New GoSafe van locations

suicide_circus

https://www.garda.ie/gosafe.html

Dont know if its my phone acting up but the interactive map is not showing me the van locations. I can move around and zoom in and out of the map, read place names and switch between satellite and map views but no GoSafe locations!

Anyone have another site/app that shows them?

thanks

vicwatson

Same problem here

B-D-P--

Like any government run project,
its not fit for use, Likely the site is overloaded today and cant cope with the volume.

magicbastarder

not the first time i've said this on boards - the notion of being able to look up where a speed camera is going to be is farcical. completely counterproductive.

Cookiemunster

magicbastarder wrote: »

not the first time i've said this on boards - the notion of being able to look up where a speed camera is going to be is farcical. completely counterproductive.

Standard practice In other countries. Signs on the side of the road warning of fixed or average speed cameras are normal too.

Vyse Remastered

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Standard practice In other countries. Signs on the side of the road warning of fixed or average speed cameras are normal too.

Also, I would have thought that it encourages people to check their speed at these locations. They are deemed to be black spots.

coylemj

There's been a big revision of enforcement zones which takes effect today, there must be a problem updating the database for that website.

The 20 stretches of road in the State where most collisions occur are all in Dublin, according to a Garda rating system used to determine the location of speed cameras.

An analysis of a new list of over 1,300 safety camera zones, which come into effect from 6am on Monday, reveals the most likely roads where motorists are involved in accidents are all in the capital.

New network of 1,322 speed cameras comes into force today


Speed camera vans are now in operation in 900 new locations around the country.

Gardaí are increasing the number of areas where drivers' speed is being monitored after reviewing nearly a decade of data.

From this morning, GoSafe vans will be parking up at over 900 new locations across Ireland to watch out for speeding drivers.


Speed Camera Vans At 900 New Locations Around The Country

suicide_circus

magicbastarder wrote: »

not the first time i've said this on boards - the notion of being able to look up where a speed camera is going to be is farcical. completely counterproductive.

not to worry, i can't look them up!

RebelButtMunch

magicbastarder wrote: »

not the first time i've said this on boards - the notion of being able to look up where a speed camera is going to be is farcical. completely counterproductive.

Or, dont speed and dont look them up. Even easier.

Dublinstiofán

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Standard practice In other countries. Signs on the side of the road warning of fixed or average speed cameras are normal too.

The’ve taken al the speed camera signs down now though apparently. Just for revenue generation!

Linky

Kat1170

RebelButtMunch wrote:

Or, dont speed and dont look them up. Even easier.

But, but, one kilometre per is a speed ?

RebelButtMunch

Kat1170 wrote: »

But, but, one kilometre per is a speed ?

Wha?

Allinall

Vyse Remastered wrote: »

Also, I would have thought that it encourages people to check their speed at these locations. They are deemed to be black spots.

What about all the locations where there are no vans?

Should people not check their speed at those locations as well?

Dodge

Vyse Remastered wrote: »

Also, I would have thought that it encourages people to check their speed at these locations. They are deemed to be black spots.

Well the argument against that is that if people know where they ‘shouldn’t speed’ then they’ll speed in other areas

So if you’re the person who won’t speed because you think you might get caught, they want you to think you’ll get caught anywhere (and therefore you’re less likely to speed)

No doubt people will scream about money making rackets here

Slippin Jimmy

The website is not working for me either. Must be overloaded or they are still updating it.

magicbastarder

It'd be gas if they deliberately put incorrect locations on the website. I hope they do.

coylemj

TomTom Amigo is all you need. Will alert you when you enter and leave a speed enforcement zone and (optionally) beep like the bejaysus when you exceed the limit while in a zone.

Disclaimer: I have a subscription to TomTom Go which is a separate navigation app, I'm not sure if the use of Amigo is tied to that subscription or if it's available to use for free as a standalone app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tomtom.speedcams.android.map&gl=IE

https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/tomtom-go-navigation/id884963367

magicbastarder

https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2020/02/17/new-pretendy-slow-downy-places-launched-today/

amadangomor

magicbastarder wrote: »

It'd be gas if they deliberately put incorrect locations on the website. I hope they do.

Gas altogether :rolleyes:

Redsoxfan

coylemj wrote: »

TomTom Amigo is all you need. Will alert you when you enter and leave a speed enforcement zone and (optionally) beep like the bejaysus when you exceed the limit while in a zone.

Disclaimer: I have a subscription to TomTom Go which is a separate navigation app, I'm not sure if the use of Amigo is tied to that subscription or if it's available to use for free as a standalone app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tomtom.speedcams.android.map&gl=IE

https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/tomtom-go-navigation/id884963367

The Garda on Morning Ireland mentioned that the new locations have been shared with the Sat Nav companies including TomTom, Garmin and Google Maps.

Anyone know how to get these to show up on Google Maps when using it to navigate?

magicbastarder

amadangomor wrote: »

Gas altogether :rolleyes:

what's the worst that could happen? people might be detected breaking the law. it'd be a travesty, joe.

Krombopulos Michael

I see the map is back live again and immediately I see a place where the GoSafe speed van regularly operates near me, and is not marked on the map. Shocker.

Sleeper12

Looking at some of these spots in Dublin and I'm scratching my head. I'm looking at areas where you couldn't hit the maximum speed limit if you tried. For example the stretch from Kilbarrack fire station to Clarehall roundabout. Off the top of my head I'm counting 4 or 5 sets of lights. It's bumper to bumper in daylight hours.

Slippin Jimmy

There has been quite a few areas around my town that have been added. Actually pretty much the entire town has been added.

Klopp

Just a thought but with all the the road works ongoing on M50 over the last year, they look more like laybys, I wouldn't be surprised it they are for GoSafe vans?

Isambard

would it not be far easier to design cars that cannot exceed the speed limit?

L1011

Isambard wrote: »

would it not be far easier to design cars that cannot exceed the speed limit?

How do they know what the limit is where they are?

Tickityboo

L1011 wrote: »

How do they know what the limit is where they are?

My car recognises speed signs and there is an option to restrict the car's speed automatically to whatever speed signs it passes.

donspeekinglesh

Tickityboo wrote: »

My car recognises speed signs and there is an option to restrict the car's speed automatically to whatever speed signs it passes.

Far from fool-proof:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615244/hackers-can-trick-a-tesla-into-accelerating-by-50-miles-per-hour/

Isambard

L1011 wrote: »

How do they know what the limit is where they are?

My Bro in Law's Yaris recognises the speed limit signs....just one step to link that to the speed limiter .

It's just a matter of investing in the technology to perfect the system

patrickc

speed limiters wouldn't allow you to increase speed to overtake and then reduce back down to the limit.

Is someone is doing 85kph in a 100 zone I'd need to pass them at 110 to safely overtake.

L1011

Isambard wrote: »

My Bro in Law's Yaris recognises the speed limit signs....just one step to link that to the speed limiter .

It's just a matter of investing in the technology to perfect the system

System is not nearly reliable enough. Car suddenly decides that dirty 80 sign was a 30 and jams on?

That's not perfectable. Ever.

There are also places where I could drive through a businesses carpark and miss the car 'seeing' a 80-50 transition or v/v on countless approach roads in to towns.

GPS based systems are worse due to potential poor location fixes.

Alun

A bigger problem with GPS based systems is keeping the database of speed limits up to date.

Crock Rock

This is marvelous news.

More should be rolled out and the location kept secret.

They should be camouflaged. Even work with An Post and other state bodies and build them into
An Post vans.