Ridiculous speed limits!!!

markoire

Ok im pretty new to posting on boards but gonna give posting this pic a go!! Only in Ireland would you see a 80km/h limit on a dual carriageway and then also on a road barely wide enough for 1 car with blind corners all along it!! Anyone have any similar pictures or stories?!!

Ardennes1944

the road up to ladys view in killarney is 80kph if not 100! hilarious!

Boskowski

In Waterford we have a dual carriageway and the speed limit on it is 60 km/h.

And then just 20 meters from it you have country roads as pictured in the OP with an 80 km/h limit.

markoire

To me it seems as though they just head out to the warehouse and grab whatever signs are there on the day then put them up to annoy us :rolleyes:!! Don't get me wrong, I totally agree with sensible speed limits!!

Flesh Gorden

50kph on one side of the sign, 80kph on the other side, pretty sure I seen other parts of the road with 100kph limits


http://maps.google.com/?ll=51.570935,-9.448929&spn=0.000053,0.090895&t=h&z=14&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=51.571015,-9.448903&panoid=H0bVEgLJXHtLukPMPqlZMg&cbp=12,189.22,,0,13


might look like a decent road, but this time of year with the hedges overgrown it is a challange


I'd a near miss at the end of this road where it joins the R586 with a German reg Passat estate
they were way too close behind me and almost smashed into the rear of me

No signs coming up to the junction to tell you that you've to come to a complete stop to join the next part of the road,
didn't see them again till Bantry so they must have had the Scheiße scared out of them after that event

polod

Only in Ireland would ya get that :mad:

SV

THERE'S A REASON THAT'S THE SPEED LIMIT OMFG JUST SLOW DOWN.

Mr Benevolent

There are country roads with no speed limit. I was on an 80kph back road at the weekend and couldn't go faster than 65 as I didn't know the road. And 70 seemed too fast.

jimmycrackcorm

markoire wrote: »

Ok im pretty new to posting on boards but gonna give posting this pic a go!! Only in Ireland would you see a 80km/h limit on a dual carriageway and then also on a road barely wide enough for 1 car with blind corners all along it!! Anyone have any similar pictures or stories?!!

In before anyone else: "Its a limit not a target!"

AugustusMinimus

Perfect main road leaving Ballyvourney is only 60kph.

Yet a twisty sideroad off this goes to 80kph straight away

http://maps.google.ie/?ll=51.946156,-9.174528&spn=0.007513,0.023904&z=16&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=51.946459,-9.175114&panoid=pkTOC9tMPAjq1IQ-XJT1TQ&cbp=12,307.94,,1,6.25

CiniO

First of all, what's so much surprising, there very little speed limits variation on Irish roads.
Generally 120 km/h on motorway, 100 on double carriageways and N roads. 80 on R and L roads. 50 in the town centres, and 60 on entrance and exits to towns.
Beside above, there's very different limits.

F.E while traveling from west Mayo to Dublin, through Westport, Castlebar, Longford, I can think of only 2 places which doesn't comply with above rule. First is between Frenchpark and Strokestown, where near school on N road there is 80km/h limit stretch. And then while entering county Dublin when M4 ends, there is double carriageway with 80km/h limit. Beside it's all by the general rules.

If you go to any other country in EU, there obviously are general rules (like 50km/h towns, 90 outside towns, 130 motorway) but in addition you get plenty of other limits. On country road on narrow parts or dangerous bend there are limits f.e. to 70 instead of standard 90. In the towns on some streets there is limit to 40, 30 or 20. On motorways, there are very often limits to 110, to 90, etc.

Generally Irish system is more easy and straighforward for drivers to remember what the actuall speed limit is.
On the other hand, you might be driving on country road signed as N with 100km/h speed limit, and approach a bend that even Sebastien Loeb wouldn't be able to go through at 100km/h in his WRC.

littlesthobo

Boskowski wrote: »

In Waterford we have a dual carriageway and the speed limit on it is 60 km/h.

And then just 20 meters from it you have country roads as pictured in the OP with an 80 km/h limit.

I was down that way only last week, 60kph on a dual carriageway, what a joke, not one car was obeying the limit. Cannot imagine how they came up with that one

Paddy001

littlesthobo wrote: »

I was down that way only last week, 60kph on a dual carriageway, what a joke, not one car was obeying the limit. Cannot imagine how they came up with that one

They take pleasure out of regularly enforcing it too, I know a few caught there

Wetbench4

N86 on the way into Dingle. Fantastic road to drive on but has 3 severe hairpins and the speed limit is 100kph.

http://maps.google.ie/?ll=52.149093,-10.127378&spn=0.0037,0.026157&t=h&z=16&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=52.149004,-10.127433&panoid=ukFYSZ3J9c94WZm_HyBgfw&cbp=12,183.86,,0,8.63

ShamoBuc

Wetbench4 wrote: »

N86 on the way into Dingle. Fantastic road to drive on but has 3 severe hairpins and the speed limit is 100kph.

http://maps.google.ie/?ll=52.149093,-10.127378&spn=0.0037,0.026157&t=h&z=16&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=52.149004,-10.127433&panoid=ukFYSZ3J9c94WZm_HyBgfw&cbp=12,183.86,,0,8.63

That really is a fantastic road to drive alright - one of those hairpins feels as if you are going back the way you came, it swings so much.

AugustusMinimus

Wetbench4 wrote: »

N86 on the way into Dingle. Fantastic road to drive on but has 3 severe hairpins and the speed limit is 100kph.

http://maps.google.ie/?ll=52.149093,-10.127378&spn=0.0037,0.026157&t=h&z=16&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=52.149004,-10.127433&panoid=ukFYSZ3J9c94WZm_HyBgfw&cbp=12,183.86,,0,8.63

I don't have a big problem with that if

1. The road outside of the 3 hairpins is good enough for a 100kph speed limit
2. That the hairpins are signposted correctly.

Guy:Incognito

polod wrote: »

Only in Ireland would ya get that :mad:

Also the only place people dont seem to be able to adjust their speed to suit the road and/or conditions.

unkel

Wetbench4 wrote: »

N86 on the way into Dingle. Fantastic road to drive on but has 3 severe hairpins and the speed limit is 100kph.

http://maps.google.ie/?ll=52.149093,-10.127378&spn=0.0037,0.026157&t=h&z=16&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=52.149004,-10.127433&panoid=ukFYSZ3J9c94WZm_HyBgfw&cbp=12,183.86,,0,8.63

Was on it a few weeks ago

It's like CiniO said. It's the N86. N stands for national road. National roads have a speed limit of 100km/h, so the N86 will have a speed limit of 100km/h.

The doing of a simpleton civil servant.

corktina

but you cant impose a speed limit for every bend, its an indication that you MAY be able to do that speed, and be legal, no more

challengemaster

Wetbench4 wrote: »

N86 on the way into Dingle. Fantastic road to drive on but has 3 severe hairpins and the speed limit is 100kph.

http://maps.google.ie/?ll=52.149093,-10.127378&spn=0.0037,0.026157&t=h&z=16&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=52.149004,-10.127433&panoid=ukFYSZ3J9c94WZm_HyBgfw&cbp=12,183.86,,0,8.63

I think that actually makes it sound like the most fun piece of road in Ireland... :pac:

Wetbench4

AugustusMinimus wrote: »

I don't have a big problem with that if

1. The road outside of the 3 hairpins is good enough for a 100kph speed limit
2. That the hairpins are signposted correctly.

I don't have a problem either, but the point is that some big wide straight dual carriage ways, as previous poster mentioned, have a speed limit of 80 or even 60. Doesn't make sense.

Went down to dingle on n86 on tues then came back out over the o connor pass. All i can say is wow. Have to be some of the best roads to drive in ireland.

r3nu4l

CiniO wrote: »

First of all, what's so much surprising, there very little speed limits variation on Irish roads.
Generally 120 km/h on motorway, 100 on double carriageways and N roads.

unkel wrote: »

Was on it a few weeks ago

It's like CiniO said. It's the N86. N stands for national road. National roads have a speed limit of 100km/h, so the N86 will have a speed limit of 100km/h.

The doing of a simpleton civil servant.

Not really the case everywhere though. For example on the N4 between the M50 interchange and Lucan the speed limit is not 100km/h. That's sensible for that road imo, particularly when it's busy.

However, there are other stretches of road like those outlined by Boskowski and you really have to ask 'Why? WTF is going on?'. Infuriating.

atech

markoire wrote: »

Ok im pretty new to posting on boards but gonna give posting this pic a go!! Only in Ireland would you see a 80km/h limit on a dual carriageway and then also on a road barely wide enough for 1 car with blind corners all along it!! Anyone have any similar pictures or stories?!!

This road doesn't even show up in google maps

Brian?

The N67 through Clare has a 100 KPH limit on it, they're even good enough to have signs every few hundred meters to keep you aware of it. It's a disaster of a road, I tried my level best to hit 100 on it on a couple of sections and managed it for about 3 seconds.

http://maps.google.com/?ll=53.018914,-9.244652&spn=0.148492,0.307274&z=12&vpsrc=6

Yet the N4 through Lucan is 80.

Danbo!

corktina wrote: »

but you cant impose a speed limit for every bend, its an indication that you MAY be able to do that speed, and be legal, no more

It'd be nice if they used that logic on motorways.

McCrack

markoire wrote: »

Ok im pretty new to posting on boards but gonna give posting this pic a go!! Only in Ireland would you see a 80km/h limit on a dual carriageway and then also on a road barely wide enough for 1 car with blind corners all along it!! Anyone have any similar pictures or stories?!!

I think I recognise that road and thought the very same when I saw it, is it in Co. Tipperary?

People forget though that speed limits are not targets to be reached, they are the maximum legal permissible speeds, you use your judgement what sensible speed you legally drive at.

Realt11

briankeating wrote: »

The N67 through Clare has a 100 KPH limit on it, they're even good enough to have signs every few hundred meters to keep you aware of it. It's a disaster of a road, I tried my level best to hit 100 on it on a couple of sections and managed it for about 3 seconds.

http://maps.google.com/?ll=53.018914,-9.244652&spn=0.148492,0.307274&z=12&vpsrc=6

Yet the N4 through Lucan is 80.

Had to travel that road last month to get to Ennistymon. An absolute disaster of a road, Corkscrew Hill in particular! The surface on that road isnt great either!...

100kph isnt sustainable for this type of road http://maps.google.com/?ll=53.018914,-9.244652&spn=0.148492,0.307274&z=12&vpsrc=6

sentient_6

McCrack wrote: »

you use your judgement what sensible speed you legally drive at.

It's one thing when the speed limit is greater than the sensible speed for combination the conditions, the road, your car etc etc.

But it obviously where its the other way around thats the problem where people get annoyed, thus this thread.

I know CiniO saying for the most part our speeds limit are uniform but there are a small few, the stretch into galway after the airport for instance, 60 the whole way, painfull. Not so bad now that the camera does the be there regular, only in that when one actually does 60 every car isnt completely losing the plot behind now. Doesn't make the limit right but makes doing it slightly more bearable.

dr.fuzzenstein

SV wrote: »

THERE'S A REASON THAT'S THE SPEED LIMIT OMFG JUST SLOW DOWN.

I suggest a chill pill, a comfy chair, reading glasses and r e a d s l o w l y so you actually get the sense of the article.

I.S.T.

markoire wrote: »

Ok im pretty new to posting on boards but gonna give posting this pic a go!! Only in Ireland would you see a 80km/h limit on a dual carriageway and then also on a road barely wide enough for 1 car with blind corners all along it!! Anyone have any similar pictures or stories?!!

Agree, it is madness. Have a look at the video in this link:

http://www.irishspeedtraps.com/speedlimits.aspx

dr.fuzzenstein

IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »

Agree, it is madness. Have a look at the video in this link:

http://www.irishspeedtraps.com/speedlimits.aspx

I think it brings the point across better than any written article ever could.
What will the politicians do?
Probably raise taxes, that's all they ever do, that and going round pumping the parish come election time.

Cill Dara Abu

polod wrote: »

Only in Ireland would ya get that :mad:

No you would'nt do'nt be so sensationalist, it's the same if not worse in Britain.

tomoc49

On Cork's south ring road, from where the exit to Togher is, and to just before the exit to the Greyhound track, on 2 lane, practically motorway standard roads are speed limits of 60 Kph limits. On this stretch of road - about 4 Km - I use regularly and have never come across any other vehicle travelling at 60 kph. I have been passed by garda cars and trucks and everyone and some at crazy speeds. Is this a fortune for the coffers of the Gov. if speed cameras were put in place - or is it incompetence and stupidity as regards the Council's positioning and limiting of speeds.

murphjohn121

Some of the speed limits are just ridiculous around the place.

biko

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