Who sticks within the speed limit?

PhysiologyRocks

I'm genuinely curious.

I don't speed. But I get tailgated EVERYWHERE. And I'm on the limit. Not 20km below it. And my speedo is definitely functional. It may be due to my small car.

Poll to follow.

evolutionqy7

well if ur around the country side there only 2 types of drivers

ones drive too slow around 60-80 (which drive me nuts) or ones that drive 120)

Fizman

What are these speed limits which you speak of? :pac:

chasm

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

well if ur around the country side there only 2 types of drivers

ones drive too slow aroun 60-80 (which drive me nuts)

lol Regional and local speed limit is 80 though isnt it?

evolutionqy7

i mean on 100 km roads...i dont think the 80km/100km speed limit makes any difference to any one around here

im not saying no one sticks to it...its just that majority tend to drive under or over

jimmycrackcorm

On motorways I will speed. On every other road I sick to the limit as practically add possible. I.e. add long add I'm aware what the limit is and keep enough of a close eye on the Speedo to make sure it different creep up.

Caliden

Got caught for speeding (115kph in an 80kph) last May and never want that embarrassment and sickening feeling again so I'll stick to whatever the limit is.
Even if it feels redicuously slow for the road.
I'm never exactly in a rush anywhere that going over the limit would make any difference anyway

everyday taxi

Like most things in this country, its all a joke!! Dual carriageways with 50 and 60 kph speed limits in place (handy for the revenue racket), and boreens down the ass of the country with 80 and 100 kph limits. Its so fookin irish.

justshane

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

well if ur around the country side there only 2 types of drivers

ones drive too slow aroun 60-80 (which drive me nuts) or ones that drive 120)

Def like that in Ros anyways! ha

evolutionqy7

well id rather speed over a bit and keep me eyes on the road rather looking at the speedo all the time...i drive a well kept car with capability of stopping adequately...the only reason i would ever crash ( in my opinion ) is cause of other people on the road...people pulling out without even looking where they going...its a disgrace...sorry if i sound feminist but 90% of them are female!!!

SV

If I agree with it, yup.

barochoc

Too many slow drivers on the road anyway!

I never speed near schools or housing estates etc but I will hold a steady 140Kph on the motor way & only move out to the outside lane when I need to pass.

I reckon I drive under the limit on the roads where my parents live in Tipperary & that's because they say 100Kph on little windy roads that two small cars can't pass each other without coming to a stop 1st.

I find this amazing considering the ridiculous 80Kph signs I see on some stretches of Motorway with 3 lanes sometimes.

Without going off subject & I'm sure it's been discussed a thousand times but that can only mean one thing. Speed limits clearly are not for our safety, they're simply to generate revenue! :mad:

cloneslad

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

people pulling out without even looking where they going...its a disgrace...sorry if i sound feminist but 90% of them are female!!!

I think sexist is the word you are looking for there


as for me, I try to stick to it as much as possible, sometimes when driving from my hometown in monaghan to where my girlfriends parents live in Sligo (countryside) I have to switch from miles to Km a few times and then I go from a nice road on a 100km an hour limit to a pretty good road with an 80km an hour limit and I sometimes forget that I should only be doing 80km/h. I try to get back to the limit as quick as safely possible when I realise it.

bernadette11

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

well id rather speed over a bit and keep me eyes on the road rather looking at the speedo all the time...i drive a well kept car with capability of stopping adequately...the only reason i would ever crash ( in my opinion ) is cause of other people on the road...people pulling out without even looking where they going...its a disgrace...sorry if i sound feminist but 90% of them are female!!!

Hi,
I agree that crashes are only EVER caused by "other peoples carelessness", I know - I've had three!!! AND the last one left me disabled. I have always been quite a good driver, however (and I'm honestly not into feminism here guys!), they were ALL male drivers!!!

bernadette11

I am a slow, careful driver - always have been. Speed KILLS and DISABLES.... like the old saying goes:
"I never thought that would happen to me

bernadette11

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

well if ur around the country side there only 2 types of drivers

ones drive too slow aroun 60-80 (which drive me nuts) or ones that drive 120)

Hey hold on there guys! Please don't forget 2 very important things if considering driving 120 or over... I am young and I am now DISABLED because of a speeding driver! I am somebody's friend / sister / auntie and lots of other things, what if it was your mum or your sister / niece? The reality is this: Speed KILLS and DISABLES.

corktina

PhysiologyRocks wrote: »

I'm genuinely curious.

I don't speed. But I get tailgated EVERYWHERE. And I'm on the limit. Not 20km below it. And my speedo is definitely functional. It may be due to my small car.

Poll to follow.

do you move over to allow faster traffic to pass you (when you can)
Do you realise your speedo is probably over-reading by about 10%? (most are)

corktina

bernadette11 wrote: »

Hey hold on there guys! Please don't forget 2 very important things if considering driving 120 or over... I am young and I am now DISABLED because of a speeding driver! I am somebody's friend / sister / auntie and lots of other things, what if it was your mum or your sister / niece? The reality is this: Speed KILLS and DISABLES.

Sorry for your trouble Bernadette. However it isn't speed alone that kills, it's speed and alcahol or speed and bad driving or speed and drugs or speed and bravado or speed and a blowout (etc). What speed DOES do is to multiply the effects of an incident.

The limits as they are are way too high for some (MANY) drivers and should be set for the lowest common denominator (ie to restrain the problem drivers). All vehicles should have speed limiters fitted.

Absurdum

I'm usually too drunk to notice what speed I'm doing.

Cookie_Monster

poll needs further option of "never"

Mitch Connor

used to speed all the time, but now I pretty much never speed. Main reason is cheapness - costs me less fuel to drive at the speed limit. It would save even more money if I drove at a speed under the speed limit but I can't bring myself to do that.

Also, i would generally never get near the 80kph speed limit on backroads.

E39MSport

Absurdum wrote: »

I'm usually too ***** to notice what speed I'm doing.

Please have some respect and remove that.

PhysiologyRocks

corktina wrote: »

do you move over to allow faster traffic to pass you (when you can)
Do you realise your speedo is probably over-reading by about 10%? (most are)

Yes and yes.

Matt Simis

As the road and conditions dictate. I dont think I would really drive any different in a world without speed limits. I drive slow in towns and bad roads and bad weather and faster in open stretches.

Generally I find joe public drives faster than me through roundabouts, towns, and on bendy crappy roads and I drive faster than them where there is much lesser chance of incident. Due to the nature of speed enforcement, people are conditioned to drive slower on safer roads and faster on unsafe roads, which is something I credit the RSA with.

Hitting a kid at a slow 35mph in a town is still going to kill them, its worse to be that driver (which is nearly all drivers) than the one "speeding" at 160kph on a largely empty motorway IMO.

bernadette11 wrote: »

Hi,
I agree that crashes are only EVER caused by "other peoples carelessness", I know - I've had three!!! AND the last one left me disabled. I have always been quite a good driver, however (and I'm honestly not into feminism here guys!), they were ALL male drivers!!!

What age are you and where have you been driving that you have been in three car crashes? No one in my household has been in any and between 2 of us, do just under 1500km a week. Now Im not infallible, but my approach to not being in crashes is simple, dont drive near other drivers. If you still crash, then its prolly the drivers fault.

Anan1

Matt Simis wrote: »

As the road and conditions dictate. I dont think I would really drive any different in a world without speed limits. I drive slow in towns and bad roads and bad weather and faster in open stretches.

Generally I find joe public drives faster than me through roundabouts, towns, and on bendy crappy roads and I drive faster than them when there is much lesser chance of incident.

Hitting a kid at slow 35mph in a town is still going to kill them, its worse to be that driver (which is nearly all drivers) than the one "speeding" at 160kph on a largely empty motorway IMO.

+1, although i'd probably drive faster on motorways were it not for the threat of speed checks.

BigEejit

I agree with Matt ... too many people drive like lunatics in urban areas or on narrow rural roads. Those are the places where the cops should be pulling drivers for speeding. If people actually used their mirrors and indicators properly on motorways there would only be accidents caused by breakdowns, blowouts etc.

I generally drive at the limit in London and where I live, but go over the limit on the A21 (dual carriageway that puts some motorways to shame) and the M25 ...

Motorways, if properly designed with long on and off ramps, good road surface and gentle corners etc, should have very high speed limits with penalties for going too slow in the overtaking lane.

dr.fuzzenstein

bernadette11 wrote: »

Hey hold on there guys! Please don't forget 2 very important things if considering driving 120 or over... I am young and I am now DISABLED because of a speeding driver! I am somebody's friend / sister / auntie and lots of other things, what if it was your mum or your sister / niece? The reality is this: Speed KILLS and DISABLES.

I am genuinely sorry for what happened to you.
However, slow does not automatically mean safe and fast does not automatically mean unsafe.
My father is an extremely slow driver (he used to be faster) who will drive everywhere at 60 km/h, block people from overtaking, speed up when they do, if his phone rings he will stamp on the brakes and pull over without warning to take the call and once on the motorway he pulled into a petrol station at full speed and drove through it because he thought it was the off ramp!
The actual off ramp was directly behind the petrol station.
My GF refuses to get into the car with him and insist I drive.
And I'm no slouch, I have done 230 km/h on the German Autobahn (legal) and I believe that you can do 140 km/h all day long on the Irish Motorways if the conditions are right and it won't be any more dangerous than knitting.
Inappropriate Speed Kills.
Going too fast for the conditions, not reading the road ahead (most Irish drivers are incapable of it), bald tires, alcohol, fatigue, overconfidence, etc...
Simply saying speed kills and everyone should go at 30 km/h everywhere is not the key to safer motoring.
Also ,if you're driving everywhere at very slow speeds you will simply provoke other drivers into dangerous manoeuvres to pass you out, this will increase the chances of an accident.

cian1500ww

I tend to drive at a speed that I'm comfortable with be it over or below the limit.

Mr. Presentable

bernadette11 wrote: »

Hi,
I agree that crashes are only EVER caused by "other peoples carelessness", I know - I've had three!!! AND the last one left me disabled. I have always been quite a good driver, however (and I'm honestly not into feminism here guys!), they were ALL male drivers!!!

To be pedantic about it, each accident consisted of one male and one female driver. That's a fifty-fifty split.

GTE

On roads like the old N4 I go 100 if I can. I dont mind doing 80 if I get stuck behind someone doing it. All genuine regional roads (not old N roads downgraded because of tolls) then I stick under the speed limit. Sure there usually isnt a chance to get up to the limit for more then half the journey.

Motorways I go 120 to 140.

All speedo speeds.

With regards to the speedo being wrong according to my satnav 120 is something near 110-115. Im going close to 130 to get a satnav reading of 120.

Someone I know was giving out about some trucks whoring it down the old N4 at 100 and tailgating her very closely for about 10 miles. They went into a Garda station to complain and he said that the speed limit of the road was in fact 100. It seems even the local guards dont know the speed limits of the roads.

evolutionqy7

sat nav doesnt provide an 100% accurate speed reading btw...

its always off by 5-20 kmph depending on the coverage of the satellites

Anan1

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

sat nav doesnt provide an 100% accurate speed reading btw...

its always off by 5-20 kmph depending on the coverage of the satellites

Mine's pretty consistent, if I set cruise on a run then neither the speedo nor the sat nav speed reading changes.

I stick to it when it's the 50kph limits in more built up areas.
I stick to it on the m50 at 100 because I'm convinced there's gardai around.

I do my best to stick to the 80 limit on the n-whatsit but by god is it difficult when traffic is zooming by you! Wide open roads, should be much higher. Would stick to the 120 limit unless overtaking.
Generally disregard the 80 limit on the road to enfield though, it's wide and clear like...

evolutionqy7

lol what i find funny from the poll i might slip if i overtake? does any one actually keep to the speed limit while overtaking? LMAO its like a death-wish

Mycroft H

I generally stick within the limits, as the jeep cant really do much faster then it.
Motorways I tend to cruise at 60-65 because if I go any faster I can see the fuel gauge plummeting :pac:

I do agree there are some ridiculous limits in this country, with even the smallest country boreen having a limit of 80kph.

Its inappropriate speed that kills, not just speeding in general that kills

Cookie_Monster

landyman wrote: »

Motorways I tend to cruise at 60-65 because if I go any faster I can see the fuel gauge plummeting :pac:

you do 60kph on the motorway :eek:

landyman wrote: »

Its inappropriate speed that kills,

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djimi

landyman wrote: »

I generally stick within the limits, as the jeep cant really do much faster then it.
Motorways I tend to cruise at 60-65 because if I go any faster I can see the fuel gauge plummeting :pac:

I do agree there are some ridiculous limits in this country, with even the smallest country boreen having a limit of 80kph.

Its inappropriate speed that kills, not just speeding in general that kills

Its unreal in some places. Out near where my parent live there are two roads thru a bog; one is a decent enough R road, staight enough, proper width and good surface with a speed limit of 60, and if you turn off it towards the village it becomes little more than a backroad, half the width, poor surface, windy and a speed limit of 80. Its crazy.

Generally the speed limits in this country, at least on the roads I tend to drive, are way off the mark. The N7 is the prime example; there is noone will convince me that between Naas and Citywest should be any less than 120 limit.

dr.fuzzenstein

djimi wrote: »

Its unreal in some places. Out near where my parent live there are two roads thru a bog; one is a decent enough R road, staight enough, proper width and good surface with a speed limit of 60, and if you turn off it towards the village it becomes little more than a backroad, half the width, poor surface, windy and a speed limit of 80. Its crazy.

Generally the speed limits in this country, at least on the roads I tend to drive, are way off the mark. The N7 is the prime example; there is noone will convince me that between Naas and Citywest should be any less than 120 limit.

Agreed, it is simply astounding the amount of roads that used to be main roads with heavy traffic that for decades had a 60 mp/h, then a 100 km/h speed limit.
For some strange reason all those roads that are now near deserted because of the presence of a near toll road suddenly have been signposted as 80 km/h.
Anyone who says that wide, straight main roads with a good hard shoulder in decent state of repair have been posted as 80 km/h after a toll road has been built to replace them for safety reasons is either a moron or a liar. Which covers almost all of FF, aside from the ones who merely joined to have their palms greased and cannot make it in the world of business because they are too thick/arrogant.
And don't even get me started on the greens!

javaboy

corktina wrote: »

Do you realise your speedo is probably over-reading by about 10%? (most are)

I'd say very few are over reading by as much 10% and certainly not "most".

Somewhere along the way, the rule about speedos having to err on the side of over reading became "speedos over read by between 5 and 10%" and now it's "most over read by about 10%".

I think it's just something people who speed say to convince themselves they're not speeding.

Mycroft H

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

you do 60kph on the motorway :eek:



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60 in old monies.... The Kph numbers on the speedo is tiny :pac:

evolutionqy7

jeez if you cant see the KMPH writting on the speed i would like to be driving in front of ya might not see me

Cookie_Monster

landyman wrote: »

60 in old monies.... The Kph numbers on the speedo is tiny :pac:

ah thats alright, you had kph later in the post so thought you were using new money all round

limklad

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

i mean on 100 km roads...i dont think the 80km/100km speed limit makes any difference to any one around here

im not saying no one sticks to it...its just that majority tend to drive under or over

I must be in the minority so, I drive on the Speed Limits.:eek:

DYLF

so am i the only one who remembers this here thread???


http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=2055996601

limklad

bernadette11 wrote: »

Hey hold on there guys! Please don't forget 2 very important things if considering driving 120 or over... I am young and I am now DISABLED because of a speeding driver! I am somebody's friend / sister / auntie and lots of other things, what if it was your mum or your sister / niece? The reality is this: Speed KILLS and DISABLES.

Sorry for your Troubles. It is reckless driving accompanied by inappropriate speed on roads where road conditions do not warrant bad driving that kills and injuries/disabled people. I had ex neighbour disabled when a woman hit her on the road the car was travelling at ~40kph on a straight wide road. The Woman who drove the car was laughing and talking on her mobile and not paying proper attention to the road. Even after that event she still drives badly afterwards. No matter what you say to Reckless Drivers they will always ignore you. It is hard to comprehend but that the reality unless something dear to them is lost (Not including Friends).

evolutionqy7

no ones bragging i never even mentioned my driving weather above or under the speed limit i said people in the country side

limklad

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

poll needs further option of "never"

I doubt anybody here have never broken the speed limits in their lives even 15Kph on some Shopping centres.

Most Slow drivers on national/Local Roads (100/80kph) break the 60/50kph when entering Towns and Villages.

sentient_6

limklad wrote: »

I doubt anybody here have never broken the speed limits.....

Think what he means is there should be option on the poll for never....as in never stick to the speed limit.

Cookie_Monster

sentient_6 wrote: »

Think what he means is there should be option on the poll for never....as in never stick to the speed limit.

yeah, that one

PhysiologyRocks

But nobody NEVER sticks to the limit. For example, I have never seen anyone start their car at above 50kmph. Therefore they are within the limit at some point.

Cookie_Monster

[pedant]

PhysiologyRocks wrote: »

But nobody NEVER sticks to the limit. For example, I have never seen anyone start their car at above 50kmph. Therefore they are within the limit at some point.

[/pedant]

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