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Why aren't the top speeds of vehicles limited by law?

  • 22-04-2011 1:58pm
    #1
    Worztron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭


    Most vehicles can travel much faster than a countries upper most speed limit? This makes no sense. What is the point in allowing morons to break the speed limit in order to drive at maximum speed i.e. joyriders and the like?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_by_country

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  • #2
    ardmacha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,476 ✭✭✭ardmacha


    Unless such a limitation was location dependent, it wouldn't do much good. Limited vehicles to 130kph or the like wouldn't stop a joyrider going through a housing estate at 80kph.


  • #3
    Rabidlamb
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭Rabidlamb


    Car doing 90kph is being overtaken when limiter kicks in at 100kph.
    Car attempting overtaking is hung out to dry & hits oncoming traffic.


  • #4
    Worztron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭Worztron


    I forgot to mention, cop cars would have no speed limiters.

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  • #5
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    Bikes are limited to 300kmph. Some gentleman's agreement milarky.


  • #6
    Worztron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭Worztron


    Rabidlamb wrote: »
    Car doing 90kph is being overtaken when limiter kicks in at 100kph.
    Car attempting overtaking is hung out to dry & hits oncoming traffic.

    The limiter should be set at the same as the countries speed limit. Therefore your scenario would not happen.

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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Worztron wrote: »
    The limiter should be set at the same as the countries speed limit. Therefore your scenario would not happen.

    So what would happen if you wanted to travel around Europe in your car? Or import a car?


  • #8
    Owen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    Worztron wrote: »
    The limiter should be set at the same as the countries speed limit. Therefore your scenario would not happen.

    Obviously, cause you know, human's don't take risks.

    Stupid idea, conceived of a mind which thinks speed is the cause of accidents.


  • #9
    Worztron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭Worztron


    Deleted User wrote: »
    So what would happen if you wanted to travel around Europe in your car? Or import a car?

    I don't why someone would have to go above 120kph (top speed limit in ROI) in Europe. A limiter should be added to all imported cars.

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  • #10
    Owen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    Suprisingly, you're not the first person to come up with this ridiculous idea on boards. There's about a dozen threads going back years in the Motors forum. No harm to search them out to see just how wrong you are, and how accidents would actually increase if limiters were fitted to vehicles.


  • #11
    Worztron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭Worztron


    PaintDoctor wrote: »
    Stupid idea, conceived of a mind which thinks speed is the cause of accidents.

    What, you think speed is not a cause of any accidents?

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  • #12
    Owen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    Maybe you should check the statistics of road trafffic accidents.


  • #13
    Oh_Noes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭Oh_Noes


    Silly idea and completely unenforcable.


  • #14
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 14,266 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    What if ye've to get to the hospital fast?!


  • #15
    ION08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,525 ✭✭✭ION08


    Worztron. You haven't got a clue (to put it mildly). No point in even getting into a discussion about it


  • #16
    Amtmann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,093 ✭✭✭Amtmann


    Moved from Roads to Motors


  • #17
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    I don't see this thread having much of a lifespan here.

    Locked


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