Garda website down - safety cameras

There has been a camera outside my mother's house on-and-off for roughly the last 2 weeks. The speed limit on the road was changed within the last 12 months from 80kmph to 50kmph. In 35 years of living there I don't recall one accident on this road.

Same old same old revenue generating exercise
 
"These are the ones the gardai or the cameras should be after, not after Joe Soap driving 51kmph on Stillorgan dual carriageway as somebody pointed out. "

Has anyone ever identifed this mysterious driver who was prosecuted for driving at 51 or is the usual b/s people go on with ?
 
Yorrick said:
"These are the ones the gardai or the cameras should be after, not after Joe Soap driving 51kmph on Stillorgan dual carriageway as somebody pointed out. "

Has anyone ever identifed this mysterious driver who was prosecuted for driving at 51 or is the usual b/s people go on with ?
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In previous employment I drove that way for many years.

I assume the GArdai had some sort of quota to fill as they used to set up cynical and useless for road safety speed entrapment at the UCD flyover

They would cynically monitor cars approaching the dip at the flyover so they could prosecute drivers whose cars exceeded the nonsense speed limit as the car would gain a few kph whilst rolling down the incline.

I seen many accidents along the nearby Kilmacud road, some perhaps even due to inappropriate speed, never a Garda to be seen!
 
I have noticed people are busy flashing their headlights warning people of these revenue generators.
 
Maybe between the vans and poeple flashing headlights, cars will slow down and they won't generate any revenue.

That'll show them.
 
Time said:
I have noticed people are busy flashing their headlights warning people of these revenue generators.
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Indeed

I remember a story (urban myth?) about a driver who stopped at a garda checkpoint and told the gardai that there must be something wrong with her car because everyone was flashing their lights at her and she didn't know what it was. The gardai on duty had to tell her that tehyw eer flashing their lights to warn her of the checkpoint.
 
callybags said:
Maybe between the vans and poeple flashing headlights, cars will slow down and they won't generate any revenue.

That'll show them.
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What a travesty that would be.

People still speeding on the back roads and no money generated from those nice straight safe ones!

No winners here!
 
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