Can a Garda car in the opposite direction detect speed?

arcticoptimism · 11-02-2021 05:48PM #1

I was driving 80km through a very short 60km patch onto a main 80km road, a Garda car passed me going the opposite direction doing about the speed same if not faster, can the Garda car detect the speed I was going?

JamBur · 11-02-2021 05:50PM

no

Larbre34 · 11-02-2021 05:52PM

No.

Traffic patrol cars are generally only equipped to detect pursuit speeds relative to itself. An accurate detection of speed in the opposite direction requires a fixed position, eg a camera van.

If they had a problem with your speed, they would have turned around and pulled you over for it.

CVB · 12-02-2021 03:16AM

Wrong yes they can , new speed gun they can catch cars below on motorways when they high up on fly over bridges with the new speed colour photo guns

K.Flyer · 12-02-2021 03:18AM

CVB wrote: »

Wrong yes they can , new speed gun they can catch cars below on motorways when they high up on fly over bridges with the new speed colour photo guns

That's not what was asked.

Killinator · 12-02-2021 03:19AM

CVB wrote: »

Wrong yes they can , new speed gun they can catch cars below on motorways when they high up on fly over bridges with the new speed colour photo guns

That's a completely different scenario then what was asked.
No they cannot.
Most Garda patrol cars aren't fitted with ANPR cameras, in fact even a good chunk of the RPU cars are not fitted with ANPR and even if they are, they are incapable of detecting the speed of an oncoming vehicle.

CVB · 12-02-2021 03:30AM

K.Flyer wrote: »

That's not what was asked.

Sorry I read it too quick.....oops

Quantum Erasure · 12-02-2021 04:40AM

No, they can form an opinion though, that you were going too fast...

Killinator · 12-02-2021 06:43AM

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

No, they can form an opinion though, that you were going too fast...

They can't ticket you for it though, any prosecution would need proof of speed. They could of course go the route of careless/inconsiderate driving but it would be fairly ropey

12-02-2021 11:14PM

arcticoptimism wrote: »

can the Garda car detect the speed I was going?

Thats a bit high tech for the Gardai, to be fair. I don't even think the ANPR kit properly fits the hyundai i40?

As far as I am aware, at the moment all Gardai can do, if their own car is moving, is form an opinion, and that doesn't have legs, legally, unless they have a witness (usually another garda in the car, but the traffic lads are generally on their own).

It's all speed vans or speed guns, at the moment.

i57dwun4yb1pt8 · 13-02-2021 11:04AM

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

No, they can form an opinion though, that you were going too fast...

only if they had their hats on

dopc · 09-03-2022 09:27PM

Hi. I was stopped by an unmarked garda car today. The garda said that he detected me doing 88km in a 60km zone, whilst he was passing me in the other direction. I was really confused as I was certain I was not driving at that speed. The more I think of it I don't know how he was able to accurately detect my speed whilst driving in the opposite direction.

goochy · 09-03-2022 11:01PM

Garda must stop you to show you what speed you were doing as it's handheld

Killinator · 10-03-2022 03:00AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118759672#Comment_118759672

That didn't really happen the way your describing it or just plain didn't happen.

horse7 · 10-03-2022 09:02AM

Are you sure it was a Garda?

Can a Garda car in the opposite direction detect speed?

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