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County Meath Speed Cameras

Mobile Speed Camera Locations in County Meath

These are the likely roads where the new mobile cameras will operate from November  16th 2010.

There will be a total of 45 mobile cameras in vans – covering about 600 locations all over  Ireland. So – the chances of a camera being at a specific location is about  one in thirteen

Dublin Locations of Speed Cameras

Dublin City Speed Cameras

Mobile speed cameras are being introduced in Dublin and nationwide to try and  reduce the incidence of fatal and serious injuries and improve road safety.

An Garda Síochána, in conjunction with the National Roads Authority have identified secctions of road  where a significant proportion of accidents occurred due to speeding.

These are the “speed enforcement zones” within Dublin that may be  be monitored by the new  GoSafe mobile camera vans or by Garda

Here is map from Garda.ie showing the roads in Dublin where the private contractor GoSafe will be monitoring with mobile speed cameras in vans. (Shown in Red – Zoom in for better view)

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County Galway Speed Camera Vans

These are the roads where the mobile speed or safety cameras will be operating from November 2010 in County Galway.

The 45 vans will be covering the whole country – at 600 locations. So dont expect to see a van on the same road every day. You will never know when there could be one round the next bend – so slow down, be safe and save lives.

The full network of speed cameras will not be up and running until Feb 2011 – but they are being rolled out from Nov 2010

Speed Camera Locations in County Mayo

Potential Locations of Mobile Speed Cameras in County Mayo from November 2010
There will be 45 speed camera vans spread across approx 600 different locations all over Ireland. These are the roads around County Mayo where you could spot one of those cameras over the next  few years.

Slow down and try to get used to going slower .  Speed does Kill
This is a list of Garda Speed Enforcement Zones where both Garda and the private Gosafe vans may be operating speed cameras. See the Map of Mobile Speed Cameras Here

Quiet Mornings in Letterkenny

The streets of Letterkenny must be quiet in the mornings. Letterkenny has the lowest percentage of workers who leave home before 6.30am to go to work. Just 2.24% of working people in Letterkenny said that they leave the house that early . Census 2006  figures  from towns with more than 5000 people – show that  154 people out of 6883 in Letterkenny – said they have to leave the house before 6.30 in the morning.
At the other end of the scale we have Edenderry in Offaly where almost 1 in 5 workers (18.84%)  have to leave home before 6.30.
Other irish towns where  not many workers don’t get up before 6.30
Sligo  2.62%
Killarney  2.63%
Castlebar  2.9%
Passage West 3.24%
Ballina 3.26%
Westport  3.37%
Limerick City  3.59%
Cork City  3.63%
Carrigaline 3.73%
Dungarvan  3.74%
Galway City  3.78%

Edenderry most Early Risers

Edenderry in County Offaly has the highest percentage  of early risers out of all the towns in Ireland with a population of over 5000.
According to Census 2006 figures -  18.84% of workers in Edenderry have to leave their house before 6.30am to go to work. (498  workers out of 2963) The top 10 towns for leaving home before 6.30am are:
Edenderry
Portarlington
Navan (An Uaimh)
Athy
Ceannanus Mór
Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington
Rush
Trim
Kildare
Balbriggan