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Progress in housing estates

  • 16-06-2010 8:37pm
    #1
    PhysiologyRocks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭


    Around what speed should I do in a housing estate when there are no curves in the road and no pedestrians around? The limits say 50, but it seems wrong!

    For the purposes of the test what should I do? Thanks everyone.


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  • #2
    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,396 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    I certainly wouldn't do 50. Kids can jump out onto the road, chasing balls etc.

    Drive at a speed that is safe. If the road is straight, and wide and you can see all potential hazards, then don't doddle along but if there are parked cars either side, entrances to houses that you can't see etc., go fairly slowly. The main thing is to read the road very well ahead.

    Remember a door width from parked cars. If this isn't possible (there are times when it is impossible to leave a door width from all cars) then you need to slow right down just in case somebody opens a door in front of you.


  • #3
    PhysiologyRocks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭PhysiologyRocks


    Thank you for the reply.

    I mean (and should have said) in terms of the test, how slow can I go without getting marked down?

    I suppose I'm looking for specifics. Lack of progress seems to be my main thing at the moment. Trying to rectify it without going the other way.


  • #4
    litmus paper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 67 ✭✭litmus paper


    u should do 40 kmph, my instructor said 40 kmph. its a residential area, no more than 40. i did that and passed it first time.


  • #5
    PhysiologyRocks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭PhysiologyRocks


    litmus paper wrote: »
    u should do 40 kmph, my instructor said 40 kmph. its a residential area, no more than 40. i did that and passed it first time.
    Brilliant, thank you.

    Bit of a silly question - how residential are we talking? As in little estate or main road with lots of houses?


  • #6
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    There is no definite answer to this. As estates differ in size, for some the roads are large and there is plenty of visibility, where i would think 50km/h would be appropriate provided the conditions allow. But then there are the really narrow estates where the roads are flanked by cars and vans, 40km/h would evn be too fast.
    Take them as they come.


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  • #7
    DriveSkill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 757 ✭✭✭DriveSkill


    Totally agree with Alanstrainor's post. There is no set speed that is going to work for all housing estates - there are so many variables that it changes from estate to estate and even within the same road it can change from day to day or hour to hour depending on the situation.

    The most important point is you must drive at a speed which is safe for the conditions and in general I agree that you are unlikely to get above 40 in most housing estates but you cant use this as a hard and fast rule. In some estates it could be as low as 20-30 km/hr in 2nd gear. Like a lot of things in driving there is no set formula or answer that works for every situation - part of the driving test is actually testing to see if you have the ability to recognise changing environments, potential hazards and most importantly the ability to adapt your driving accordingly.


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