New speed camera on the M50

The inside lane (northbound) appears to be in worse condition than the outside (overtaking lane).
 
bacchus said:
They did the test in Top Gear last year or the year before... From recollection, they had to go over 270kms per hours or so to be undetected by speed camera.... Not a chance on the M50
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The Top Gear video evidence is available here (bottom of the web page)
 
M50 road surface is a joke, but to be honest, the north circular road is worse. I emailed the corpo, and it will be 3 years beofre it is resurfaced!
I dont understand the disconnect between the NRA, who to be honest seem to do a good job, and the councils who think it is acceptable to leave the roads in such a poor state, even on an outer orbital route, like the NCR, or in those town we are forced to drive through, like Gort, Charleville and Tyrrellspass. They really should be able to force contractors to repair their damage properly.
 
Are these new ones the familiar grey, big square box on top, type?

If so, when driving by see if there's two black holes in the back.

These are vents for the flash.

Most times you will make them out with grey covers slid back across vents-so no black holes.

No black holes at back = they aint turned on.

About 1 in 20 fixed camera operational in Ireland.

Now,,,,,,,,,those gatso vans in 50kph three lane highways - always on!
 
Did anybody notice the road markings for the Tallaght exit camera.
I thought they appeared much shorter than the usual. I could be imaging it?
Rumour I heard is there are a total of 3/4 actual working speed cameras and they shuffle them around to various sites. Probably put them at points that yield greatest revenue, sorry I mean places with greatest risk of accident.
Last night (sunday) on M50 at approx. 11.20, I saw car pulled over by unmarked cop car with nice blue flashing lights in/behind grill.
Where it was pulled over, there is very little if any hard shoulder.
And they are supposed to be concerned about road safety ??

The reason I believe the streets in towns/cities are left in such poor condition is that they work as an actual speed deterent of sorts.
Can there be any other reason why they leave them in such a state?
 
In early April at about 2am I was returning from the airport heading Southbound. After passing through the Toll Bridge I forgot about the speed limit - I was accelerating up to about 70kph & the guy in the lane next to me overtook me at approx 75 - 80 & gaining speed fast. He was ahead of me by a nose when the place lit up !!
To date I havnt got word of a fine / penalty points - am I in the clear yet?
Did the other guy take the brunt of it?
How does it work - is there a seperate camera for each lane ??

BTW I have learned my lesson - I am normally very careful but the road was very quiet (& I completly forgot about the camera)
 
That camera on the toll bridge was moved from Ballymun exit. It rarely worked before it was moved so I guess if its the same camera box it will rarely work at its new home. I normally travel pretty early in the morning going to work and I pass the camera over the limit quite a bit (Not recless driving) and not once have I received a ticket in the door. I have a funny feeling it is still set to catch people going over 120kph instead of 80kph where it is now.
 
Read an article in one of the papers a couple of weeks back which said there was 20 speed cameras in Ireland of which only an average of 3 are working at any one time. However from September the Govt is rolling out these private contractor speed cameras of whihc they aim to have 600 around the country.
Appaled that people on this thread are wondering about what speed you have to go to evade a camera. They are there for a reason and that's because we drive like lunatics in this country. Sooner they put some on the new Naas dual carriageway and all the boy racers and flash twits in big cars who don't know how to drive are put off the road, the better for the rest of us
 
RonanC said:
100km/h in a 60km/h zone??
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I think the speed limit is inappropriate myself.

In many other countries you drive much faster beside central barriers thats with 3 or 4 lanes of traffic. They don't seem to have a problem with it. In Ireland we allow unlicenced provisional drivers to drive anything including their parents powerful cars, unpoliced . But restrict one of the coutries major motorways to 60km/h. The roadworks should only have a minor impact if they were done properly. The focus should be on where the accidents are.

Luternau said:
Could you try it at 110kmph,120kmph and then at 130kmph for us all just so we are sure it is not working? !!! hee hee
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LOL
 
Cahir said:
I don't think the southbound one works. I drove by it the other day at the 60km/hr limit and loads of cars were zooming past in the other lane but there was no flash.
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this one does work have seen it flashin early in the morning and late at nite
 

Believe it when I see it...
 
Talking of speed cameras, Honest John article recently noted that the Government there had stepped in to cancel research into whether the introduction of speed cameras had a negative impact on road safety.
 
Firefly

they are actually tendering at the minute and have narrowed the list down to 6 suppliers. Think of all the lovely road fines they are going to collect as a result and who can complain if it improves safety and saves lives
 

I have to agree with you - but as I said, Mea Culpa, I have learned my lesson - but I was wondering why I didnt receive a fine yet or did I get away with it . By the way, is the speed limit 60k or 80k at the south side of the bridge? Maybe i didnt break the speed limit sfter all ? I havnt been there since......
 
The two cameras on the road works section are there for a reason alright.

Crawl to the toll bridgegoing south, finally get to move a bit after the toll if the road happens to free up.

Government gets another conviction and more money.

Very cynical. The limits should vary when there are no works goin on. Maybe not 120 kph but something more reasonable than 60.

There are 1 lane booreeens out there with 100 KPH limits.

Cameras are mostly situated for high yield not to save lives.
 
Mpsox said:
Firefly

they are actually tendering at the minute and have narrowed the list down to 6 suppliers. Think of all the lovely road fines they are going to collect as a result and who can complain if it improves safety and saves lives
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When this privateer speed trap situtation begins, we are all screwed!
The closest thing I can compare it to will be clampers with speed guns! More than likely similar companies in for the tender.

They will be hiding cameras in bushes, and targeting open straights with clear line of sight, hoping that the improved visibility will lull people into heading over the limit, which will probably be set too low in the first place for that exact reason.

Think of the UK, they have a lot, but to be fair, they are not cynical about catching people, with warning signs etc of upcoming camreras.

As for this sheethole of a country, the cynical greed/revenue driven attitude will ruin driving for us all!
 
aircobra19 said:
I'll believe when I see the stats.
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I think anyone with half a brain and who actually thinks about road safety in this country knows, that it is a mix of the shocking state of our roads, the lack of safety features on our vehicles as standard that dont protect drivers in a crash situtation that contribute greatly to our road death toll.

Yes speed is a factor, and young male drivers with their 'I'm invincible' attitude are a cause for concern.

People need to realise that the main contributors to road deaths are firmly in the control of the govt. Fix our roads, knock VRT off for stability control, multiple airbags and ABS to get these features as 'standard' rather than 'options' on our forecourts.

There is a long line of industy/govt decision makers to take the rap for road deaths before you get to the man behind the wheel, yet they are percieved as the dangerous ones who need 'controlling'......
 
Can anyone answer my previous question - the incident happened in early April, and still no fine to date. Is it possible that the camera caught the guy in the next lane (who was travelling faster)? I was doing approx 70kph & we were both alongside each other when it flashed - I think its a 60kph limit. Is there an individual camera for each lane?
 
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