GoSafe criticised for hiding speed vans from motorists
10:21 Friday, 23 April 2021
Share it
Image via garda.ie
There are calls for the funding given to Go Safe vans to be re-directed to the Garda Traffic Corps.
It’s after a Roscommon judge criticised the operators for hiding their speed vans from unsuspecting motorists.
Judge James Faughnan said he “wouldn’t tolerate” the practice, after a driver was caught speeding without knowledge of the van’s presence.
Independent TD Mattie McGrath says GoSafe vans aren’t value for money.
He says the money should be put towards the Garda Traffic Corps because, while speed vans only detect a motorist driving above the speed limit, the Gardaí can detect uninsured and disqualified drivers as well as a host of other driving offences.
Garda number plate camera snaps uninured, banned driver in untaxed car
Reporter:
);
Number plate technology has helped Laois Gardaí apprehend a banned, uninsured motorist who was driving car on the county s road which hadn t been taxed in more than a year an half.
Gardaí issued a statement about the operation on Thursday, April 8. Laois Roads Policing Unit on patrol this morning were alerted through Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) Garda about a vehicle out of tax for 555 days. This vehicle was stopped and with the Garda Mobility App, the driver was discovered to be disqualified from driving as a result of accumulating too many penalty points.