speedgun but also a gun to check insurance, rolled out last year

Is that hand-held ANPR?

suicide_circus

Charles Ingles wrote: »

No they issue postal fines probably not for a couple of kilometres over the limit.
Guards have the ability to wave you over if belting along

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

With speed gun they have to stop you to show you the reading.

which is it?

biko

Silent Running wrote: »

Is that hand-held ANPR?

Yes, I assume so
https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/gardai-get-handheld-devices-to-detect-uninsured-drivers-at-side-of-the-road-37522620.html

demanufactured

biko wrote: »

Yes, I assume so
https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/gardai-get-handheld-devices-to-detect-uninsured-drivers-at-side-of-the-road-37522620.html

Knowing how government ICT works, it will be a mess.
Wrong info left right and centre.

Atlantic Dawn

demanufactured wrote: »

Knowing how government ICT works, it will be a mess.
Wrong info left right and centre.

Probably doesn't support 3 digit years of register so anyone with 131 onwards is grand

mikeecho

Those hand held devices for checking insurance are Samsung mobile phones that connect to the pulse system.

The Garda has to manually enter the reg of the car.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/gardai-trial-apps-designed-to-keep-them-out-on-the-beat-464189.html

It's technology that you would have seen in 1990's us cop shows.

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Probably doesn't support 3 digit years of register so anyone with 131 onwards is grand

The Garda Siochana have probably sorted out the Y2K issue by now


..... Probably

Sir Galahad

Well around June the next generation Laser is being rolled out. The Laser / camera will be small enough to fit in a motorcycle pannier. It can then be set up on a tripod to clock vehicles and take evidential pictures. It will be "non intercept" so you will get a ticket in the post. Don't say you haven't been warned.

mikeecho

Sir Galahad wrote: »

Well around June the next generation Laser is being rolled out. The Laser / camera will be small enough to fit in a motorcycle pannier. It can then be set up on a tripod to clock vehicles and take evidential pictures. It will be "non intercept" so you will get a ticket in the post. Don't say you haven't been warned.

Next gen.... They're still using gen 1

Gen 10 is currently available

tossy

Sir Galahad wrote: »

Well around June the next generation Laser is being rolled out. The Laser / camera will be small enough to fit in a motorcycle pannier. It can then be set up on a tripod to clock vehicles and take evidential pictures. It will be "non intercept" so you will get a ticket in the post. Don't say you haven't been warned.

I believe that laser is so powerful it can be seen on the moon too :rolleyes:

bs2014

Anyone on the m7 and m8 tonight will have noticed the rip of garda cars and speed vans. I literally may have got done twice in 15 mins.
1. Didn't spot speed van at 60k zone on m7....braked but not sure if in time....we prob sitting at 80
2. Then down st portlaoise I was belting on admittedly over 140 when I noticed a Tucson (out of all cars) in my rear view mirror sitting up slipway. Fortunately he didn't come after me so praying I'm at least safe on this count. Is it certain the guards have to come after you