Garda checking speed on outer ring road at lunchtime today

Minstrel27

Agreed. Thiose that stay in the right lane at all times should be shot. And staying in the right lane when going straight at a roundabout is dangerous also.

wellbutty

Minstrel27 wrote: »

And staying in the right lane when going straight at a roundabout is dangerous also.

This is how almost every dual-carriageway approaching a roundabout in Europe works. It's the City Council putting white right-only arrows on the road is what's making it dangerous

gardatrafficop

razor_ryan wrote: »

A few months ago I saw a classic example of Robocop on the New Stretch of Ballygunner Road parked in Someones Drive with his Speed Gun No Vis Jacket on he caught about 8 people within about 2 hours I live across from where he was parked it was the light blue/silver Mondeo very snakey

i have a better one i know where a gatso van was parked up in a 50km zone for 4 hrs. nabbed 368 people in that lenght of time,:D:D

martydunf

Keea wrote: »

Just wondering did any of you see the guard checking speed on the outer ring road at lunch time today. I was driving towards the cork road and he was standing on the centre of the road as you approach the last roundabout before the cork road (I think its called the ballycashin roundabout). He had something on a tripod - dunno if it was a camera but looked like he was checking speed. I never saw him until I got to the roundabout. I was probably doing 70 - 75 kmph approaching the roundabout. Does anyone know if this could be a camera taking pictures and I might get a fine in the post? I thought the guard would normally stop you on the road if you were going to get a fine. He didn't even glance in my direction as I approached. What do you think?

Some pr1cks for clocking on that road. How can you be expected to stick to 60km/h on a 2 lane road, which should rightly be 100km/h
Talk about revenue generators!:mad:

Minstrel27

martydunf wrote: »

which should rightly be 100km/h

The reason apparently is no hard shoulder. Why they couldn't include one I will never know. The footpaths are ridiculously wide in parts.

Kotek Besar

Minstrel27 wrote: »

The footpaths are ridiculously wide in parts.

I thought that was for the benefit of the horses?

gscully

wellbutty wrote: »

This is how almost every dual-carriageway approaching a roundabout in Europe works. It's the City Council putting white right-only arrows on the road is what's making it dangerous

We've been here before I think, but don't local laws supercede the rules of the road? For example, Ardkeen roundabout being changed so that traffic going into town from Viewmount area would use the right lane to go straight left lane for 1st exit only.

Sully

gscully wrote: »

We've been here before I think, but don't local laws supercede the rules of the road? For example, Ardkeen roundabout being changed so that traffic going into town from Viewmount area would use the right lane to go straight left lane for 1st exit only.

Yup

jayboi

I was actually drivin out the road one day and i could not believe it when i saw a man running on the road against me!!! i was driving from the ballinamona roundabout to the tramore one...i was flabbergasted what would posses someone

gscully

jayboi wrote: »

I was actually drivin out the road one day and i could not believe it when i saw a man running on the road against me!!! i was driving from the ballinamona roundabout to the tramore one...i was flabbergasted what would posses someone

Most runners prefer to run on tarmac than on reinforced concrete paths as there's more give. Also, as a safety rule you should run or walk against traffic.

That said, I agree that what you saw was borderline madness and not the norm for that stretch of road.

martin12

Just passed the Whitfield Clinic about 15 minutes ago and there was the Famous Robocop pulling someone over in the Unmarked Mondeo he's really on a Roll this week

Deisekickboxing

Minstrel27 wrote: »

Perhaps some of these are needed

looks a bit like mayor halligan with long hair .......

martin12

Just going home from work 6pm and noticed the unmarked silver/light blue mondeo parked in at Bolands Bmw Showrooms but no one in the car might be behind a wall with that speed gun beware

Finnbar01

martin12 wrote: »

Just going home from work 6pm and noticed the unmarked silver/light blue mondeo parked in at Bolands Bmw Showrooms but no one in the car might be behind a wall with that speed gun beware

Absolutely disgusting. You think he would go and do a real job.

livvy

Finnbar01 wrote: »

Absolutely disgusting. You think he would go and do a real job.

+1 what next? I actually saw a postman delivering letters the other day. These fellas in uniform doing what they are paid - terrible really.

Minstrel27

Finnbar01 wrote: »

Absolutely disgusting. You think he would go and do a real job.

Might be behind the wall means that he is behind the wall? Goodness me.

nkay1985

livvy wrote: »

+1 what next? I actually saw a postman delivering letters the other day. These fellas in uniform doing what they are paid - terrible really.

Load of balls to be fair. The idea behind speed checks should be that they discourage people from breaking the speed limit in situations where it would be most dangerous. Clocking someone at 70 km/h on the ORR etc does not do this. All it does is further turn public sentiment agaisnt the way the Gardaí operate in this country.

Minstrel27

nkay1985 wrote: »

Clocking someone at 70 km/h on the ORR etc does not do this.

It will however stop the morons in the Honda Civics going twice the speed limit.

dayshah

livvy wrote: »

+1 what next? I actually saw a postman delivering letters the other day. These fellas in uniform doing what they are paid - terrible really.

Yeah, those feckin public sector workers!!!

Not only do they expect to be paid, but they expect to do their work too!!!

Finnbar01

livvy wrote: »

+1 what next? I actually saw a postman delivering letters the other day. These fellas in uniform doing what they are paid - terrible really.

If speeding was our nbr 1 killer on our roads I'd see your point. All that this cop is doing is generating taxes for the government. Don't we have enough of those already?

Bards

What I would like to know is

1.) why are the gardai devoting so much Garda time to the ORR when there has never been a fatality on this road?
2.) Surely they have roads that are a higher accident risk to police
3.) they're argument that they don't have enough gardai on the beat should be shown for what it is - a whinge - they could easily re-allocate resourcces such as this time-water/Tax-collecter to the beat to stop criminals - Isn't that the reason I pay my taxes

martydunf

Bards wrote: »

What I would like to know is

1.) why are the gardai devoting so much Garda time to the ORR when there has never been a fatality on this road?
2.) Surely they have roads that are a higher accident risk to police
3.) they're argument that they don't have enough gardai on the beat should be shown for what it is - a whinge - they could easily re-allocate resourcces such as this time-water/Tax-collecter to the beat to stop criminals - Isn't that the reason I pay my taxes

Spot on

Finnbar01

Bards wrote: »

What I would like to know is

1.) why are the gardai devoting so much Garda time to the ORR when there has never been a fatality on this road?
2.) Surely they have roads that are a higher accident risk to police
3.) they're argument that they don't have enough gardai on the beat should be shown for what it is - a whinge - they could easily re-allocate resourcces such as this time-water/Tax-collecter to the beat to stop criminals - Isn't that the reason I pay my taxes

+1. Garda complaining about lack of resources and then go and carry out pointless exercises like this. What a waste of resources!

Plastikman_eire

Bards wrote: »

What I would like to know is

1.) why are the gardai devoting so much Garda time to the ORR when there has never been a fatality on this road?
2.) Surely they have roads that are a higher accident risk to police
3.) they're argument that they don't have enough gardai on the beat should be shown for what it is - a whinge - they could easily re-allocate resourcces such as this time-water/Tax-collecter to the beat to stop criminals - Isn't that the reason I pay my taxes

Perhaps there has never been a fatality on the ORR because the gardi devote so much time to policing it?

Plastikman_eire

Finnbar01 wrote: »

+1. Garda complaining about lack of resources and then go and carry out pointless exercises like this. What a waste of resources!

How else would you propose they enforce traffic laws?

nkay1985

Plastikman_eire wrote: »

Perhaps there has never been a fatality on the ORR because the gardi devote so much time to policing it?

Don't be so ridiculous.

Plastikman_eire

nkay1985 wrote: »

Don't be so ridiculous.

What part of my post strikes you as ridiculous?

Stokolan

I thought there was already a bad crash or 2 on the outter ring road?

Sully

Stokolan wrote: »

I thought there was already a bad crash or 2 on the outter ring road?

Nothing serious afaik. The road is built for a faster speed anyway.

dayshah

While the road is fairly safe, but do we really want people doing 100km/h when approaching the 7 roundabouts on the road.

The speed limit approaching the roundabouts should be about 60km/h, so that would only leave short stretches for a higher speed limit. Also a 60km/h limit is needed near the turn off for the golf course and halting site.