Speed van

Brown Envelope normally within 2 weeks.

You'll know the minute you see it.

Is there a tolerance with van does any one know

Might be a stupid question but does if only check speed from the back of the van.

Doesn't look like there's any camera in the front.

Thanks.

T.

Can we delete the speed cam mega thread.

Going by the amount of 'have I been caught' & 'can a speed van xyz'

No one can be bothered to read it.

They have to be legally parked or you have a challenge to the ticket AFAIK.

Eh . No, and No.

How long did it take the ticket to come

Eh, yes. Show me the legislation that stages you have an allowance of going over the limit? It's 30, 50, 60, 80 etc. Not 31, 51, 61, 81 etc.

Don’t think 60 kph is enforceable.

Have they always been set up on motorways?

I've seen them twice on the M2 and on the M3 recently.

All my years driving and never seen them on a motorway before.

Alot of cars Speedos over read . So if your Speedo says 120kmh , your prob only going about 115kmh . But this depends on each individual car.

Have an insignia that when the Speedo reads 130kmh, my phone GPS shows 120kmh.

But In the missus CRV, when the Speedo is reading 120kmh, the GPS reads 119kmh!

Why did you need to be driving at 129kmh using mythical percentages ?

Gardai will give a tolerance of 10%+3. Of course it is discretionary and if you are taking the mick in some other way that discretion could disappear.

The UK did have the same tolerance, but a number of forces changed to 10%+2.

There's 2 different scenarios here...

• GoSafe Vans have a VERY short range - you have to be practically beside the back door before the camera goes off. They don't capture from the front window but as said, the rear camera can track cars approaching and leaving the rear of the van and can cover multiple lanes simultaneously.
• Any detections are then reviewed by Gardai in Tipperary who will decide whether or not to issue a fine/points.

• Garda cars with handheld cameras can detect at greater range and many now have the option to record the offence (check out the Garda twitter feed). From observation, the Gardai will still chase down anyone they want a word with and will take the details at the roadside.
• This may or may not result in a fine/points - but if they've gone to the effort of chasing you down, you're probably going to get a letter! (it's not issued at the roadside and the Garda may not definitively say either way but it's likely).

In both cases, there is no defined/official leeway but again observation would suggest that there is SOME allowed and this will vary by location (eg: doing 10 km/h over outside a school is less likely to be ignored than 10 km/h over on a motorway - but again this is NOT a guarantee either!)

No I'm not a Garda. The above is from my reading of the Speeding Megathread at the top of this forum, the Garda twitter account, and observation of speed checks on the roads. Your experiences may vary! 🙃

They are frequently on the M7 in/between Kildare and Laois but in general (again from observation) most motorway detections are Garda cars with handheld detectors.

Speedometer readings vs actual speeds will vary by car, size of tyres and speed - eg: on my own car with 18" wheels the speedometer is pretty much spot on at lower speeds (50 km/h or less), but at motorway speeds will show as 5km/h over the actual (based on comparison with a GPS App on my phone).

The GoSafe vans do not have a range of 1km. The Radar used by GoSafe vans is set at an angle of around 22degres off the road, so its around 10-20m maximum, which is needed for their camera to get a good shot of the registration anyway.

A Garda Laser based system can be up to 1km, but to be honest I think their FCPNs at that distance are unsafe if another car is in the frame. The tolerances supplied by LaserTech are pretty wide 1000m out. Not that they need the gun reading in court anyway, the Garda can just say you were speeding and you'd likely get the increased fine & points.

9km/h over the limit... What has the motoring forum come to...