40 km/h speed limit zone

TheWarmNights

I’m driving through Bray town with my OH. We both noticed a 40km/h speed limit sign and we’re both wondering is a legally binding sign.

I thought the speed limit zones were 30,50,60,80,100,120. I never saw 40km/h before.

godtabh

TheWarmNights wrote: »

I’m driving through Bray town with my OH. We both noticed a 40km/h speed limit sign and we’re both wondering is a legally binding sign.

I thought the speed limit zones were 30,50,60,80,100,120. I never saw 40km/h before.

Is there works going on?

TheWarmNights

No works going on. We are driving down a particular street and there are permanent, fixed poles at both ends.

Reati

They have those in Wicklow town too. They are permanent signs that were put up when they changed a raft of speed zone boundaries a few weeks back.

mikeecho

Page 101 Rules of the Road

Atlantic Dawn

Next there will be a 37km/h sign outside churches, a 34km/h sign outside graveyards and a 32 km/h sign outside the vets. What in the jaysus is wrong with a flat 30km/h for areas it needs to be slow and 50 for those next in line?

Leonard Hofstadter

When were these brought in?

Is there any chance we might see 110 and 130 zones for dual carriageways and motorways? In all fairness 120 is far too slow for a motorway and most DCs should be at least 110 - after all in the UK all DCs are 70 mph (113 km/h) and thanks to the UK's APCO guidelines you won't get a ticket in England or Wales unless you exceed 79 mph (127 km/h).

ED E

captainspeed wrote: »

When were these brought in?

Is there any chance we might see 110 and 130 zones for dual carriageways and motorways? In all fairness 120 is far too slow for a motorway and most DCs should be at least 110 - after all in the UK all DCs are 70 mph (113 km/h) and thanks to the UK's APCO guidelines you won't get a ticket in England or Wales unless you exceed 79 mph (127 km/h).

Theres a segment down the south of the country thats already 110 is there not?

drunkmonkey

TheWarmNights wrote: »

I’m driving through Bray town with my OH. We both noticed a 40km/h speed limit sign and we’re both wondering is a legally binding sign.

Marry her!!

Reati

mikeecho wrote: »

Page 101 Rules of the Road

That says tunnels?

mikeecho

Reati wrote: »

That says tunnels?

Yeah, speed limits apply in tunnels as well.

Flick forward to pg112

ironclaw

Just to point out, the Rules of the Road is not a legally binding document. Its a 'plain English' interpretation of the law. It's not wrong, but you wouldn't argue a court case holding one and it doesn't cover everything. Likewise, bye-laws can be passed by local councils as is the case here.

mikeecho

ironclaw wrote: »

Just to point out, the Rules of the Road is not a legally binding document. Its a 'plain English' interpretation of the law. It's not wrong, but you wouldn't argue a court case holding one and it doesn't cover everything. Likewise, bye-laws can be passed by local councils as is the case here.

I was just posting a screen shot of the page, to show that a 40km/h speed limit does exist.

joujoujou

Lads, any posted speed limit is valid and must be adhered to, it's not a rocket science.

Victor

TheWarmNights wrote: »

I thought the speed limit zones were 30,50,60,80,100,120. I never saw 40km/h before.

20, 30, 40 50, 60, 80, 100, 120 are the options. It is also possible to do advisory limits ending in '5'.

Del2005

joujoujou wrote: »

Lads, any posted speed limit is valid and must be adhered to, it's not a rocket science.

So if I stick a 5km/h sign up on the M50 it's valid? It's easy to make a complaint sign.

The correct byelaws needs to be enacted for the limit to be valid. It's illegal to drink and drive but too many people get off.

joujoujou

Geez, any sign posted by entitled authority. Don't be fussy. :P

mikeecho

joujoujou wrote: »

Lads, any posted speed limit is valid and must be adhered to, it's not a rocket science.

Not quite.

This is an example if an advisory speed limit



And this is the legally binding sign, further along the road.

mikeecho

And here's a 20km/h limit, not too far away

joujoujou

Advisory's advisory, nothing else.

Speed limit sign is round, with red circle at the outer edge.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limit#Maximum_speed_limit