passed speed well over the limit, does there have to be a flash and does the lights have to be turned on inside?
any time i seen vans lights were on inside and u could see in, this van was black dark and there was no flash.
Am i safe??
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passed speed well over the limit, does there have to be a flash and does the lights have to be turned on inside?
any time i seen vans lights were on inside and u could see in, this van was black dark and there was no flash.
Am i safe??
If they used a speed gun, then it's probable that you wouldn't have seen a flash. It normally takes about two weeks (as far as I know) to hear anything. If you don't hear anything after that, than I would say you're safe.
samlad thanks but its one of the new vans with all the shiny signs on it
I am faced with the same problem in my area .To the point I had to buy a radar detector.It does the trick perfectly.....
I had a radar detector for a while but still got caught...
(my understanding is that) it's a tech race between the cops & the rd manufacturers LOL
( I also think) you can get fined heavily within IRL for possession of a RD!!
the roads have got a lot better in recent years- there's no real advantge to speeding anymore- just give yourself an extra 10 mins, enjoy the ride & arrive alive;)
I bought it on the internet, there are dozens of differents models ranging from € 30 to € 300. mine is a cobra 9730 kinda
mid- range .It works with everything there is in this country(camera, speed- gun,laser..)it also have a counter detection feature and emergency/police vehicle advance warning .
The best money I spent this year so far.
i drive in a relaxed and careful fashion.
i think people who speed are cocksuckers.
i aint doing mad speeds maybe 110km in 80km zone but some of the zones are limited very badly e.g straight road no houses or turns 50km!
i dont suck cock warmcome but i dont like driving like miss daisy either.
thanks for all the replies some useful info going to look into to that cobra 9730
and then i can suck cock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You should invest in these for your motor, worth their weight in gold.
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CG
no real advantage to speeding, agree
but it's damn hard when they set ridiculously low speed limits where it makes no sense like 50kmh on an open dual carraigeway. and it's these places they put the fecking speed checks.
I passed 5 of them in the space of 2 weeks in different places over a month ago. still haven't heard anything, but I could have 10 points if they call come in the post some day :-(
I'm gonna suggest a cheap and easy alternative to buying all these fancy radar gizmos... Don't speed! :lmao:
Exactly!
In my part of the country there is this 50 kms speed limit on a 1,5 miles long straight line. the damm van is there at all time day and night saving no lifes but making money for the exchequer.I have to drive past it 6 times a day every day, and this is really beginning to get to me.
Iam not a speed freak, but here, they are really taking the piss!.
Some of the speed limits on our roads are ridiculous. Whoever is in charge of setting these limits should be taken out and shot. A small, narrow meandering country road with potholes everyway has a limit of 80km, but a large, wide straight road that could fit 5 buses across its width has a limit of 50km??? Absolutely absurd.
i'll drop you in Kildare today, miss Daisy?
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Ahh now Ladiesman, why would you suggest something ridiculous like that!!!:p
But I'm with Rodders here- its when the speed limit drops for no reason or when it's inappropriately low - that I find myself breaking it inadvertantly. :banghead:
I once got stopped by a garda for doing 50mph in a 30 mph zone while driving through Carlow. It was early on a Sunday morning on an arrow straight road, and there wasn't a soul in sight! Got a ticket and fine :(, but thankfully this was before penalty points had come in.
You questioning my sanity Morph? :D Just because invisible leprechauns tell me to burn things doesn't make me crazy! lol. Actually hold that thought...
Leprechaun: "You will go to the head of the RSA and get him to change stupid speed limits..."
Me: "Why can't I just burn him???"
Leprechaun: "We leprechauns are peaceful creatures, violence is abhorrent to us."
Me: "Well then why tell me to burn people???"
Leprecchain: "It is you who tells you to burns people ¬_¬"
..........
Me: *burns leprechaun*
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I've passed speed cameras in 50 zones at 60-65 and never got a ticket, I spoke to a Guard about this and he said most of them set the limit to about 67 in a 50 zone to give people a fighting chance and only to catch the people really breaking the limit by a good bit.
I got caught last month after leaving the motorway and coming into limerick in Cratloe near Bunratty. Saw a little flash. Thought nothing of it till a letter arrived in the post. 2 points on my license.
Is there a website that shows all the locations of camera traps?
This what you're looking for JC? http://www.garda.ie/Controller.aspx?Page=6497
yeah there is
http://www.garda.ie/Controller.aspx?Page=6497
there is a lot to be said for sticking to the speed limit.i know the speed vans are a money making racket its so easy to target the the boy racers and all the other fools with a heavy foot its best to keep the speed down but some people will never learn i am driving 18years and never got a speeding fine and over the last few months i meet plenty of those vans.so for all you guys that love keeping those vans in business by speeding with your 8 penalty points and so on just think of all those extra punts you could have instead of the fines:D
ok dudes.
i agree DONT SPEED but but these vans park in stupit places just to catch ya. for example 50km zone and they screw ya at 52km thats the style they like it's like a lady letting you nearly cum and then stopping and saying oh were u close. teasing nature of the speeed vans. straight road 4.30am nobody on the road 100km zone drops to 50km zone and there he is like you could get robbed driving on a back road at that speed that time of the night
Wrong....The new gatso vans take pics of the front of the car.They dont need to flash as they use more modern cameras(Think about it ......they couldnt use a flash directed at oncoming cars as theyd blind drivers...only fixed gatsos use flash as they capture your rear plate)