Garda Speed Camera Question

Shane732 · 2015-11-28 15:06:58

I'm wondering how far a speed camera clocks your speed and takes the picture? I was of the opinion that the vans clock your speed and took the picture circa 50-80m from the van but see a lot of contradictory info. There was a red van parked on the Garda only part of the M6. Looked like a speed can. I was over the limit but…

28-11-2015 04:06PM

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I'm wondering how far a speed camera clocks your speed and takes the picture?

I was of the opinion that the vans clock your speed and took the picture circa 50-80m from the van but see a lot of contradictory info.

There was a red van parked on the Garda only part of the M6. Looked like a speed can. I was over the limit but had fallen below the limit so just wondering at what point you're caught.

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#2 28-11-2015 04:49PM

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It's all here, a million times over:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056091811

As a general rule of thumb, 2.5 times the width of the road is the distance at which you will be read and snapped. I would consider anything under ~200m the 'danger zone'

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#3 28-11-2015 06:40PM

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ironclaw wrote: »

It's all here, a million times over:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056091811

As a general rule of thumb, 2.5 times the width of the road is the distance at which you will be read and snapped. I would consider anything under ~200m the 'danger zone'

Thanks,

Apologies for not using the thread but the info in the thread is totally inconsistent from different users.

It's touch and go as to whether I was caught.

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