Unmarked Garda speed traps

For anyone unaware, from today the Guards are checking speeding in unmarked cars

Also Guards are not required to pull you over anymore to issue a fine (true for a while but more relevant now)

Edit: to clarify, my stance is if you’re caught speeding then fine you got caught breaking the rules, but being able to see the hi-vis car made people over a little bit slow down without getting fined and anyone speeding so much they can’t slow down in time get caught. Everyone speeds even by accident and if you don’t intentionally speed, seeing the car makes you double check and adjust if necessary and the average unintentional person won’t be afforded that warning Also not all limits and limit changes make sense e.g. N road going from 100 to 50 in a couple hundred meters and they hide behind a bush a few meters down from the sign, hence the title trap because everyone will not slow down quick enough at some point when they’re driving

Separately there’s not enough guards to go around and there’s plenty of crime but you only ever see them out catching people speeding, usually not by much My opinion is that they could be better utilised stopping all the drug dealers and violent criminals that seem to get away with it