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30 km/h in residential areas

  • 09-06-2018 12:11AM
    #1
    Amouar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    I was told that all residential areas in Dublin have a speed limit of 30 km/h even without a 30km/h speed limit sign. Is that correct or there must be speed limit sign in order for it to be a 30km/h zone?


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  • #2
    dennyk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,920 ✭✭✭dennyk


    Not necessarily all, but many do. They should all be signed properly. This page details the exact zones (although note that the linked map is out of date; the bye-law was adopted as proposed, so *all* highlighted areas on the map of any color are now subject to the 30km/h limit...)


  • #3
    Amouar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭Amouar


    dennyk wrote: »
    Not necessarily all, but many do. They should all be signed properly. This page details the exact zones (although note that the linked map is out of date; the bye-law was adopted as proposed, so *all* highlighted areas on the map of any color are now subject to the 30km/h limit...)

    So if there is no 30 km/h sign, the tester won't penalize me for going over 30 km/h (and below 50) in a residential area?


  • #4
    Amouar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭Amouar


    Can anyone please confirm that if there is no speed limit sign in residential areas then the speed should be 50 km/h max?

    I just don't want to drive too slow and then fail the test.

    Thanks


  • #5
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,146 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Amouar wrote: »
    Can anyone please confirm that if there is no speed limit sign in residential areas then the speed should be 50 km/h max?

    I just don't want to drive too slow and then fail the test.

    Thanks

    If there is no sign explicitly stating a speed limit of 30km/h in a housing estate then a 50km/h limit would apply. As for what speed would be appropriate it depends entirely on the roads in question. I would imagine for the most part that far under 50km/h is appropriate on narrow residential streets/housing estates. But if it is a wide and clear section 50km/h could be equally appropriate.

    I make it sound difficult to determine, but in practise it should be quite obvious.


  • #6
    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,679 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    Know the route. My area is a 30KMH area and there is one bloody sign and most of the locals have missed it.


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