Legal?

friedcircuits

Are they allowed park on presumably private property?

Mint Sauce

No, but in fairness, the traffic flies through there. Anyone caught, deserves it.

T-Bird

Mint Sauce wrote: »

No, but in fairness, the traffic flies through there. Anyone caught, deserves it.

Then does that not mean that every speeder they catch will be null and void?

whatswhat

Am not sure whether its legal or not but everyone I know expects the van to be somewhere along that short stretch, so we all just keep to the speed limit. A couple of my friends got speeding fines at that location almost 2 years ago, one for doing 57kph, the other 59. I dont take any chances with them now. Its a given that if you are driving through Ballinacarrow, Ballymote, Grange or Rathcormack etc.. everywhere where the camera signs are, take heed, they are there for a reason and they will catch you at some point if you ignore them.

dingding

OP Do you mind linking to the model of dashcam that you are using.

promethius

excellent question, they are a private company as far as I know so unless they have permission of the landowner they would be trespassing would they not? does it matter that it was once open to public?

if I was about to lose my licence from points from that van i'd def be following that up.

no idea about the law but isn't evidence gathered illegally invalid in court?

Larianne

Maybe the driver was paying for petrol?

promethius

Larianne wrote: »

Maybe the driver was paying for petrol?

no it's been closed down for some time

friedcircuits

dingding wrote: »

OP Do you mind linking to the model of dashcam that you are using.

Sorry only seen this today! Its a "Nextbase InCarCam 402G Professional NBDVR402-G" actually bought it in Maplin in Galway.

6781

As far as i know two cases were appealed recently. The people caught speeding didn't get points but had to make a donation to charity. A forecore is public property but that one is closed. The speed van company claimed they were seeking permission.

rizzodun

6781 wrote: »

As far as i know two cases were appealed recently. The people caught speeding didn't get points but had to make a donation to charity. A forecore is public property but that one is closed. The speed van company claimed they were seeking permission.

If you pass through now you'll see there's private van's parked there which means the speed van cannot park.

Done on purpose I believe.

Sergei Malatov

Road deaths have fallen in this country precisely because of this, yet people still complaining.

The amount of ****ing idiots I see that have no business being on the road on a daily basis - the exact kind of people who complain about this.

They don't even know the basics and they have a full licence. It's scary.

gerrybbadd

Locals have taken to parking a plain white van in this spot lately as well, trying to get people to slow down.

I notice there's something like cameras on the stop lights a bit further up - could they not be used for catching / measuring speeding?

Kristopherus

Sergei Malatov wrote: »

Road deaths have fallen in this country precisely because of this, yet people still complaining.

The amount of ****ing idiots I see that have no business being on the road on a daily basis - the exact kind of people who complain about this.

They don't even know the basics and they have a full licence. It's scary.

Get off the horse, please.:(

Mint Sauce

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Locals have taken to parking a plain white van in this spot lately as well, trying to get people to slow down.

I notice there's something like cameras on the stop lights a bit further up - could they not be used for catching / measuring speeding?

They are more than likely a sensor. Only fixed cameras that I am aware of are around dublin, amd would be pretty big and hard to miss.

Ham Sambo

The only time the Gardai can park on private property with their speed vans is when the get the full permission from the owner, but if anybody who travels through Ballinacarrow may have seen over the past week of so somebody has parked a camper van in the same spot. :-)

I will agree the traffic through this village can be scary at times.

endacl

friedcircuits wrote: »

Are they allowed park on presumably private property?

Yes. With permission of the owner.