How about stopping the muppets robbing motorcycles and joyriding up and down the streets like lunatics first?
buzzbaron on
Sure if a person is hit by a car at 0 kmph the chances of dying is zero so why don’t we just walk everywhere.
How about we invest in traffic garda, more cameras and actually enforce current limits without fucking everyone over who drives safe and don’t break the laws.
Alastor001 on
How about light cameras?
And doing something about cancer that is scooters?
Dazzling_Lobster3656 on
Good news
Top-Engineering-2051 on
This is good.
HibernianMetropolis on
I’m all for increased road safety, but as both a cyclist and motorist in Dublin I don’t think the issue is excessive speeds. What percentage of road accidents in the city come from someone driving at excessive speeds?
The issues are bad drivers not following existing rules of the road and a lack of any meaningful enforcement. More stringent rules don’t solve those issues. It’s not obvious to me that reducing the speed limit from 50 to 30 will in fact improve road safety for pedestrians, cyclists, or motorists.
NocturneFogg on
Considering most of the 50km/h traffic moves at about 70km/h except when it’s snarled this makes feck all difference as there’s basically by enforcement of traffic laws anyway.
Signs are cheaper than cameras and Gardaí and they get nice headlines.
Dealing with the absolutely rampant disregard for red traffic lights and people blazing though pedestrian crossings would be far more useful.
gissna on
I can’t think of a single reason to object to this other than impatience.
wpisdu on
Legislation is not needed. The speed reduces itself due to traffic.
RossaDeVereMcNally on
One thing you figure out from cycling is that for the most part speed limits have very little effect on driving times within the city and suburbs. So much time is spent in traffic and at junctions that briefly reaching a higher speed between patches of congestion has SFA effect on your A->B time.
Where it does make difference is the safety for other road users. 30kph is a practical compromise – it greatly reduces the speed differential between cars and bicycles in those short sections where cars can get up to the posted speed limit.
Odd-Dealer-6406 on
Build up to congestion charge implementation
buckfastmonkey on
Ah jaaaaaaaysus
gerhudire on
Won’t make a difference. The same drivers will still regularly break it.
ParaMike46 on
This means fuck all without proper policing
mind_thegap1 on
How old is that photo lol
volantistycoon on
Truly amazing that people feel the need to comment on something they haven’t the first clue about.
All of you saying this will make no difference, what’s the point, have you even thought to google what happens when speed limits are reduced? The science is very clear on this. Lower speed limits mean far less people die , and journey times are unaffected. It also just makes the entire urban realm more pleasant for everyone.
Commented from somewhere with widespread 30kmph limits
WolfetoneRebel on
Enforcement first please
Test_N_Faith on
Maybe reduce them to 10km/h and pedestrians can try to outpace them.
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A cursory “nobody follows them anyway”
How about stopping the muppets robbing motorcycles and joyriding up and down the streets like lunatics first?
Sure if a person is hit by a car at 0 kmph the chances of dying is zero so why don’t we just walk everywhere.
How about we invest in traffic garda, more cameras and actually enforce current limits without fucking everyone over who drives safe and don’t break the laws.
How about light cameras?
And doing something about cancer that is scooters?
Good news
This is good.
I’m all for increased road safety, but as both a cyclist and motorist in Dublin I don’t think the issue is excessive speeds. What percentage of road accidents in the city come from someone driving at excessive speeds?
The issues are bad drivers not following existing rules of the road and a lack of any meaningful enforcement. More stringent rules don’t solve those issues. It’s not obvious to me that reducing the speed limit from 50 to 30 will in fact improve road safety for pedestrians, cyclists, or motorists.
Considering most of the 50km/h traffic moves at about 70km/h except when it’s snarled this makes feck all difference as there’s basically by enforcement of traffic laws anyway.
Signs are cheaper than cameras and Gardaí and they get nice headlines.
Dealing with the absolutely rampant disregard for red traffic lights and people blazing though pedestrian crossings would be far more useful.
I can’t think of a single reason to object to this other than impatience.
Legislation is not needed. The speed reduces itself due to traffic.
One thing you figure out from cycling is that for the most part speed limits have very little effect on driving times within the city and suburbs. So much time is spent in traffic and at junctions that briefly reaching a higher speed between patches of congestion has SFA effect on your A->B time.
Where it does make difference is the safety for other road users. 30kph is a practical compromise – it greatly reduces the speed differential between cars and bicycles in those short sections where cars can get up to the posted speed limit.
Build up to congestion charge implementation
Ah jaaaaaaaysus
Won’t make a difference. The same drivers will still regularly break it.
This means fuck all without proper policing
How old is that photo lol
Truly amazing that people feel the need to comment on something they haven’t the first clue about.
All of you saying this will make no difference, what’s the point, have you even thought to google what happens when speed limits are reduced? The science is very clear on this. Lower speed limits mean far less people die , and journey times are unaffected. It also just makes the entire urban realm more pleasant for everyone.
Commented from somewhere with widespread 30kmph limits
Enforcement first please
Maybe reduce them to 10km/h and pedestrians can try to outpace them.