Speed van on rochestown Road

Are there's always active, I was going about 55,think I got with the van at the end of the road before you turn left to the south ring. Do they record from both sides?

rob316

Deleted User wrote: »

Are there's always active, I was going about 55,think I got with the van at the end of the road before you turn left to the south ring. Do they record from both sides?

the camera is at the back of the van so can only catch vehicles coming from behind.

glog

rob316 wrote: »

the camera is at the back of the van so can only catch vehicles coming from behind.

I stand to be corrected on this, but I believe they can measure your speed as you approach them and as you go away from them, so theoretically, they can catch you going either direction.

"We monitor from the back of the van, so the camera is on the back of the van," .
"When you're moving past the back of the van, either coming towards or moving away, the van can monitor that speed."
And how near to the van do you have to be for it to track your speed?

"The general rule of thumb that we would use is that if you can see the van, you're generally in range."

glog

glog wrote: »

I stand to be corrected on this, but I believe they can measure your speed as you approach them and as you go away from them, so theoretically, they can catch you going either direction.

"We monitor from the back of the van, so the camera is on the back of the van," .
"When you're moving past the back of the van, either coming towards or moving away, the van can monitor that speed."
And how near to the van do you have to be for it to track your speed?

"The general rule of thumb that we would use is that if you can see the van, you're generally in range."

Cheers, hopefully i haven't been caught.

Made me dig out my car instructions and put on speed limiting, have a Kia Niro so the electric speeds up way faster than a normal car. Will def start using the speed limiting in future as i find myself going faster without realising.

zilog_jones

Speedometers usually overread, you may have not been speeding at all. Go and measure your real speed with some GPS app on your phone.

Dbu

Speed van on Georges Quay yesterday evening..cash cow there

ofcork

I have never in my life seen a speed van on georges quay,you sure it wasnt a garda van checkpoint?

Dbu

ofcork wrote: »

I have never in my life seen a speed van on georges quay,you sure it wasnt a garda van checkpoint?

Nope, 100 % speed van. How do I upload a photo?

corks finest

Dbu wrote: »

Nope, 100 % speed van. How do I upload a photo?

There alright as prendeville mentioned recently,and straight road etc etc

timmyjimmy

I saw one on the lower glanmire road recently just before the hump as you get to the train station, cash cow if the speed display there is anything to go by. I currently live in the area and delighted for this as sometimes i've seen the display hitting 70 on that sign. There's constant breaking the speed limit and traffic lights in the city centre and something needs to be done.

Bring on 30km speed limits in city centres and residential areas.

Morries Wigs

All over douglas lately the ****

ofcork

corks finest wrote: »

There alright as prendeville mentioned recently,and straight road etc etc

On George's quay??

timmyjimmy

Morries Wigs wrote: »

All over douglas lately the ****

Stick to the speed limit and you'll be grand.

bogman

timmyjimmy wrote: »

Bring on 30km speed limits in city centres and residential areas.

Ill be able to pass them on my bicycle :pac:

Dbu

ofcork wrote: »

On George's quay??

Yes, on Georges Quay. 30km i presume

ofcork

He was probably parked gone for a gelato!!

Dave1711

Speed vans on the tunnel now with all the works, about 99% I got nabbed there this morning didn't slow down fast enough after I saw the sign was going about 80. Oh well.

Morries Wigs

Their all over the place for the last few weeks watch out in Douglas /Donnybrook

ofcork

Dave1711 wrote: »

Speed vans on the tunnel now with all the works, about 99% I got nabbed there this morning didn't slow down fast enough after I saw the sign was going about 80. Oh well.

Only there since they closed one bore of the tunnel for works its a 60 now havent been any there in a while before now.

ofcork

corks finest wrote: »

There alright as prendeville mentioned recently,and straight road etc etc

On georges quay???

Dave1711

ofcork wrote: »

Only there since they closed one bore of the tunnel for works its a 60 now havent been any there in a while before now.

Yeah that's what I meant about the works going on

There were two speed vans on the approach to the tunnel yesterday. A bit much.

Dave1711

Deleted User wrote: »

There were two speed vans on the approach to the tunnel yesterday. A bit much.

Yeah could easily get rightly screwed there haha first one caught me.

rob316

Spotted it parked on frenches quay at 9 pm tonight outside the funeral home. First time I've seen it there.

ofcork

You cant even drive fast there!!

shtpEdthePlum

South link, last evening coming from town (6pm) just before the Douglas exit there was a gard pulled in but I'm not sure he was doing speed checks. If he was he would have caught me overtaking, doing 111 (adjusted for weight of the car, 101)

I may have gotten away with it. I feel like i have. I'll know more tomorrow lol.

rob316

shtpEdthePlum wrote: »

South link, last evening coming from town (6pm) just before the Douglas exit there was a gard pulled in but I'm not sure he was doing speed checks. If he was he would have caught me overtaking, doing 111 (adjusted for weight of the car, 101)

I may have gotten away with it. I feel like i have. I'll know more tomorrow lol.

He has to drive after you

Mardyke

Morries Wigs wrote: »

All over douglas lately the ****

No idea how you could speed in Douglas with the traffic...

If you do speed, you're the wanker. Simple as that.

spring lane jack

There's been a van parked up by Dulux paints on the Commons Road a lot lately.

beer enigma

spring lane jack wrote: »

There's been a van parked up by Dulux paints on the Commons Road a lot lately.

There's a real speed change there

Be right back

I saw one at the side of the main road between Glanmire and Dunkettle heading to Dublin this morning.

whatever76

they are certainly out in force by tunnel - 2 vans on approach to tunnel from Blackrock exit to Tunnel yesterday morning @10am ( Tunnel works ongoing at the time !) and on Friday evening no vans but cop on bike at the entrance of tunnel ( same side ) . I say while those works are ongoing now with the 60 km limit keep to limit as they having a field day ! Similar to the speed traps they had on N7 works into/out of Dublin.

cc

whatever76 wrote: »

they are certainly out in force by tunnel - 2 vans on approach to tunnel from Blackrock exit to Tunnel yesterday morning @10am ( Tunnel works ongoing at the time !) and on Friday evening no vans but cop on bike at the entrance of tunnel ( same side ) . I say while those works are ongoing now with the 60 km limit keep to limit as they having a field day ! Similar to the speed traps they had on N7 works into/out of Dublin.

If they narrowed the lanes temporarily it might help and 60kph might not seem so out of place. Places like George's quay they should redesign completely, a wide lane (single) dual carriageway just invites putting the foot down.

two wheels good

cc wrote: »

If they narrowed the lanes temporarily it might help and 60kph might not seem so out of place. Places like George's quay they should redesign completely, a wide lane (single) dual carriageway just invites putting the foot down.

On Georges's Quay? That why a speed van can be justified.
BTW it's not a dual carraigeway.

cc

two wheels good wrote: »

On Georges's Quay? That why a speed van can be justified.
BTW it's not a dual carraigeway.

That's my point the road design is poor, the speedvan is needed because of it.

I know it's not a dual carriageway, it's a wide two lane one-way racetrack.

two wheels good

No, the speed van is not a consequence of bad road design.

If a driver can't stay within the limit on G's Quay, a busy city centre street, they deserve the fines and points.
"racetrack", "putting the foot down" I think you might need to review your city driving outlook.

cc

two wheels good wrote: »

No, the speed van is not a consequence of bad road design.

If a driver can't stay within the limit on G's Quay, a busy city centre street, they deserve the fines and points.
"racetrack", "putting the foot down" I think you might need to review your city driving outlook.

No need to get personal for my opinion, I cycle George's quay more than I drive it.

65535

Speedvan in Mahon on Ringmahon Road near the turnoff for Castle Road.

They are not getting enough revenue so recently the places where they can setup have been added to.

The locations are supposed to be mapped on the Garda website but are conveniently missing

https://www.garda.ie/en/roads-policing/road-safety/view-safety-camera-locations.html

Mardyke

Great to see more speed checks.

There should be cameras up on all roads.

beer enigma

Mardyke wrote: »

Great to see more speed checks.

There should be cameras up on all roads.

Totally agree, there's talk of IP cameras built into the next gen of traffic lights. Cars, cyclists, pedestrians will all have to obey. Make for safer roads

ofcork

Sort out the speed limits country roads with 100km/h limits too high others too low.

AugustusMinimus

beer enigma wrote: »

Totally agree, there's talk of IP cameras built into the next gen of traffic lights. Cars, cyclists, pedestrians will all have to obey. Make for safer roads

How on earth will this work for cyclists and pedestrians. Will we be chopping people?

65535

Traffic Lights are to become revenue generators now ??

Before ye do that maybe sort out the biggest problem with Traffic Lights.

As we are talking about Cork and in the Cork sub forum -
If you are passing through the main 'Tesco Mahon Point' junction.

When crossing the junction line at exactly 50 Kph the lights go Amber.
Even before you reach the far side of the junction the lights are Red.

Therefore the lights themselves are forcing you to break the law.
With modern equipment it is now possible to set the Amber timer to a more relevant time for each junction to give you enough time to get across before the Red.

the beer revolu

65535 wrote: »

Before ye do that maybe sort out the biggest problem with Traffic Lights.

By far the biggest problem with traffic lights is cars not stopping at them when they are red/amber.

I'm not saying that what you describe doesn't exist, but it is far from common.
In over 30 years of driving, I have never encountered such a situation.

glog

beer enigma wrote: »

Totally agree, there's talk of IP cameras built into the next gen of traffic lights. Cars, cyclists, pedestrians will all have to obey. Make for safer roads

Link?

TheChizler

65535 wrote: »

Traffic Lights are to become revenue generators now ??

Before ye do that maybe sort out the biggest problem with Traffic Lights.

As we are talking about Cork and in the Cork sub forum -
If you are passing through the main 'Tesco Mahon Point' junction.

When crossing the junction line at exactly 50 Kph the lights go Amber.
Even before you reach the far side of the junction the lights are Red.

Therefore the lights themselves are forcing you to break the law.
With modern equipment it is now possible to set the Amber timer to a more relevant time for each junction to give you enough time to get across before the Red.

It's the first set of lights that count. Otherwise you'd be breaking a light whenever you turn left or right at a junction.

the beer revolu

TheChizler wrote: »

It's the first set of lights that count. Otherwise you'd be breaking a light whenever you turn left or right at a junction.

I'd argue that the only people seeing red before they are through a junction are people who should have stopped on amber.

Chris_5339762

TheChizler wrote: »

It's the first set of lights that count. Otherwise you'd be breaking a light whenever you turn left or right at a junction.

Yes, officially you can't ENTER a junction when the lights are red but you can EXIT a junction.

Fabio

beer enigma wrote: »

Totally agree, there's talk of IP cameras built into the next gen of traffic lights. Cars, cyclists, pedestrians will all have to obey. Make for safer roads

Ye could move to China...they've got all of that there. Facial recognition etc. The lot.

beer enigma

glog wrote: »

Link?

Tattile do them, HikVision, there are a few vairents under development. Saw them at a recent demo of IP cameras for another purpose.


https://www.tattile.com/cameras-on-top-of-traffic-light/

Mardyke

the beer revolu wrote: »

I'd argue that the only people seeing red before they are through a junction are people who should have stopped on amber.

We were all thinking it!
That poster should slow down, stop breaking lights and stop trying to be a victim.