Mobile Speed Cameras

drunkmonkey

so there I was driving on the inside lane of the 3 lane carrigeway coming out of dublin, it's a 100km zone for a few miles. Low and behold there was a transit pulled in on the verge. Must have passed it at 110 - 114km.
Should I be expecting something in the post, remember I was in the slow lane and was been overtaken by cars in both other lanes.

Paulw

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Should I be expecting something in the post, remember I was in the slow lane and was been overtaken by cars in both other lanes.

All depends on who is operating the camera inside. They may have selected you, or may have locked on to the cars passing you at speed.

All you can do is wait and see. I think it's normally 2-3 weeks before you get the letter.

kilkennycat2004

drunkmonkey wrote: »

so there I was driving on the inside lane of the 3 lane carrigeway coming out of dublin, it's a 100km zone for a few miles. Low and behold there was a transit pulled in on the verge. Must have passed it at 110 - 114km.
Should I be expecting something in the post, remember I was in the slow lane and was been overtaken by cars in both other lanes.

I got 2 tickets on the same day along this stretch recently so probably YES

CountingCrows

Why were you speeding?

drunkmonkey

KK what speed were you doing, I was only tipping along or so I thought till I looked down and saw 114km/ph

drunkmonkey

CountingCrows wrote: »

Why were you speeding?

I wasn't some nob end stuck a 100km per hour speed limit in a stupid place and the Garda are milking it for the revenue comissioner, I wasn't speeding, it's complete entraptment on that part of the road..

drunkmonkey

Paulw wrote: »

All depends on who is operating the camera inside. They may have selected you, or may have locked on to the cars passing you at speed.
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So there's a real person there, I just thought it snapped every reg, I was been over taken by a punto in the middle lane and somebody going really quick in the outside lane, might be ok then...hopefully..

Paulw

drunkmonkey wrote: »

I wasn't some nob end stuck a 100km per hour speed limit in a stupid place and the Garda are milking it for the revenue comissioner, I wasn't speeding, it's complete entraptment on that part of the road..

But you said above you were speeding (doing 110-114kph in a 100kph zone). That's speeding.

You may disagree with the speed limit, but that's a different issue.

drunkmonkey

Paulw wrote: »

But you said above you were speeding (doing 110-114kph in a 100kph zone). That's speeding.

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That's not fast at all, especially on a 3 lane road..

JimmyCrackCorn!

CountingCrows wrote: »

Why were you speeding?

Why do you post un-helpful comments?





At 110k odds are you were only doing 100k as the speedo can over read by about 10pc.

Its unlikely you will get done but as above it will depend on the operator.

Paulw

drunkmonkey wrote: »

That's not fast at all, especially on a 3 lane road..

I wasn't saying it was fast, but it was speeding (doing above the posted limit).

You'll just have to wait and see if the fine/points come in the post.

I_am_Jebus

drunkmonkey wrote: »

That's not fast at all, especially on a 3 lane road..

In your opinion, so bloody what ??
You were speeding, end of story. and not be 2 or 3% but potentially up to 14% over the prescribed limit.

If the camera focused on you, you will get a fine and 2 points.

CountingCrows

JimmyCrackCorn! wrote: »

Why do you post un-helpful comments?

Unhelpful maybe, but I was trying to open the OP eyes to the fact that he was indeed speeding, drive 10km/h less and he doesn't have to dread the postman for the next fortnight.

I_am_Jebus

JimmyCrackCorn! wrote: »

Why do you post un-helpful comments?





At 110k odds are you were only doing 100k as the speedo can over read by about 10pc.

Its unlikely you will get done but as above it will depend on the operator.

The comment made (question asked) was probably about as pointless as this thread to be honest.

ottostreet

N7 yeah?

How do you sleep at night dude? 114 km/h on that stretch of road? That is lethal in my opinion. 3 Lanes? Think of the consequences of your actions. What would happen if a child ran out in front of you and you couldnt stop because you were going 14 km/h extra over that limit? Think about it. That child could have survived if you had hit him at 100 km/h. But no, Mr. Impatient couldnt keep his foot off the throttle and had to speed. How can you live with yourself? Speeding is reckless and selfish and I despise everyone who ever commits such a heinous crime.

114 km/h? you're probably fine. Depends on who's inside and ya wont see the flash during the day, but factor in your speedo being slightly out and the margin that you will be given anyway... I reckon you'll be ok.

I_am_Jebus

ottostreet wrote: »

N7 yeah?

How do you sleep at night dude? 114 km/h on that stretch of road? That is lethal in my opinion. 3 Lanes? Think of the consequences of your actions. What would happen if a child ran out in front of you and you couldnt stop because you were going 14 km/h extra over that limit? Think about it. That child could have survived if you had hit him at 100 km/h. But no, Mr. Impatient couldnt keep his foot off the throttle and had to speed. How can you live with yourself? Speeding is reckless and selfish and I despise everyone who ever commits such a heinous crime.

114 km/h? you're probably fine. Depends on who's inside and ya wont see the flash during the day, but factor in your speedo being slightly out and the margin that you will be given anyway... I reckon you'll be ok.

It doesn't matter a damn if you agree or disagree with any speed limit. Its there, if you break it and get caught, you have no excuses and no arguement.

ronaneire

drunkmonkey wrote: »

That's not fast at all, especially on a 3 lane road..

What then would you class as speeding?

samsamson

would i spot the flash on these gatso vans cameras in a well lit area at night time? also how close do you get to the van before it flashes? cheers

ottostreet

I_am_Jebus wrote: »

It doesn't matter a damn if you agree or disagree with any speed limit. Its there, if you break it and get caught, you have no excuses and no arguement.

I never said I agreed or disagreed with a speed limit. I have broken speed limits before and been caught, and I have no qualms about the gardais judgements. However, I also have no personal problems with people being caught speeding. On national roads and motorways I must specify. Speeding on regional roads and towns etc. is still a no-no. However, the N7 is a three lane road, is very wide, with good visibility, and is the main road to the south-east out of Dublin. 114 km/h is a perfectly reasonable speed to be doing, and I see no reason for anyone to be getting up on their high horse about it.

Paulw

samsamson wrote: »

would i spot the flash on these gatso vans cameras in a well lit area at night time? also how close do you get to the van before it flashes? cheers

Probably not. I think they have low light cameras, so only in very dark areas would they need to use flash.

samsamson

thanks, and does the operator sit in the driver's seat or does he move to work the camera?

I_am_Jebus

ottostreet wrote: »

I never said I agreed or disagreed with a speed limit. I have broken speed limits before and been caught, and I have no qualms about the gardais judgements. However, I also have no personal problems with people being caught speeding. On national roads and motorways I must specify. Speeding on regional roads and towns etc. is still a no-no. However, the N7 is a three lane road, is very wide, with good visibility, and is the main road to the south-east out of Dublin. 114 km/h is a perfectly reasonable speed to be doing, and I see no reason for anyone to be getting up on their high horse about it.

I'm not on a high horse. I've peno points myself for speeding.
My point is, is that there is no point going on about road conditions, visibility, what YOU or ME think is safe. This has been done to death on these boards. Speed Limits are there, if you don;t abide by them you may get caught and if you do you'll get punished.

Pointless thread really. No one can tell the OP if the camera etc.. was focused on him.

All we can tell him/her is that he was breaking the speed limit by (in terms of enforcement) a considerable amount and he is wide open to be caught and done for a speeding offence. And he should know that. What more info can be provided on the thread. Its pointless going down the road of, the level of dangerousness of the speed compared to the limit etc.

ottostreet

I_am_Jebus wrote: »

All we can tell him/her is that he was breaking the speed limit by (in terms of enforcement) a considerable amount and he is wide open to be caught and done for a speeding offence. And he should know that. What more info can be provided on the thread. Its pointless going down the road of, the level of dangerousness of the speed compared to the limit etc.

Well thats reasonable. I think we can agree on that!

JimmyCrackCorn!

Once again the self righteous PC keyboard warriors destroys a motoring thread.

I_am_Jebus

JimmyCrackCorn! wrote: »

Once again the self righteous PC keyboard warriors destroys a motoring thread.

:rolleyes:

Heroditas

Paulw wrote: »

Probably not. I think they have low light cameras, so only in very dark areas would they need to use flash.

A few weeks ago I was heading in past Fox & Geese on a saturday morning and the Gatso van was pulled in there snapping the motorists blissfully hooring along at 70, 80+ kmph.
It was a reasonably bright Saturday morning and there was definitely a flash from the back of the van each time a car zoomed by. I think I was the only car out of a group of 7 or 8 that was doing the speed limit there

Tragedy

My car is a cheap piece of **** and I always figured it'd be doing a good bit below what it shows on the speedo.

Gone past a few of those mobile speed warning things(with the big LED screens that tells you your current speed vs maximum) as well as recently borrowing a satnav and found out my speedo is around 98% accurate.

So don't rely on your speedo being out!