Welcome to the video with our other irish motoring, explainer videos doing so well, such as our vrt explainer and our video on the cars used by the guard e in this video. We look at how speed camera vans work and try to answer some common questions about them.
If this is your first time here hit the subscribe button, so you don’t miss any future content. So let’s, get into it. The current type of speed vans were introduced in 2010. The guardians say on their website that speed vans are proven, lifesavers and that they reduce speed, related collisions, lessen injuries and, most importantly, save lives.
The vans used are usually white, ford, transit customs and they tend to be highly marked with reflective, livery and large images of the speed camera logo on both the front and back of the van. They are always manned and operate 24 7 365 days a year.
The vans take constant video of the road, while a radar system also scans the vehicles that pass by the radar detects the speed and the camera system records the speeding vehicle and its number plate.
The new systems used in vans allow multiple lanes to be monitored at any given time, for example, a dual carriageway or motorway, with both directions of traffic being monitored. The company that operates the vans say that a general rule of thumb to go by is that if you can see the van, you are generally in range.
The results are forward-facing cameras, which is mainly used to read motorbike plates on the garda website. It states that the speed vans are located in areas where there is a history of speed related collisions.
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As of february 2021, there are 1 322 locations with 903 new safety camera zones introduced in february 2020, when the new locations were added in 2020. The signs which had previously been used to indicate to drivers that they were entering a speed zone were deemed no longer necessary and were not added to any of the new locations.
Instead, motorists can view all locations on the garda website which has an interactive map of every possible speed, camera van location. The vans are operated by a private company called gosei. On behalf of the guard e.
According to the irish times, the government pays goal safe in the region of 10 million euro per year for the operation of speed, camera vans go safe, is the operating name of a company called road safety operations, ireland and the firm’s.
Owners include a county carry businessman as well as a french company aegis who, both own 42 each. The third owner is an australian company called redflex holdings that owns 16, despite some common misconceptions that the private company are on commission or that there is an incentive for them to catch people speeding.
This is simply not true, as the guardi have said in the past, that goal safe are paid by the hour, be clear about the incentive. There is, none go safe are paid by the hour. We have one single objective: that’s to reduce speed in our roads, which will save lives.
If you are caught speeding by the camera vans, the driver gets three penalty points and an 80 euro fine. You will receive a letter in the post, usually within two weeks of being caught, speeding informing you of the fine and the penalty points being issued.
The points stay on your license for three years and if you fail to pay within 28 days, it rises to 120 euro. If you don’t pay that, within 28 days, you will be summoned to court and could be fined a thousand euro and receive up to five penalty points.
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