Garda checking speed on outer ring road at lunchtime today

nkay1985

hellfireie wrote: »

seen two check points yesterday, one on the old tramore road part of the ORR and the other one was on the new part of the tramore main road , two check point less then 1Km apart. the ORR is some cash cow for the powers to be. there was on on the johns park to old tramore road saturday and 8ish too. talking overkill!!!

Yeah and what's worse is that we'll all see stats of 'X amount of people stopped for speeding during the month of May' when the majority of those will be from cash cow locations like this.

dayshah

I can understand if people want to change the speed limit, but I can't get why people are complaining about the laws of this country being enforced.

nkay1985

dayshah wrote: »

I can understand if people want to change the speed limit, but I can't get why people are complaining about the laws of this country being enforced.

I have a problem with them choosing to enforce the speeding laws on stretches of road where there's less danger to lives than others. The ORR has a speed limit of 60km/h that almost everyone agrees is ludicrous, yet the Gardaí are often out there stopping people for travelling at 65 and 70 km/h. Why aren't they on any of the small roads that lead off from the ORR where the limit is 80 km/h and where travelling at a speed in excess of that is incredibly dangerous. That's my problem.

marlin vs

Checking for speed out on the old Killmeaden rd down from the old cattle mart at 7.30pm this evening.

sunnysoutheast

nkay1985 wrote: »

I have a problem with them choosing to enforce the speeding laws on stretches of road where there's less danger to lives than others. The ORR has a speed limit of 60km/h that almost everyone agrees is ludicrous, yet the Gardaí are often out there stopping people for travelling at 65 and 70 km/h. Why aren't they on any of the small roads that lead off from the ORR where the limit is 80 km/h and where travelling at a speed in excess of that is incredibly dangerous. That's my problem.

Merely from the posts above there are appear to be speed checks on the tramore road, the old tramore road and the old kilmeaden road, so it's not just the ORR.

In any case, given the huge recent publicity and seemingly zero tolerance of speeding on the ORR, if you get caught speeding there you'll surely have only yourself to blame.

SSE

nkay1985

sunnysoutheast wrote: »

Merely from the posts above there are appear to be speed checks on the tramore road, the old tramore road and the old kilmeaden road, so it's not just the ORR.

In any case, given the huge recent publicity and seemingly zero tolerance of speeding on the ORR, if you get caught speeding there you'll surely have only yourself to blame.

SSE

This thread was started about Gardaí checking speed on the ORR. It's a regular occurance and I feel that any time spent speed checking there instead of other locations that IMO better serve the public interest is time wasted. That's my point. I couldn't give two shits who gets caugth there when they are there. I just don't think it's a good use of Garda resources, at least not form a public safety point of view, which is how they'd present it if challenged.

hellfireie

the snakes where out again yesterday evening at the new building on the old tramore road catching people coming around the bend , they where more of a hazzard to traffic then anything else. there really milking it for the month of may for some reason.

looksee

Deisekickboxing wrote: »

pretty buzie last evening hidden half way out the new bumpy stretch of tramore road after superquinn and also on the roundabout on the old section saw a car getting pulled in each trap must be some big revenue push on has the price of donughts has gone up or sumthin..........

OMG I thought they weren't taking that 45 limit seriously - it was more a matter of being able to say - 'you were speeding', if someone came to grief on the temporary surface.

I tend to stick to the 60 because if you do 45 you are creating a greater hazard with all the people who overtake. If 60 is going to get me a ticket I think I might try and get down to the 45. There are two sets of signs though, do the home made ones (45s) take precedence over the official ones?

Bards

looksee wrote: »

OMG I thought they weren't taking that 45 limit seriously - it was more a matter of being able to say - 'you were speeding', if someone came to grief on the temporary surface.

I tend to stick to the 60 because if you do 45 you are creating a greater hazard with all the people who overtake. If 60 is going to get me a ticket I think I might try and get down to the 45. There are two sets of signs though, do the home made ones (45s) take precedence over the official ones?

Sings with a Black Circle are advisary and are not enforceable (no by-law has been passed) - Only Signs with a red Circle are enforceable in a court of law

Kotek Besar

This is why I now avoid the ORR and speed on the IRR instead.

dayshah

hellfireie wrote: »

, they where more of a hazzard to traffic then anything else.

How are they a hazard?

Minstrel27

dayshah wrote: »

How are they a hazard?

Slamming on the brakes may interfere with the driving skills of the Nigel Mansells who feel they are above the law.

200motels

Minstrel27 wrote: »

The snakes wont bite you if you respect the speed limit. It's not that hard really.

That's all well and good but that road should not have a limit of 60km, at least it should be 80km.

martin12

Checkpoint at the Six Cross Roads Roundabout seem to be randomly checking for Tax Insurance Nct I got waved on but 2 cars pulled over