903 new safety camera zones

Duckjob

firstlight wrote: »

Look there s a road I use everyday
The Cavan road towards Dublin
Speed drops to 100 from 120 and within 100/200 yards there's a camera
Catch cars out
And trucks that might be on the limiter at 88/89
No change in the road
Purely there for revenue

Then the roads that aren't safe they have at 100 kph
Now you couldn't do that if you tryed because your car would be destroyed from the dips and hollows in the road

The whole road speed network needs a revision
Alter speed s on roads that are safe to do so

Perhaps an altered speed zone on motorways when their clear and empty you can do 150

Modern cars will happily sit at that speed and be safe

It's not the cars that are the problem - its the fools behind the wheel whose sense of entitlement / macho / self importance so often far outweighs their driving competence.

Take even a single metric - the number of incidents on the M50 every day of every week. Drivers can't even drive safely at 50kph for sh*t. What makes you think they'll do any better with the same proven incompetence at 150kph ?

masterboy123

I saw on the site, these zones are available for Google maps.
Is it possible to download them on my Google maps?
Thanks

greenfield21

I see two lines on the m3, has there ever been published locations on that motorway before?are these vans going to be regular?. I've been commuting on it for years and never seen a speed van or gardai car even. I go during commuting hours so maybe they feel pity for poor sods going to work.always looks like less speed traps when driving during rush hour. Obviously traffic would reduce their income.

Vicxas

masterboy123 wrote: »

I saw on the site, these zones are available for Google maps.
Is it possible to download them on my Google maps?
Thanks

It's on the Garda website

masterboy123

I can see the roads on the website. But is there a way that Google maps will alert me when I enter the camera zone?

Vicxas wrote: »

It's on the Garda website

firstlight

Duckjob wrote: »

It's not the cars that are the problem - its the fools behind the wheel whose sense of entitlement / macho / self importance so often far outweighs their driving competence.

Take even a single metric - the number of incidents on the M50 every day of every week. Drivers can't even drive safely at 50kph for sh*t. What makes you think they'll do any better with the same proven incompetence at 150kph ?

I know it's the cabbages behind the wheel,best thing I did lately was buy a dash cam,great investment

Sure they won't,they will still drive about 65/75 in a 150 zone,like stationary objects on the motorway

I was joining a motorway today and no joke got stuck behind a woman tryna join onto a 120 zone at about 40/45 kph

Looked like a startled fox when I passed,had to look twice to make sure she was alive

vectra

masterboy123 wrote: »

I saw on the site, these zones are available for Google maps.
Is it possible to download them on my Google maps?
Thanks

Vicxas wrote: »

It's on the Garda website

I am sure the poster was asking how to do it?
I would also like to know how it is done to Google maps or Waze.

Seth Brundle

Might this be of use?
Anyhow, these will point to the location of the go Safe vans but won't the gardai continue to use their own vans in other locations. Plus they have their usual speed traps and ANPR cars with speed detection built in.
So if you plan on exceeding the speed limit then maybe focus more on what's ahead and around you rather than what you phone is showing!

Don199

Is there even any lee way with the go safe vans any more?how much over would you have to be doing to warrant a ticket?

i57dwun4yb1pt8

Looks like the boys in blue are sitting on the overpasses now, instead of the on ramps,
as they dont need to chase you down anymore. Ive seen a few on the m9.

I think the jig is up...

Hobo Sapiens

Is this map of the 'safety camera' zones working for anyone?

https://www.garda.ie/gosafe.html

The older version illustrated the roads where cameras could be located, but this version is just a regular map (on Chrome/Firefox on Windwos/Android).

Hobo Sapiens

Is this map of the 'safety camera' zones working for anyone?

https://www.garda.ie/gosafe.html

The older version illustrated the roads where cameras could be located, but this version is just a regular map (on Chrome/Firefox on Windows/Android).

punisher5112

DaDumTish wrote: »

Looks like the boys in blue are sitting on the overpasses now, instead of the on ramps,
as they dont need to chase you down anymore. Ive seen a few on the m9.

I think the jig is up...

Yes there will be some amount of head scratching going on....

Mantis Toboggan

When I click on the link I'm just getting a normal map of Ireland?

Vicxas

When i use the map of the zones, the new and old are the same colour, anyone else having the same problem?

Micky 32

DaDumTish wrote: »

Looks like the boys in blue are sitting on the overpasses now, instead of the on ramps,
as they dont need to chase you down anymore. Ive seen a few on the m9.

I think the jig is up...

Aye, it seems the baloney they spin about flashing other drivers because they could be criminals or disqualified drivers was a load of BS, a lot of these will slip through the net if they aren’t stopping the drivers.

I can tell you i’ll burn out my headlights to warn drivers. It’s really people versus the cops these days

mburke

Hobo Sapiens wrote: »

Is this map of the 'safety camera' zones working for anyone?

https://www.garda.ie/gosafe.html

The older version illustrated the roads where cameras could be located, but this version is just a regular map (on Chrome/Firefox on Windows/Android).

I have the same issue, I get the google map but no markings to highlight the new areas.

Hobo Sapiens

Hobo Sapiens wrote: »

Is this map of the 'safety camera' zones working for anyone?

https://www.garda.ie/gosafe.html

The older version illustrated the roads where cameras could be located, but this version is just a regular map (on Chrome/Firefox on Windwos/Android).

Not working for me either. Just a blank map.

Seth Brundle

Micky 32 wrote: »

I can tell you i’ll burn out my headlights to warn drivers. It’s really people versus the cops these days

Honestly, are you really old enough to have a licence? :rolleyes:

AndrewJRenko

Micky 32 wrote: »

I can tell you i’ll burn out my headlights to warn drivers. It’s really people versus the cops these days

Speak for yourself. With the death toll on the roads, I'm with the cops on this one.

Speed limits on roads are kind of a bit silly, although I can understand why they are in place.
For example, 120 is the speed limit on the motorway.
During summer, its bright out until late and generally good conditions. You could easily drive faster and be safe.
During winter, sometimes there can be torrential rain / ice etc. You could easily drive 120 and be way too fast.

odyssey06

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Speak for yourself. With the death toll on the roads, I'm with the cops on this one.

I think the cops need to remember what the cameras are for. When people think they are being located at spots of unclear speed limit \ just as speed limits reduce, where there's no accidents, a perception of shooting fish in a barrel sets in.

The point of the cameras is to ensure speed adhered to at accident blackspots.
Declaring almost every major road an accident blackspot ain't going to do that, or putting speed vans on roads where the accidents are low speed collisions in heavy traffic \ lane changing \ roundabouts.

Or has all pretence of that been dropped and now it's just a money gathering exercise.

punisher5112

I had many a Gaurd give out about the speed limit on N11 but they love it for catching people.... 60km/h section.... UCD

Mantis Toboggan

Money grab pure and simple.

Also the garda website is terrible.

Don199

If they were on a 30km zone like the n3 slip on to m50 they would catch hundreds of people as no one sticks to that speed, ridiculous speed limit for the road it’s on, terribly designed.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

I can only find the longitude and latitude of these new points. Has anyone dropped pins on a map? OPs post to the google maps link doesn’t work for me.

creedp

Duckjob wrote: »

It's not the cars that are the problem - its the fools behind the wheel whose sense of entitlement / macho / self importance so often far outweighs their driving competence.

Take even a single metric - the number of incidents on the M50 every day of every week. Drivers can't even drive safely at 50kph for sh*t. What makes you think they'll do any better with the same proven incompetence at 150kph ?

And yet the focus continues to be on enforcing speed limits … you can have all the speed cameras you want and yet there will be little or no enforcement of sanctions against people who are simply bad drivers.

AndrewJRenko

Deleted User wrote: »

Speed limits on roads are kind of a bit silly, although I can understand why they are in place.
For example, 120 is the speed limit on the motorway.
During summer, its bright out until late and generally good conditions. You could easily drive faster and be safe.
During winter, sometimes there can be torrential rain / ice etc. You could easily drive 120 and be way too fast.

It's a speed limit, not a speed target.

odyssey06 wrote: »

I think the cops need to remember what the cameras are for. When people think they are being located at spots of unclear speed limit \ just as speed limits reduce, where there's no accidents, a perception of shooting fish in a barrel sets in.

The point of the cameras is to ensure speed adhered to at accident blackspots.
Declaring almost every major road an accident blackspot ain't going to do that, or putting speed vans on roads where the accidents are low speed collisions in heavy traffic \ lane changing \ roundabouts.

Or has all pretence of that been dropped and now it's just a money gathering exercise.

The 'money gathering exercise' costs us about €10 million each year. That's two schools not being built each year, because drivers won't obey speed limits.

Micky 32

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Speak for yourself. With the death toll on the roads, I'm with the cops on this one.

I’m all for road safety but the majority of this is a money grab.

Micky 32

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Honestly, are you really old enough to have a licence? :rolleyes:

Maybe when you have the same driving experience as me on irish roads ( approx 1000 miles a week in the last 30 years and never an accident ) maybe you’ll be more educated to reply to my posts. Kindly attack the post and not the poster, i believe bans are issued for that

Micky 32

odyssey06 wrote: »

I think the cops need to remember what the cameras are for. When people think they are being located at spots of unclear speed limit \ just as speed limits reduce, where there's no accidents, a perception of shooting fish in a barrel sets in.

The point of the cameras is to ensure speed adhered to at accident blackspots.
Declaring almost every major road an accident blackspot ain't going to do that, or putting speed vans on roads where the accidents are low speed collisions in heavy traffic \ lane changing \ roundabouts.

Or has all pretence of that been dropped and now it's just a money gathering exercise.

I find it funny cops are claiming they are putting them in speed prone collisions but yet they admit the survey vans were put out to see where the most speeding areas were, guess they can’t make up there mind which is true.

AndrewJRenko

Micky 32 wrote: »

I’m all for road safety but the majority of this is a money grab.

Except it doesn't grab money. It costs money.

Micky 32

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Except it doesn't grab money. It costs money.

Exactly , if it’s costing the authorities money the more eager they will be to collect money to fill the hole.

Zzippy

Drive from Dublin to Galway today, saw 3 Traffic Corps speed checks on the M6. None were in these high risk areas. Hard not to be sceptical about the motivation behind this.

AndrewJRenko

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

It's a speed limit, not a speed target.

Yet they are failing people on their driving test everyday for "not making progress" when they are only slightly below the speed limit or taken some extra time to ensure its safe to make a turn.

Wonder were the bad habit comes from?

AndrewJRenko

Micky 32 wrote: »

Exactly , if it’s costing the authorities money the more eager they will be to collect money to fill the hole.

It doesn't 'fill the hole'. It goes into a completely different budget.

But there is one great way to avoid the money grab if you're that concerned about it.

Stop speeding.

Seth Brundle

Micky 32 wrote: »

Maybe when you have the same driving experience as me on irish roads ( approx 1000 miles a week in the last 30 years and never an accident ) maybe you’ll be more educated to reply to my posts. Kindly attack the post and not the poster, i believe bans are issued for that

Ignoring the fact that you have absolutely no idea how much or how little I drive, OK then...

Micky 32 wrote: »

I can tell you i’ll burn out my headlights to warn drivers.

Aside from you breaking the law, the gardai don't catch people who aren't breaking the law through speeding. If you speed (and most of us do), then fine but accept the punishment that comes with it. Don't go facilitating the dopey eejits who are a danger to others.
Many drivers out there have no ability to see beyond what they want to see at normal speeds. Helping them break the law through speeding makes the roads more dangerous.
As someone who is frequently classed as a vulnerable road user, I have a pain in my arse with people who think it's fine to speed past me with next to no thought simply because they reckon its safe.

Micky 32 wrote: »

It’s really people versus the cops these days

This is childish nonsense!
You're trying to make it seem like there's a war on and the gardai are out to screw the regular person which we both know is not the case (despite your melodrama).

decky1

ah grand no more speeding [till we get past the cameras] easy targets, how about a few drug dealer camera's?

coffeepls

Hunky Monster wrote: »

I can only find the longitude and latitude of these new points. Has anyone dropped pins on a map? OPs post to the google maps link doesn’t work for me.

I thought the link didn’t work either, till I changed google maps to default view with no traffic. Then I could see black lines everywhere. I think the point of this map is that they can park that gosafe van just about anywhere.

Micky 32

LIGHTNING wrote: »

You could be driving like a clown for 1000 miles a week for 30 years. I know plenty of crap drivers that have been driving for 20+ years with no accidents. Still wouldnt trust them to drive a nail.

Nope, sorry i respect my cars and other users on the road, never have even been beeped or flashed at or caught speeding in 15 years, so you’re making a wrong assumption there.

Zzippy

Zzippy wrote: »

Drive from Dublin to Galway today, saw 3 Traffic Corps speed checks on the M6. None were in these high risk areas. Hard not to be sceptical about the motivation behind this.

Depends on how fast someone is going around other drivers as to how much of a risk there is.

Micky 32

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Ignoring the fact that you have absolutely no idea how much or how little I drive, OK then...

Aside from you breaking the law, the gardai don't catch people who aren't breaking the law through speeding. If you speed (and most of us do), then fine but accept the punishment that comes with it. Don't go facilitating the dopey eejits who are a danger to others.
Many drivers out there have no ability to see beyond what they want to see at normal speeds. Helping them break the law through speeding makes the roads more dangerous.
As someone who is frequently classed as a vulnerable road user, I have a pain in my arse with people who think it's fine to speed past me with next to no thought simply because they reckon its safe.


This is childish nonsense!
You're trying to make it seem like there's a war on and the gardai are out to screw the regular person which we both know is not the case (despite your melodrama).

Firstly there is no specific law against flashing your lights, maybe you should brush up on the traffic laws if you’re driving on the road?

What’s with the chip on your shoulder if someone wants to pass you out? Are you one of those? How do you know they were over the limit just because you were driving slow? I gather you had a speed measuring device? Did they overtake with a car coming head on? Was it a white line they overtook on? There seems to be a lot of road users that get offended if someone overtakes.

I’ll overtake a car whether it’s you or anybody else if i deem it safe to do so.

Micky 32

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

It doesn't 'fill the hole'. It goes into a completely different budget.

But there is one great way to avoid the money grab if you're that concerned about it.

Stop speeding.

Who said i was speeding? I haven’t been caught in 15 years . If it’s costing money they will be eager to collect it.

Seth Brundle

Micky 32 wrote: »

Nope, sorry i respect my cars and other users on the road,

How is flashing your headlamps (to the point they burn out) to warn other drivers of a speed trap respecting other road users?
How does you helping others to potentially drive dangerously respect someone walking along the road? How does it respect the kid cycling home from school? Or the person on horseback?
Get over yourself!

Seth Brundle

Micky 32 wrote: »

Firstly there is no specific law against flashing your lights, maybe you should brush up on the traffic laws if you’re driving on the road?

Maybe double check it's illegality again!

Micky 32 wrote: »

What’s with the chip on your shoulder if someone wants to pass you out? Are you one of those? How do you know they were over the limit just because you were driving slow? I gather you had a speed measuring device? Did they overtake with a car coming head on? Was it a white line they overtook on? There seems to be a lot of road users that get offended if someone overtakes.

I’ll overtake a car whether it’s you or anybody else if i deem it safe to do so.

I didn't say you shouldn't overtake. I merely suggested that your actions encourage dangerous driving.
I use roads as a driver, as a cyclist and as a pedestrian. If your actions to warn people of a speed trap put me or someone else in danger then you are in the wrong.

theguzman

Is there any app or system that we could use to have our phones or GPS indicate that we are entering into an enforcement zone. I can't find the list on the Garda website now.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

It's a speed limit, not a speed target.

I bet you're one of those 80kp/h drivers in the 100. You cause more accidents than the lad going a few km/h over.

Micky 32

Seth Brundle wrote: »

How is thrashing your headlamps (to the point they burn out) to warn other drivers of a speed trap respecting other road users?
How does you helping others to potentially drive dangerously respect someone walking along the road? How does it respect the kid cycling home from school? Or the person on horseback?
Get over yourself!

So just because i flash the lights it means i’m driving awful bad? Did you know that when you flash your lights people slow down? That can go for horse riders and children. If i see some hazard on the road i will flash too so your logic is pointless and shows your inexperience on the road.

Andrewf20

In a nut shell the bone of contention is a digital law for an analog reality.

Seth Brundle

Micky 32 wrote: »

So just because i flash the lights it means i’m driving awful bad? Did you know that when you flash your lights people slow down? That can go for horse riders and children. If i see some hazard on the road i will flash too so your logic is pointless and shows your inexperience on the road.

I apologise. You're a hero. Well done you!
:rolleyes: