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"Minister Varadkar announces nationwide audit of speed limits" (PR)

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  • #32
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,787 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    LFCFan wrote: »
    Fair enough, but why should that same limit be applied when the road is quiet? Why not use digital speed limit signs so the limit can be changed depending on the circumstances, e.g. heavy traffic times, bad weather, quiet traffic times etc.
    That might be possible, but would need gantries every few hundred metres and there would be substantial cost involved.


  • #33
    Cedrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Cedrus


    According to The Big Book the M50 can be restricted in accordance with 9.(2) (e) 100 kilometres per hour, in respect of a motorway, a non-urban regional or local road or a road in a built-up area.


  • #34
    Mark200
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,536 ✭✭✭Mark200


    About the M50 - I heard a guy from the Dept. Transport on the radio ages ago and he was asked about this. His answer was that this is because of the amount of lanes and the distance between exits off the motorway. There is a certain time that they need to give a driver to transfer between lanes. So their speed limit is calculated based on the time it'd take to get from the outside lane to the inside lane between exits. Hence why similar motorways with fewer lanes can have a higher speed limit


  • #35
    hognef
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 820 ✭✭✭hognef


    Mark200 wrote: »
    About the M50 - I heard a guy from the Dept. Transport on the radio ages ago and he was asked about this. His answer was that this is because of the amount of lanes and the distance between exits off the motorway. There is a certain time that they need to give a driver to transfer between lanes. So their speed limit is calculated based on the time it'd take to get from the outside lane to the inside lane between exits. Hence why similar motorways with fewer lanes can have a higher speed limit

    That sounds strange to me -- with proper signposting it should be no problem for people to plan their safe return to the inside lane well before reaching their exit, regardless of the distance between exits. But then, maybe the department are of the belief (same as most Irish drivers, it would seem) that the inside lane is only meant for crossing immediately before exiting the motorway...


  • #36
    Going Forward
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,224 ✭✭✭Going Forward


    Victor wrote: »
    You suggest it doesn't need a sign. How are people who don't know what is around the corner as they come off the dual carriageway to know what would be an appropriate speed to travel at?

    If they cannot determine what is an appropriate speed to drive on a 7 foot wide road, they should not be allowed out on their own, never mind being given a drivers license.


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