Speed camera mega-thread ***Read first post before posting***

stesaurus

Would a laser detector be of any use or is an update for a Sat nav the best bet?
I've a Garmin so I can use Trapster

yop

s.welstead wrote: »

Would a laser detector be of any use or is an update for a Sat nav the best bet?
I've a Garmin so I can use Trapster

I presume they are illegal though?

demixed

Is there any laws against tweeting/posting on facebook the locations of these camera's? :pac:

stesaurus

yop wrote: »

I presume they are illegal though?

Not sure. Don't think it's illegal in the UK anymore so we could look to there for precedence.
Just to make sure I'm talking about a detector not some sort of diffuser that blocks the signal.

Anan1

Out of interest, by what means do the new vans read speed?

stimpson

These are public knowledge, the idea being to slow people down. You can upload these to a satnav and you aren't breaking the law (despite what the shaved monkeys in Halfords will tell you). My understanding is that GPS based detectors are fine, jammers/radar detectors are not.

I believe the new Tom Tom devices have the Irish sites pre-installed (but I'm still waiting confirmation before I buy one)

Mint Sauce

Well the guards as wll as various other Media outlets have posted them.

demixed

If everyone was to post a tweet with say #sheepontheroad or even @sheepontheroad when they spotted one (not while driving...of course) then we'd all know where they are at

yop

stimpson wrote: »

My understanding is that GPS based detectors are fine, jammers/radar detectors are not.

Ah, so what legal GPS based detector are we allowed to you, are we saying that sat navs with the cameras uploaded fall into this category?

stimpson

yop wrote: »

Ah, so what legal GPS based detector are we allowed to you, are we saying that sat navs with the cameras uploaded fall into this category?

eh...what?

yop

What GPS detectors can we use then?

stimpson

Any of them that will let you can upload a custom POI file with the locations.

Like I say, the new Tom Tom's apparently have them pre-installed

yop

stimpson wrote: »

Any of them that will let you can upload a custom POI file with the locations.

Like I say, the new Tom Tom's apparently have them pre-installed

Ok and thats what I said in my previous post

stealthyspeeder

Any android apps detailing these locations?

Sorry if this has been posted, to lazy to read the whole thread!

yop

stealthyspeeder wrote: »

Any android apps detailing these locations?

Sorry if this has been posted, to lazy to read the whole thread!

These boys do Android apps, but wouldn't be updated yet.

http://www.trapster.com

BlackWizard

Looking on the Garda site http://www.garda.ie/gosafe.htm

There doesn't seem to be many cameras around Dublin or even the M50. Is there more cameras to come?

-Chris-

stimpson wrote: »

These are public knowledge, the idea being to slow people down. You can upload these to a satnav and you aren't breaking the law (despite what the shaved monkeys in Halfords will tell you). My understanding is that GPS based detectors are fine, jammers/radar detectors are not.

I believe the new Tom Tom devices have the Irish sites pre-installed (but I'm still waiting confirmation before I buy one)

There's a lad called David who posts on boards from TomTom
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/member.php?u=189234

You could PM him for confirmation, but I understand from him that all their SatNavs (excluding the "Start" model) has the new locations.

yop

Looking there at where I live, anyone who would be about the Castlebar/Westport road would see a crash on a zone there from CLonkeen for about 3km, what is the one area on that road which isn't covered..... Clonkeen!

Anyone who tells me this is the save lives is delirious, or a politician.

-Chris-

BlackWizard wrote: »

Looking on the Garda site http://www.garda.ie/gosafe.htm

There doesn't seem to be many cameras around Dublin or even the M50. Is there more cameras to come?

I saw a Garda van here today, which isn't on the map above, so it's important to remember I guess that even though the Gardai have instructed GoSafe to operate in certain areas, they still have their own equipment that they can set up where ever they like .

Atomic Pineapple

-Chris- wrote: »

I saw a Garda van here today, which isn't on the map above, so it's important to remember I guess that even though the Gardai have instructed GoSafe to operate in certain areas, they still have their own equipment that they can set up where ever they like .

Yep so we now pay the Gardai and a private company to take our money off us.

PixelTrawler

Sorry now if this has been asked but it is a Megathread!
Is there going to be road signs erected at the start and end of the zones?

So far it seems you need to go online to see the locations but not everyone has access to see the map.

Atomic Pineapple

stealthyspeeder wrote: »

Any android apps detailing these locations?

Sorry if this has been posted, to lazy to read the whole thread!

I've been using trapster, it alerted me correctly to a hairdryer on the M50 last Friday night. It works on reports from people though so not 100% accurate.

Might look into make an app myself that tells you when your entering and exiting a Go Safe designated zone.

Dempo1

Yet another ludicrous waste of money, what the **** was the Traffic corps set up for. Ironically there was a report on the BBC earlier from one of 100's of towns and villages where the police have actually turned off stationary cameras because of the cost involved monitoring them, instead the police are training local citizens to monitor speeds on a voluntary basis. Whilst i am not advocating this approach, mother of god could €65m not have been spent more wisely. What do the traffic corps intend to do now, from what i can see theres little else left for them to do apart from absurd large visible check points at the start of B/H weekends achieving nothing more than massive traffic jams and i suppose justification for there existence. Some of the alleged locations listed on the garda website defy logic with little more than cattle using some routes listed.

ko4jm6y9iwv2lc

Are these cameras active 24 hours a day?

Idbatterim

with regards to proven very dangerous junctions and blackspots, is it not much cheaper and quicker to simply install a blatant speed camera, would that be a quicker and cheaper way of reducing accidents?

-Chris-

Dempo1 wrote: »

What do the traffic corps intend to do now, from what i can see theres little else left for them to do apart from absurd large visible check points at the start of B/H weekends achieving nothing more than massive traffic jams and i suppose justification for there existence.

Are you serious??

If this means that the TC can spend more time catching dangerous and drunk drivers and taking uninsured or unroadworthy cars off the road, then fantastic.

Your post suggests that speed detection is the only job they ever did... :rolleyes:

yop

Idbatterim wrote: »

with regards to proven very dangerous junctions and blackspots, is it not much cheaper and quicker to simply install a blatant speed camera, would that be a quicker and cheaper way of reducing accidents?

Thats the thing, even if it was a dummy camera.

Where did 65m euro come from? Is this the cost over a number of years?

Atomic Pineapple

Idbatterim wrote: »

with regards to proven very dangerous junctions and blackspots, is it not much cheaper and quicker to simply install a blatant speed camera, would that be a quicker and cheaper way of reducing accidents?

The idea behind mobile cameras is to catch people hit them with a fine and two penalty points and try to deter them from "speeding" through punishment rather than straight out visual determent.

Possedion

anyone recommend a good radar jammer?
(seriously)

Ali Babba

Number plate flipper FTW.....:pac: