Galway to Dublin Autobhan?

galway_lad

Around about this time of year, I'd often find myself "driving home for Christmas" (ha!) along the Dublin to Galway motorway. I was thinking, should we copy the German system and have no speed limits on sections where it makes sense? Most of that road is fine for much higher speeds than allowed for.

Also it could link the two sides of the country in a more meaningful way. I do know people who often commute from county Galway to Dublin, imagine if we made it much easier. It would alleviate the housing crisis in the capital, and be more fun.

I'm sure other sections around the country could do likewise. Seems like a winner to me?

Ubbquittious

galway_lad wrote: »

Around about this time of year, I'd often find myself "driving home for Christmas" (ha!) along the Dublin to Galway motorway. I was thinking, should we copy the German system and have no speed limits on sections where it makes sense? Most of that road is fine for much higher speeds than allowed for.

Also it could link the two sides of the country in a more meaningful way. I do know people who often commute from county Galway to Dublin, imagine if we made it much easier. It would alleviate the housing crisis in the capital, and be more fun.

I'm sure other sections around the country could do likewise. Seems like a winner to me?

Yep good plan. Speed limits only for risk averse dullards this country seems to be full of

COVID

Wir fahren, fahren, fahren auf der Autobahn

Mimon

galway_lad wrote: »

Around about this time of year, I'd often find myself "driving home for Christmas" (ha!) along the Dublin to Galway motorway. I was thinking, should we copy the German system and have no speed limits on sections where it makes sense? Most of that road is fine for much higher speeds than allowed for.

Also it could link the two sides of the country in a more meaningful way. I do know people who often commute from county Galway to Dublin, imagine if we made it much easier. It would alleviate the housing crisis in the capital, and be more fun.

I'm sure other sections around the country could do likewise. Seems like a winner to me?

Would still get numpties sitting at 100 in the overtaking lane or see a lorry a kilometre ahead so refuse to move in and let faster traffic past until they slowly catch up with the lorry and take 5 mins to pass him.

B.A._Baracus

COVID wrote: »

Wir fahren, fahren, fahren auf der Autobahn

whisky_galore

Lads would still drive tractors on it.

galway_lad

whisky_galore wrote: »

Lads would still drive tractors on it.

I think we'd definitely need more of a Gardai presence on the roads.

Stark

galway_lad wrote: »

I think we'd definitely need more of a Gardai presence on the roads.

In Ireland, tractors are legal on motorways as long as they can do 50km/hr. (Yes I know, madness)

I think it's a great idea, having driven on that road and on German motorways with no limits, I think it is an ideal candidate, particularly once you get an hour outside Dublin and beyond Athlone.

I just fear we in Ireland might be better suited to draconian laws rather than being given discretion to judge the risks accordingly. We generally don't do self-regulation very well as a people. Sorry to tell the truth.

branie2

Sounds like a good idea

ShatterAlan

Terrible idea. The germans have discipline. The Irish don't. Just imagine the numbers of boy racers tearing down that road having races and swerving from lane to lane. I know these knobhead drag race on various road but with an autobahn they'd be able to do so LEGALLY.

Ubbquittious

ShatterAlan wrote: »

Terrible idea. The germans have discipline. The Irish don't. Just imagine the numbers of boy racers tearing down that road having races and swerving from lane to lane. I know these knobhead drag race on various road but with an autobahn they'd be able to do so LEGALLY.

Feck it I can't stand this self loathing about the Irish and praising the Germans. It's this line of thought that set the stage for bailing out the banks and being stuck paying for the damned thing the next 100 years.

biko

I propose we make the limit 160 for G cars and it remains 120 for D cars.

Halenvaneddie

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Feck it I can't stand this self loathing about the Irish and praising the Germans. It's this line of thought that set the stage for bailing out the banks and being stuck paying for the damned thing the next 100 years.

Oh, did you not hear the news?
According to Mehole Martin the banks weren’t bailed out

Sam Hain

galway_lad wrote: »

Around about this time of year, I'd often find myself "driving home for Christmas" (ha!) along the Dublin to Galway motorway. I was thinking, should we copy the German system and have no speed limits on sections where it makes sense? Most of that road is fine for much higher speeds than allowed for.

Also it could link the two sides of the country in a more meaningful way. I do know people who often commute from county Galway to Dublin, imagine if we made it much easier. It would alleviate the housing crisis in the capital, and be more fun.

I'm sure other sections around the country could do likewise. Seems like a winner to me?

Good man youself.

darragh o meara

Something like that would require a multilane motorway, too many numpties who sit in the overtaking lane all the way, imagine coming up on one of them at 100mph.. Good idea but I dont think we are fully there yet.

Atlantic Dawn

A law allowing seizure and crushing of any car improperly using the overtaking lane (de fassssscccchhhhttt lane for thickos) would be better.

Your Face

Doesnt matter how fast you'd drive on your Autobahn you'd still be over an hour crossing Galway City.

Dumbest city planning ever.

Ubbquittious

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Feck it I can't stand this self loathing about the Irish and praising the Germans. It's this line of thought that set the stage for bailing out the banks and being stuck paying for the damned thing the next 100 years.

Jesus i wish Galway-Dublin were linked as quickly by an autobahn as you rushed to link that utterly unrelated topic

ELM327

darragh o meara wrote: »

Something like that would require a multilane motorway, too many numpties who sit in the overtaking lane all the way, imagine coming up on one of them at 100mph.. Good idea but I dont think we are fully there yet.

Germans have 2 lane autobahns. The difference is, there, there is a requirement to check your rear mirror. Even if you're doing 200km/h to overtake someone doing 180km/h , someone could be approaching at 250km/h behind you.

Everyone keeps right.

pgj2015

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Feck it I can't stand this self loathing about the Irish and praising the Germans. It's this line of thought that set the stage for bailing out the banks and being stuck paying for the damned thing the next 100 years.

I 100% agree with Shatter, Irish people would not be suited to a no speed limit road, There would be a large amount of deaths from idiots thinking they are in a formula 1 race.

It takes about 2 hours to get from Dublin to Galway!
In fact, the country is so small it only takes a few hours to go anywhere.
We hardly need massive autobahns with no limits to travel a few hundred kilometers.

PhilOssophy

ELM327 wrote: »

Germans have 2 lane autobahns. The difference is, there, there is a requirement to check your rear mirror. Even if you're doing 200km/h to overtake someone doing 180km/h , someone could be approaching at 250km/h behind you.

Everyone keeps right.

Therein lies the problem. We'd have Paddy and Seamus sitting in the right hand lane the whole way and woe betide he would move in.

Germans (and most other countries) drive totally differently on a motorway. The right-hand lane is solely for overtaking, you don't sit there for miles on end.

The only places I have been where lane discipline is as bad as Ireland are Italy and the USA.

It would never work because we don't do any lessons on motorway driving either, we're just too pig-headed and stupid and "everybody else is in the wrong lane except me"

Blondini

Galway is a kip. Who'd be in a hurry to get there?

ELM327

PhilOssophy wrote: »

Therein lies the problem. We'd have Paddy and Seamus sitting in the right hand lane the whole way and woe betide he would move in.

Germans (and most other countries) drive totally differently on a motorway. The right-hand lane is solely for overtaking, you don't sit there for miles on end.

The only places I have been where lane discipline is as bad as Ireland are Italy and the USA.

It would never work because we don't do any lessons on motorway driving either, we're just too pig-headed and stupid and "everybody else is in the wrong lane except me"

Agree, with one point of correction, the US has a "stay in your lane" type of law on the motorway/highway. So the expected behavior is exactly what happens, as there's no notion of an overta=king lane.

Also agree wholeheartedly re Italy. Have been on the road there with 5 cars wide on a 3 lane motorway!

ELM327

Blondini wrote: »

Galway is a kip. Who'd be in a hurry to get there?

The hurry is to get out of there.

Feisar

"Dublin to Galway, 11seconds. I focking floored it Fintan"

MrMusician18

biko wrote: »

I propose we make the limit 160 for G cars and it remains 120 for D cars.

It's that not it already?

o1s1n

ShatterAlan wrote: »

Terrible idea. The germans have discipline. The Irish don't. Just imagine the numbers of boy racers tearing down that road having races and swerving from lane to lane. I know these knobhead drag race on various road but with an autobahn they'd be able to do so LEGALLY.

Youtube autobahn crashes to see how 'disciplined' Germans are.

galway_lad

Sam Hain wrote: »

Good man youself.

Have yourself a merry little Christmas!

bubblypop wrote: »

It takes about 2 hours to get from Dublin to Galway!
In fact, the country is so small it only takes a few hours to go anywhere.
We hardly need massive autobahns with no limits to travel a few hundred kilometers.

I remember the bad old days before the motorway. Bus would take 4+ hours. Bus driver would pull over a few times for a fag and for people to have a piss. If it were up to the likes of you, it'd still be like that! Think to the future.

JasonStatham

Blondini wrote: »

Galway is a kip. Who'd be in a hurry to get there?

Let me guess, you're from that bastion of civilization... Dublin haha