Location of speed cameras

cococoady · 23-11-2010 7:11pm

mikeym wrote: »

Thought the safety vans were meant to be clearly marked.

Not all vans look like this.
They have unmarked vans aswell

Sully · 23-11-2010 7:31pm

Isn't the camera on the roof? I doubt they would mark it City Council and none of the pictures I saw of the vans have council markings. Some no markings and others with cameras.

Roomic Cube · 23-11-2010 7:51pm

Ok so I was talking to a Garda I know,

there are two types of vans:

The Gatso van, which is an unmarked van which is manned by a member of the Gardaí, the gatso van is the van that was here way before the new vans. That van may be parked anywhere without any warning.

The "New" vans, are vans which are clearly marked and the camera sticks out of them. They are run by a private group or organisation and have nothing to do with the Gardaí except for apparently being approved to operate in the designated areas.

nkay1985 · 24-11-2010 2:48am

Saw one parked in the lay-by opposite McDonald's about half eight this evening. Saw another one going around the roundabout up the road to head out past PC world, presumably making its way to one of the Dunmore Road spots. Both had the big camera stickers on them.

gscully · 24-11-2010 8:24am

nkay1985 wrote: »

Saw one parked in the lay-by opposite McDonald's about half eight this evening. Saw another one going around the roundabout up the road to head out past PC world, presumably making its way to one of the Dunmore Road spots. Both had the big camera stickers on them.

Serious accident blackspots them...God Ted, I'm no good at numbers, but I reckon there must've been at least 3 million people killed there...

wmpdd3 · 24-11-2010 8:29pm

I've passed them there 3 times in the last week, all different vans, they must be getting dinner or changing shifts.

Poochie05 · 24-11-2010 9:17pm

nkay1985 wrote: »

Saw one parked in the lay-by opposite McDonald's about half eight this evening....

Probably getting their tea!:D

mike65 · 24-11-2010 9:18pm

nkay1985 wrote: »

Saw one parked in the lay-by opposite McDonald's about half eight this evening. Saw another one going around the roundabout up the road to head out past PC world, presumably making its way to one of the Dunmore Road spots. Both had the big camera stickers on them.

Is the important bit of that post

Junior · 25-11-2010 10:20am

Parked up outside the entrance to cleaboy industrial estate. Death trap that place is obviously. Unmarked 10 KY transit.

Speak Now · 25-11-2010 10:38am

nkay1985 wrote: »

Saw one parked in the lay-by opposite McDonald's about half eight this evening. Saw another one going around the roundabout up the road to head out past PC world, presumably making its way to one of the Dunmore Road spots. Both had the big camera stickers on them.

Junior wrote: »

Parked up outside the entrance to cleaboy industrial estate. Death trap that place is obviously. Unmarked 10 KY transit.

They seem to be targetting area's with Pedestrian crossing in the city.

Junior · 25-11-2010 11:00am

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

They seem to be targetting area's with Pedestrian crossing in the city.

Well there's no Pedestrian crossings up there at Cleaboy

Speak Now · 25-11-2010 11:12am

Junior wrote: »

Well there's no Pedestrian crossings up there at Cleaboy

I thought there was 2 up that road. Where exactly is Cleaboy industrial estate? Is that where an post is?

Minstrel27 · 25-11-2010 11:30am

Junior wrote: »

Parked up outside the entrance to cleaboy industrial estate. Death trap that place is obviously. Unmarked 10 KY transit.

I spotted him this morning. Money hungry bastards.

Joey leBlanc · 25-11-2010 12:05pm

Yeah, I spotted the van @ Cleaboy this morning, just after the turn off from Carrickpherish Rd; its a very, very, very sneaky spot for that time of day. Every weekday there is a constant flow of traffic going to the Industrial Estate & in the Cleaboy Road. Reckon it caught a lot of unsuspecting folks this morning breaking the speed limit by 5/10kph!! That's really preventing carnage on the roads!

Chris P. Bacon · 25-11-2010 12:39pm

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

I thought there was 2 up that road. Where exactly is Cleaboy industrial estate? Is that where an post is?

No thats the Northern Extension Industrial Estate your thinking of,the Cleaboy Business park is across the road from Genzyme,here it is

Junior · 26-11-2010 10:45am

Ha ha one of them got burnt out last/night early this morning up around Dundalk..

Chris P. Bacon · 26-11-2010 10:54am

^ In all fairness while i don't agree with the cameras,i don't think it would be as funny if the man in the back of the van doing his job was to be burnt alive by some idiot.

mike65 · 26-11-2010 10:58am

Hardly a laughing matter could have been a fatality.

Minstrel27 · 26-11-2010 6:38pm

Junior wrote: »

Ha ha one of them got burnt out last/night early this morning up around Dundalk..

It's not that funny.

mikeym · 26-11-2010 10:10pm

Saw a wine coloured van with the stickers driving past lemybrien yesterday.
And there was me thinking that these vans were only white.

26-11-2010 10:21pm

The vans have an 8km per hour tolerance on them so if you do 58km in a 50km zone you will be ok,the mounting on the top of the van is actually the flash not the camera.

nkay1985 · 26-11-2010 10:41pm

1967 wrote: »

The vans have an 8km per hour tolerance on them so if you do 58km in a 50km zone you will be ok,the mounting on the top of the van is actually the flash not the camera.

Where did you get this information from becaus I'm pretty sure I heard that there wasn't any tolerance at all and that that was an agrument against them because at least a human has the advantage of using their judgement.

27-11-2010 11:15am

nkay1985 wrote: »

Where did you get this information from becaus I'm pretty sure I heard that there wasn't any tolerance at all and that that was an agrument against them because at least a human has the advantage of using their judgement.

Not going into details just somebody involved with the vans.He gave me some useful info about them and a look inside one of the vans.

xFROSTY Gx · 27-11-2010 2:50pm

One van is currently parked up at the old Maxol garage on the Dunmore road. I'd say that some load of people have been caught so far today........:rolleyes:

Honestly what is the point in even deploying the camera vans in the current road conditions.

JohnC. · 27-11-2010 6:31pm

xFROSTY Gx wrote: »

Honestly what is the point in even deploying the camera vans in the current road conditions.

Because there are still some idiots out there who will drive fast despite the conditions today. I've seen some.

Minstrel27 · 27-11-2010 11:16pm

xFROSTY Gx wrote: »

Honestly what is the point in even deploying the camera vans in the current road conditions.

Wouldn't it be a good time to have it there? I can guarantee you that there is an idiot somewhere who thinks he has the driving skills of Colin McCray (RIP) even in the current conditions.

Chris P. Bacon · 28-11-2010 5:13pm

This van is on the Tramore road now,just as your leaving heading towards town.

rasper · 29-11-2010 4:01pm

passed him doing 30mph yesterday , doubt he nabbed many yesterday
however from a PR perspective its a boost for them to be out as its meant to be a high visibilty safety campaign not a revenue creating numbers game at the end of the month that we are used to

slainte1 · 30-11-2010 5:01pm

It is hard to justify the whinging about the recently introduced speed cameras.
How will they influence driver behaviour ?
More drivers will drive within the speed limit for more of the time.
Some drivers will be caught, fined and have points applied. Some of them may feel that they were driving at an appropriate speed and that the speed cameras are merely there to generate revenue.
It doesn't matter what they think.
Depending on how thick you are the message will hopefully sink in before you have done too much damage on the road.
Stay within the speed limit and you won't have to worry about where the vans are, when they are there or how they are marked.
We will all be safer on our roads.
Any questions ?

Junior · 30-11-2010 8:20pm

slainte1 wrote: »

It is hard to justify the whinging about the recently introduced speed cameras.
How will they influence driver behaviour ?
More drivers will drive within the speed limit for more of the time.
Some drivers will be caught, fined and have points applied. Some of them may feel that they were driving at an appropriate speed and that the speed cameras are merely there to generate revenue.
It doesn't matter what they think.
Depending on how thick you are the message will hopefully sink in before you have done too much damage on the road.
Stay within the speed limit and you won't have to worry about where the vans are, when they are there or how they are marked.
We will all be safer on our roads.
Any questions ?

What color is that high horse you're on ?

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