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NEW SPEED CAMERAS are today being installed in Dublin’s Port Tunnel which will measure a driver’s average speed over a distance – the first time such a system has been used in Ireland.
As motorists enter the tunnel, their cars will be photographed.
A second photo will then be taken as they exit the tunnel and the time a driver takes to make it between the two points used to determine if they have committed a speeding violation.
This system – different from fixed speed cameras, which measure speed at one individual point – are shown to bring about a 50% reduction in the collision rate once in use, Transport Infrastructure Ireland has said.
The new system is coming at a time when major boosts in traffic have upped the chances of a crash happening in the tunnel.
Open since 2006, the Port Tunnel has seen a 40% boost in traffic levels in the past five years.
When drivers are caught speeding, their information will automatically be sent to An Garda Síochána to allow them to take further action.
“We welcome this enhancement to the operations of the Dublin Port Tunnel,” said Chief Superintendent Aidan Reid from the Garda National Traffic Bureau.
Due to an increase in traffic travelling through Dublin Port Tunnel this new enforcement system provides additional support toward maintaining a safe travel experience for all users of the Tunnel.
Similar systems that issue penalties and fines depending on a driver’s average speed are in place in parts of Europe including in the Netherlands, Poland, Austria and Italy.
A similar system in the United Kingdom of SPECS (Speed Check Services) cameras is currently in operation, and is generally found on motorways or dual carriageways.
The distances over which an average is taken vary in distance from less than a mile up to almost 100 miles.
Drivers passing through the tunnel will have a picture of their car snapped in both lanes – meaning that switching between them will have no effect on how the system operates.
The system is set to go live later this year.
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Hailo’s message to Uber:……….. Fc*k Off we don’t wan’t competition.
Hailo are supposed to be in trouble over spending and no investment so uber def spells trouble for them
The journal will literally use any opportunity to mention the gay marriage referendum. Move on.
Gay people can get married now? Gosh, that must annoy certain types of people.
I had not noticed the passing reference to the free taxi service to the polling booths for the same sex marriage equality referendum until you drew it to my attention, RoN.
Clearly you would have preferred RoN to have had the service restricted to the opponents of same sex civil marriage.
Thank you for highlighting the Marriage Equality Referendum passed by more than 68% of those who voted.
This topic deserves another separate article so that RoN can get his full rant on.
When will companies and businesses in all industries cop on that they are not in any way simply entitled to your business? If they are out flanked by someone with an innovative idea, the onus is on them to either catch up or offer more appealing innovative ideas of their own.
In theory yes but it seems that the playing field isn’t level. Essentially they are both providing the same service but uber drivers are not vetted or regulated in any way and their costs are lower, for example insurance. Also, I don’t think uber drivers are taxed.
Harry Potters real?
No, just a fictional character who looks a bit like you.
Taxi service in Atlanta is dreadful, everyone i know uses uber and they rave about its convenience, low cost etc. I personally have only used it once and it was bang on, great idea, well executed.
Uber is incredible
Ireland is not Atlanta.
We dont need Uber destroying the jobs of licensed,regulated taxi drivers.
The industry is overcrowded as it is.
They are a scourge on the face of the earth.
The authorities have a responsibility to control this form of unbridled capitalism.
Can we all do part time work as civil servants/teachers/Gardai etc. and put them out of work.?
Not likely.
I hope that Uber is launched in its full form in Ireland, allowing those with a suitable car and a clean criminal background check to apply.
I used ubers multiple times in San Diego this summer and the system works brilliantly and is very cost effective too
No Hailo app for windowsphone…but there is an Uber app, so hailo for f**k off
In the U.S. UBER HAS STARTED DOING LOGISTICS NOW, will Hailo start doing the Ambulance service now???
we only have 12 ambulances in Dublin and these are fully stretched at this time of year… if you need to get to a hospital and a DFB ambulance will be another hour, why not get help?
I can see it happening with the TiSA Agreement privatised hospitals and ambulances, Uber is involved with logistics now. So god knows what the future will bring thanks to TTIP and the Trade in Services Agreement.
Many things are run down in order to change them and the excuse is cost but getting private firms to run things always costs more as the NHS model has shown and the same is starting to happen here now…
Help is one thing but cost will be another???
Given the wages of ambulance drivers, I am sure the government would love it.!
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