Cameras at Lynch roundabout?

lucianot

Has anybody seen the cameras connected to metallic boxes around the Lynch roundabout in front of the Dunnes Stores in Ballybrit? They are on three of the street lights and the boxes of course at the base.
They look like small cameras but maybe are counting devices, perhaps to measure the traffic level... just an idea :cool:

KevR

Like this? As far as I know, they just monitor traffic flow.

Click thumbnails for full size images.

lucianot

Not exactly, these are two per light fixed to the column itself and there are two boxes at the base. But yes, it seems these are for monitoring traffic flow.

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I was hoping they were for catching the clowns speeding around the place at midnight.

Xiney

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I was hoping they were for catching the clowns speeding around the place at midnight.

hahahahahaha...

oh, you're adorable!

loser2old4board

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I was hoping they were for catching the clowns speeding around the place at midnight.

Would be better placed at the Parkmore roundabout for that.
There should some action there this weekend with the
Car Rally headquarters at the nearby Clayton Hotel.

Tedole

Speaking of traffic, anyone notice a white car in recent weeks that suddenly has blue lights flashing and chasing after bold cars what turn right off the bridhe up towards Dangan? SPotted it a couple of times recently, from a personal point of view, I'm delighted to see them

mink_man

havent seen them tbh......

Greaney

loser2old4board wrote: »

Would be better placed at the Parkmore roundabout for that.
There should some action there this weekend with the
Car Rally headquarters at the nearby Clayton Hotel.

Aren't they talking about the Parkmore Roundabout?? Briarhill Dunnes being the 'tell':rolleyes:

Michifuz

Parkmore roundabout is the Lynch roundabout, isn't it? I mean the one in front of the Clayton hotel.

Daaboo

And the police state rocks on. How many other methods of control are the "Authorities" going force on the people.

Sponge Bob

These are TRAFFIC COUNTING cameras. This is how they calculate where cars enter and leave roundabouts and where traffic comes from and goes to.

They will be gone by the end of next week and will reappear at another roundabout somewhere.

Michifuz

Yes, the also use those rubber spaguettis across the road to count cars.

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Xiney wrote: »

hahahahahaha...

oh, you're adorable!

They wreck my head! :pac:

unJustMary

Michifuz wrote: »

Parkmore roundabout is the Lynch roundabout, isn't it? I mean the one in front of the Clayton hotel.

I'd say Parkmore roundabout is the one in between Parkmore East and Parkmore West industrial estates.

But I'm pretty sure the OP meant the Lynch one, which is beside the Clayton at Briarhill.

snubbleste

So these traffic cameras were put up for a reason. Apparently 50,000 vehicles use the N6 corridor every day.

The Council has decided to remove the roundabout at Briarhill and turn it into a junction with traffic lights. http://www.galwaycity.ie/GeneralNews/210311_03.html

This is part of a more long-term upgrade of the N6 within city limits.

Caliden

Dear god, it's going to be another botched job similar to what they done to the roundabout beside the G Hotel.

dilallio

snubbleste wrote: »

The Council has decided to remove the roundabout at Briarhill and turn it into a junction with traffic lights.

They will then rename the remaining roundabouts after the 12 apostles :pac:

aido76

Anyone notice the CCTV type camera on the yield sign entering Lynch roundabout (Briarhill) from the Monivea/Airport road this evening? Its facing towards the traffic lights at the parkmore rd junction. Is big brother watching us?

Head The Wall

National Data collection, seen the van there today.I guess they probably want to see how many people are travelling in each car

confuseddotcom

The fecin nosey fuppers ....

What do they need to know that for? :P :pac:

kippy

There are a couple of cameras also looking at the roundabout and the old monivea road here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=53.287564,-9.012029&num=1&t=h&sll=53.273797,-9.05178&sspn=0.053397,0.176399&ie=UTF8&ll=53.28768,-9.012008&spn=0.00735,0.01929&z=16
Gone up in the past few days. I believe this roundabout is due to get changed as well as part of upcoming works.