Latest news with #FixedChargeNotice
Extra.ie
20-05-2025
- Automotive
- Extra.ie
Gardai reveal location of new static speed cameras with details on fines
An Garda Síochána have issued an update on seven new speed cameras installed on Irish roads, with details following on when they will come into effect. The Static Speed Camera on the N80 in Carlow will officially commence operation from Friday, May 23, according to Gardai. The news means that the driver of any vehicle clocked travelling over 100km/h on the road could be the subject of a major fine in line with current Fixed Charge Notice payments. An Garda Síochána have issued an update on seven new speed cameras installed on Irish roads. Pic: Shutterstock Vehicles detected driving in excess of the posted speed limit will be subject to prosecution from 12 midday Friday, 23 May 2025. Speeding offences are punishable by the Fixed Charge Notice System, and the current fine for a speeding breach stands at €160. That on-the-spot fine will be followed by three penalty points on the licence of the offending driver. The Static Speed Camera on the N80 in Carlow will officially commence operation from Friday. Pic: Getty Images Carlow will become the seventh county with operational static safety cameras, with a host of other busy roads also subject to the same surveillance elsewhere around the country. National roads in Mayo, Galway, Donegal, Limerick, Wexford and Cork are equipped with the anti-speeding tech. Elsewhere, there are five Average Speed Cameras countrywide, as well as 58 GoSafe mobile safety cameras operational across 1,500 locations. Assistant Commissioner Roads Policing and Community Engagement Paula Hilman said: 'Static speed safety cameras have been proven in other countries to be highly effective in changing driver behaviour and reducing speed, which is a key contributor to road deaths. 'Speed cameras slow drivers down. The lower speeds people drive at, the lower the number of road deaths.'
Sunday World
20-05-2025
- Automotive
- Sunday World
Gardai reveal location of new static speed camera
The camera will become operational from Friday, May 23, with the prosecution of speeding offences issued through Fixed Charge Notice (FCN) Drivers on the N80, Carlow, have been warned that they face a €160 fine along with three penalty points if they are caught speeding by a new 'static safety camera'. The camera will become operational from Friday, May 23, with the prosecution of speeding offences issued through Fixed Charge Notice (FCN) Gardai said that vehicles detected driving in excess of the posted speed limit will be subject to prosecution from 12 midday on the day. According to a statement issued by the Garda Press Office, static safety cameras have been proven internationally to reduce speeding. . News in 90 Seconds - May 20th Static safety cameras are now operational on the N17 Mayo, N59 Galway, N13 Donegal, N69 Limerick, R772 Wexford and the N22 Cork. They were first introduced in the Dublin Port Tunnel and on the M7, while five 'Average Safety Cameras' are also operational to cover the N3 Cavan, N5 Mayo and N2 Meath. There are also 58 GoSafe mobile safety cameras operational across 1,500 locations as well as safety cameras operated by gardaí. For the first four months of 2025, the number of FCNs issued as a result of detections by static and average safety cameras include 327 on the M50; 1,004 on the M7; 163 on the N3; 228 on the N5; 98 on the N2; and 145 on the Galway N59. One of the highest, 1,581 were issued on the back of a static safety camera on the Donegal N13. A static safety camera on the Mayo N17 detected a total of 2,385, which were issued after a technical issue was resolved Nearly 2,000 speeding fines sent to motorists over a six-week period were cancelled due to a problem with the camera system on the regional route. Speeding fines and penalty points issued to motorists in Mayo over a 39-day period were to be revoked by gardaí due to the problem. A total of 1,871 fixed charge notices for speeding were generated by the static speed safety camera system on the N17 near Claremorris in Mayo on the days it was operational between December 20, 2024, and February 12. Gardaí have said the camera was fully functional and was accurately identifying offences, but it was not certified. All fixed charge notices and penalty points detected by that camera system on the N17 over that period have therefore been revoked, gardaí said in a statement last February.
Irish Independent
20-05-2025
- Automotive
- Irish Independent
Gardaí give details of location of new static speed camera
The camera will become operational from Friday, May 23, with the prosecution of speeding offences issued through Fixed Charge Notice (FCN) Gardaí said that vehicles detected driving in excess of the posted speed limit will be subject to prosecution from 12 midday on the day. According to a statement issued by the Garda Press Office, static safety cameras have been proven internationally to reduce speeding. Static safety cameras are now operational on the N17 Mayo, N59 Galway, N13 Donegal, N69 Limerick, R772 Wexford and the N22 Cork. They were first introduced in the Dublin Port Tunnel and on the M7, while five 'Average Safety Cameras' are also operational to cover the N3 Cavan, N5 Mayo and N2 Meath. There are also 58 GoSafe mobile safety cameras operational across 1,500 locations as well as safety cameras operated by gardaí. For the first four months of 2025, the number of FCNs issued as a result of detections by static and average safety cameras include 327 on the M50; 1,004 on the M7; 163 on the N3; 228 on the N5; 98 on the N2; and 145 on the Galway N59. One of the highest, 1,581 were issued on the back of a static safety camera on the Donegal N13. A static safety camera on the Mayo N17 detected a total of 2,385, which were issued after a technical issue was resolved. Nearly 2,000 speeding fines sent to motorists over a six-week period were cancelled due to a problem with the camera system on the regional route. ADVERTISEMENT Speeding fines and penalty points issued to motorists in Mayo over a 39-day period were to be revoked by gardaí due to the problem. A total of 1,871 fixed charge notices for speeding were generated by the static speed safety camera system on the N17 near Claremorris in Mayo on the days it was operational between December 20, 2024, and February 12. Gardaí have said the camera was fully functional and was accurately identifying offences, but it was not certified. All fixed charge notices and penalty points detected by that camera system on the N17 over that period have therefore been revoked, gardaí said in a statement last February.
