Your Speed road signs.

mb1725

I think these are a great idea, keep you very aware of your speed particularly in urban areas.

boardzz

OR...
boy racers try and see how high they can get the number

Mc Love

Waste of money I think

baalthor

boardzz wrote: »

OR...
boy racers try and see how high they can get the number

Two - digit display, would only attract boy racer cyclists

staker

There's one on Melbourne Road in Cork city,a heavily residential area down by FAS training centre. My tacho is about 7 kmh top heavy:) Brilliant job imo.

biko

I like them.

Buffman

mb1725 wrote: »

I think these are a great idea, keep you very aware of your speed particularly in urban areas.

FYP:D

Seriously though, I think those displays are a bit of a gimmick and the money could be better spent.

JMSE

they work for me as a wagon driver

laughter189

They take my attention off the road too .

galwaytt

mb1725 wrote: »

I think these are a great idea, keep you very aware of your speed particularly in urban areas.

Is it coincidence that the speed shown on that sign, coincides with the Meaning of Life..........hint: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy..........

-Chris-

galwaytt wrote: »

Is it coincidence that the speed shown on that sign, coincides with the Meaning of Life..........hint: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy..........

What was the question?

C4Kid

I've seen this before when they we were resurfacing the road from Cork to Midleton mainly because they brought in a temporary 60K limit which nobody sticks to so this was another way I guess of slowing traffic down.

Do you know those big portable orange signs with solar panels that display info for road works etc or events? There was one of those and it read "your speed is" ** km/h. I remember it was spot on and changed to the car behind just as I passed. I'm pretty sure it was for real.

Oral Surgeon

C4Kid wrote: »

Do you know those big portable orange signs with solar panels that display info for road works etc or events? There was one of those and it read "your speed is" ** km/h. I remember it was spot on and changed to the car behind just as I passed. I'm pretty sure it was for real.

For real alright, they use ka band radar....

high horse

There's one of those signs on the N17 by Knock airport and it's never within 20kmh of my own speedo
I also passed one yesterday on my pushbike and I was pedalling at 43kmh, I hope this one was more accurate than the one at Knock

bazz26

I think this one is more effective.

dougie-lampkin

baalthor wrote: »

Two - digit display, would only attract boy racer cyclists

They can go up to 199

Sids Not

dougie-lampkin wrote: »

They can go up to 199

I was told that if I ever get to 88 mph..something terrible would happen...:)

looksee

I find them very effective for reminding me of my speed and slowing me down, though I can see the point about the boy racers.

I can also feel irrationally smug when I am within the speed limit!

Oral Surgeon

dougie-lampkin wrote: »

They can go up to 199

Who told you this as there is no other way you could possibly find out....

pred racer

I seen a great one up north,( can't remember the town) If you were over the limit you got a red frown, under the limit a big green smiley face. My kids loved it, and clamoured for me to slow down when approaching one to make sure we we under so they could see the big smiley.

Buffman

C4Kid wrote: »

Do you know those big portable orange signs with solar panels that display info for road works etc or events? There was one of those and it read "your speed is" ** km/h. I remember it was spot on and changed to the car behind just as I passed. I'm pretty sure it was for real.

Ye, they also have them on a few of the M50 interchanges with the very low speed limits.

C4Kid

Buffman wrote: »

Ye, they also have them on a few of the M50 interchanges with the very low speed limits.

I thought it was somewhat cool because it was the first time I'd seen something like that here !

Warrior011

I passed one the other day on the Red Cow interchange, it stated that my speed was 72 km/h while my speedometer said 45-50 km/h ......

tayto lover

I passed one the other day and it said my speed was 74 but my speedometer read 88.

Our man in Havana

There used to be one of those at the end of the M7 in Kildare back the days before it ran all the way to Limerick. I was driving down from Dublin one morning at at the end these 2 skanger civics shot by me before the dual carriageway ended and activated the sign at 92 mph in a 50 mph zone of course. There happened to be an unmarked Garda car sitting on the hard shoulder just before the sign and they were collared on the way into Kildare town. Oh how I laughed at them when I passed them. Happy days!

bijapos

Met a variation of this in the Spanish Pyrennes. They are at the entrances to villages going downhill where, because of the descent cars tend to pick up a lot more speed. Speed limit in villages there is 50km/h.

There is a flashing orange light, if you stay below 50 it stays flashing. If you are above 50 it starts to flash a lot faster, then if you fail to slow to below 50 it goes red, so you are forced to stop and wait for 15 seconds at a red light.

Never seen them anywhere else, great idea.

pippip

There is one on Newtownpark avenue,Dublin and everyone always slows down for it. Its a real psychological thing. I think they are very effective without being money making.

tossy

If you need an expensive flashing sign at the side of the road to remind you of your speed then you shouldn't be driving.

Even though these are used internationally it reeks of an Irish solution to an Irish problem.

pippip

From what I've seen they slow people down. What more are you looking for from them?

Mc Love

pippip wrote: »

From what I've seen they slow people down. What more are you looking for from them?

They dont slow anyone down, two I know of actually three of that I know of, dont seem to have any affect. One on the way to Malahide, one in Kinsealy and one in Limerick

pippip

Well I see different on my daily commute. Only going by what I see.

BostonB

There one near me and everyone ignores it.

Rovi

This:

dougie-lampkin

Oral Surgeon wrote: »

Who told you this as there is no other way you could possibly find out....

If you look at the sign there's a small 1 beside the two other digits

(And 100km/h isn't an impossible speed either to be able to see the 1 illuminated)

GTE

Chuck a speed van, speed camera and Garda Traffic core speed point beside em and I'm sure they would do a useful job.

colm_mcm

OK. Thanks for digging up a 4 year old topic.