At least another year for '1 or 2' fine enforcement cameras

halfpastneverr

https://irishcycle.com/2024/02/22/one-or-two-red-light-cameras-may-be-up-and-running-in-2025-says-nta/

Completely farcical. Trial done nearly a decade ago and now more trials, boards, quangos, consultations and reports before we can place a poxy camera and link it to ANPR that Gardai/Go Safe vans already use. I use Heuston Luas daily and always cars blocking the junctions crossing over both Sean Heuston Bridge towards town and on the other side going up Steevens Lane delaying already slow tram service. Bus services could be sped up by a good % if bus lane use was enforced too. We can't do simple things like these in good time, so I've no hope of metro or the useful version of busconnects ever materializing.

Absolutely infuriating.

SC024

Ah sure anything within the remit of Government or Civil/Public Service seems to take forever & a fortune in this fair country :)

ELM327

Hopefully it will catch all road users in violation of the law and not just another stick to the motorist

Tenzor07

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121887990#Comment_121887990

Jaywalkers too?

VonLuck

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121888105#Comment_121888105

There's no such thing as jaywalking in Ireland, unless you mean the law where you have to cross at a pedestrian crossing if you are within a certain distance.

liamog

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121887990#Comment_121887990

You can avoid traffic fines with this one simple trick -

Don't use your phone when driving, don't drive through red lights, and don't speed through villages.

I'm ok with them going for the low hanging fruit of the average driving standard since the pandemic. Knowing the current crop of RSA heads instead they'll just stick average speed cameras on high quality dual carriageways instead of on roads where enforcement can actually help improve safety of all road users.

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121887990#Comment_121887990

if you mean cyclists no, you can't identify them with cameras, so yes it will indeed be another stick to beat motorists with but if people follow the rules all will be good

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Duckjob

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121887990#Comment_121887990

Habitually safe and competent drivers wont have anything to fear from this so it won't be any sort of a stick to them. There is no need to conflate "motorists" and "lawbreakers" if you sit in this group.

On the other hand if you self-identity as sitting within the smaller "lawbreaker" group and want cover for your bad behavior and to play a victim card on behalf of "motorists" , then yeah I guess conflating the two groups makes perfect sense to help preserve your right to carry on doing what you are doing in comfort.