Gps speed trap detector

ando

Heyho,

http://www.originbluei.com/perform/index.cfm

I've heard really good things about this, its based on GPS satellite system. No radar crap! Anyone ever hear of this before and is there any plans for this kind of system in ireland (I take it this thing is only available in the uk?)

Victor

If only they could set it up to warn you of black spots! :rolleyes:

Krusty_Clown

It only warns you about fixed cameras though (of which there are very few in this country)..

For Irish locations, you'd be better off checking this out..

leeroybrown

Yeah in my experience most of the Speed Traps here are Gardai hidden in hedges with a Laser based speed detector.

Samson

Originally posted by ando
Anyone ever hear of this before and is there any plans for this kind of system in ireland (I take it this thing is only available in the uk?)

As Krusty_Clown says, there are not enough fixed Gatso cameras in Ireland for this system to be of any benefit.
The actual number of fixed speed cameras is 20, there is one red light camera.
Obviously, the system would be useless against mobile traps.

Chimaera

There is a system available in the UK called Road Angel which warns you about fixed cameras, accident blackspots, etc. It uses GPS and possibly maps as well to pinpoint your location and warns you in advance of a known hazard.

LFCFan

Originally posted by Samson
there is one red light camera.

Is that the one at the top of the Chapilizod By Pass in Kilmainham?

Victor

Originally posted by LFCFan
Is that the one at the top of the Chapilizod By Pass in Kilmainham?

I think so. It hadn't been (not sure about now) issuing tickets, but it was catching 40,000 people a month running the lights.

ando

yeah, looks like you guys are right about ireland not having enough speed traps. I got a responce from the ppl that make this Gps system:

Sorry, the unit database does not support Ireland at this time. The more camera's that come on line ou there then we will apply the database for such.

Samson

Originally posted by Victor
I think so. It hadn't been (not sure about now) issuing tickets, but it was catching 40,000 people a month running the lights.

That seems an obscene figure, Christ, if that's true it is well placed.
What is your source on that Victor?

Victor

Originally posted by Samson
That seems an obscene figure, Christ, if that's true it is well placed.
What is your source on that Victor?

It was from either a Garda or City Council official on the radio. If only they gave all of them points, congestion would clear up in no time as all the muppets would be gone.

40,000 per month =
1,300 per day (approx) =
55 per hour (approx) =
1 per minute (approx) = understandable (the last guy through the red light every second / third light sequence)

Krusty_Clown

Here's the transcript of the story from the Irish Independant:
Crackdown as camera to give red light to amber gambler

ROGUE motorists face another crackdown from a new network of
cameras which detect cars and trucks breaking red lights at major junctions all over Dublin city.

One test camera in operation over the past few months has detected a shocking 40,000 vehicles which broke the red light, it emerged yesterday.

Drivers who break the "Red Light" cameras will be fined and incur
penalty points.

High-tech cameras which read the registration plates of vehicles
which break the lights are being erected at all key junctions around the city in an effort to reduce accidents.

The cameras will also be used to detect drivers who ignore a
turning ban sign.

Under the penalty points system, any driver who breaks a red light incurs two penalty points on his or her driving licence - and five points if the issue is contested in the courts unsuccessfully.

One camera, used as a pilot for the new scheme, detected more than 40,000 motorists breaking the red light at the Con Colbert
Islandbridge junction - a main artery into the city it emerged yesterday.

Owen Keegan, Dublin's Director of Traffic, told the Irish Independent yesterday that the camera network was now being rolled out at key junctions in the city and the information would shortly be used by gardai to prosecute motorists.

However, this will only happen when all sections of the Road
Traffic Bill are fully implemented.

The scheme is seen a major new weapon in the fights against dangerous driving.

Meanwhile, a new initiative to reduce accidents involving
pedestrians at city centre junctions is working.

Units which count down from 40 seconds the time which pedestrians have to wait before the red light turns to the "Green Man" have been mounted to a number of traffic lights and a survey of 51,000 pedestrians crossing at the College Green lights outside Trinity College, Dublin has revealed that increased numbers are waiting for the "Green Man" before crossing.