More than 900 speeding tickets issued by a speed camera in Kilkenny have been cancelled due to a “human error” in recording the location of the reported violations, reports Breaking News.
This brings the total number of speeding fines and corresponding penalty points annulled by gardaí this year to nearly 2,800 due to major problems with safety camera operations.
On Friday, An Garda Síochána began informing drivers that penalties and fines given for speeding offences detected by the static speed safety camera on the N25 in Kilkenny, between May 30th and June 30th, are being cancelled, reports Breaking News.
This timeframe coincides with the initial operational month of the speed camera, which was activated on May 30th.
In total, 914 fixed charge notices for speeding were issued during this time.
Out of that number, 128 fines were paid and penalty points were added, but these will now be cancelled and refunded, reports Breaking News.
Fifty-six had been paid, but the mistake was found before penalty points were assigned, so the payments will be returned.
No payments had been made for the remaining 730 notices, and therefore, no points were added.
A garda representative confirmed there was a mistake in the “offence location on Fixed Charge Notices” issued by the static safety camera on the N25, Kilkenny, reports Breaking News.
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The spokesperson said: “This error is a result of human error when inputting the offence location onto the processing system.”
They noted the problem was corrected “immediately” after being discovered on June 30th, and the camera resumed service on July 4th, reports Breaking News.
An Garda Síochána stated it “takes full responsibility for this error”, noting that a review of all offence locations tied to static and average speed cameras had been completed, reports Breaking News.
Chief Superintendent David Harrington, who leads the National Roads Policing Bureau, commented: “This error is very much regretted.
“An Garda Síochána continues to work steadfastly with all our partners in road safety endeavouring to reduce the human toll of road deaths and serious injuries on our roads,” reports Breaking News.
Back in February, 1,871 speeding fixed charge notices were cancelled due to a similar issue involving the N17 static speed safety camera.
The errors involved notices issued between December 20th and February 12th, reports Breaking News.
Eight hundred of these fines had already been paid and had resulted in penalty points being assigned.
All of those were subsequently cancelled, reports Breaking News.
In that case, the camera operator GoSafe flagged a problem on February 12, stating the N17 static speed camera was “fully functional and accurately identifying offences, but not certified”.
They explained that the radar component’s certification had expired.
The issue was caused when a faulty camera found during testing was swapped with a replacement that lacked a valid calibration certificate, reports Breaking News.
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