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sarahfleming

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If you are caught doing 55 in a 50 zone are you liable to receive penalty points and if so how soon will you receive notification if caught on garda camera and question 3 what is the fine?
 
See :
Speeding offences: an on-the-spot fine of 80 euro, together with 2 penalty points. If you have been caught speeding on police traffic camera, you will receive notice of your fine and penalty points of the offence by post. You have 28 days in which to pay your fine from the date the notice issues to you to pay your fine. If you do not pay your fine, the fine then increases to 120 euro which you pay within 28 days. If after this time (56 days) you still have not paid your fine, you will have to go to your District court. If you are convicted in Court of speeding offences and non-payment of fines, you will automatically receive 4 penalty points and a fine to a maximum of 800 euro.
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sarahfleming said:
If you are caught doing 55 in a 50 zone are you liable to receive penalty points
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Yes.
Technically you are liable if you are caught doing 51km/h in a 50km/h zone. Any speeding offence is treated as above. It can be taken further to careless/dangerous driving etc. in some circumstances.
The Gardai do usually provide for a small amount of error in most cases (~5 to 10%), but this is not a requirement [saves people claiming errors with Gardai equipment, speedo on the car etc etc] and I would assume 5km/h in a 50km/h zone would be at/above the max allowance made. Not sure how sensitive they have the cameras set, but would assume in/around 55km/h would trigger it.
 
sarahfleming said:
Thanks highflier
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One thing, if you were relying on your own speedo you may not have been doing over 50 ( I'm not sure were you actually stopped or just saw the camera.)

Speedos can legally overstate by up to about 15% but cannot understate..
jd
 
Note, not all cameras have film in them, regular stories in newspapers state at times that only as many 3 of 60 cameras countrywide have film. With those kind of figures theres a good chance that you havent been caught, Ive been snapped twice by over the years and havent had letters. From reports from friends, I know the one opposite the spa hotel in lucan always seems to have film. The cameras will flash whether they have film or not.
 
I was caught doing 55 in a 50 zone. Received a fine 3 weeks later. Charged 80euro and 2 points.
 
On a point of information........did I read somewhere that there are car number-plates that cannot be photographed? I presume that these are illegal and you will be (treated like) a criminal if you have them.
 
There are a variety of sprays/semi-transparant covers/solutions to put on your number plate which will 'render it invisible to cameras'.

None of them work, but it doesn't stop plenty of people buying them.
 
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