Comments on: The 60 k Moron Brigade

By: fumanchu

fumanchu — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:56:02 +0000

Half the speed limits is what makes me both laugh and cry. That would be the speed limits applied in the wrong places, of course. Granted it is a limit but it also serves (should serve, as a caution and courtesy for drivers in planning their road ahead) as a guide to the quality of road they are on, and a permissible speed up to that limit. So why oh f**king why are there wide laned, purpose built well drained, well surfaced and maintained N roads where driving at 100 is like dawdling along, and then there are winding country lanes, barely wide enough for 2 cars to pass, with less than 50m visibility before the next bend, crumbling tarmac and omnipresent pot holes, dotted with 100 signs every so often. Very bloody Irish!

By: Scott Duncan

Scott Duncan — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:00:35 +0000

Mate in Australia you drive at 60 kmh usually because you are off your face and do not want to get arrested.
In the Penal Colony of New South Wales anyone who drives 65 kmh is liable to the cattleprod/defect treatment, and it is not a pretty sight.
As for travelling 100 kmh, there is a section of the prison system – “Death Row” for any who dare touch the accelerator.
And in Ireland, are there any roads where you get to 100kmh before you fall into the Scottish Sea?
Good luck to you in such a fair country where the local police smile instead of preparing the rubber gloves…

By: John Smith

John Smith — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:54:46 +0000

True, half the limits are wrong, but on a very wide, perfectly straight road, on a dry day, not a cloud in the sky with little or no traffic it is perfectly safe to do 100 km/h. It would be perfectly safe to do 120 or even 130 km/h, but the limit is 100, so let’s stick to that.
I would even propose a new part of the test: If under the above circumstances you find yourself incapable of reaching the (really not very challenging) speed of 100 km/h, driving is not for you.

By: Ranier Wolfcastle

Ranier Wolfcastle — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:07:27 +0000

Half the speed limits in this country are wrong.

Remember there is something called the legal limit (aka speed limit)
and there is the _actual_ speed limit for that road, at that time of day,
with that weather, with those traffic conditions, for that driver, for that
car.

By: Urnst Stavro Blowfeld

Urnst Stavro Blowfeld — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:35:31 +0000

Well, after reading this, I agree, you must relax, there are the professional drivers, couriers, taxi drivers (and i use professional very loosely with them), delivery drivers, who have a daily task to drive on the road and get to A-B quickly and safely, then there are the other people who daily drive on the roads, who dont seem to have anything better to do all day than to hold the professionals up and get the professional drivers irate and stressed. You have the consistent speed drivers, i will drive at 80 kph, and i dont care what the speed sign says, 30kph, 50kph, or 100kph, i will drive at 80kph…you also have the people that decide to stop dead centre in the middle of the road to have a chat with the postman, or the local farmer, and do not care about the 200 mile tailback they have caused. The best thing to do is just to chill out, relax, everyone thinks they are the best driver in the world, and i guess i am…so everywhere you go, you will get stuck behind someone, in another 5 years or so, it will be like the UK, the driver will become a criminal even before he has got behind the wheel, speed cameras, number plate recognition, youve all seen it on Road wars, it will happen……..please drop me a letter, c/o, the volcano hideaway, somewhere in the chinese territorial waters, china.

By: John Smith

John Smith — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:43:04 +0000

No, I would never condone stopping in yellow boxes

By: porch

porch — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:59:37 +0000

i agree that it is frustrating, especially if you know you’re on a long stretch of road where there won’t be a safe over taking opportunity coming for a long time (N8 for example). usually i find they’re elderly, and i cut them some slack. there’s no point in intimidating them thru tailgating or similar to try and get them to pull over. or it’s drivers of cars that aren’t fit for the road (but that’s another story).

but remember…100km/h is the maximum speed limit, not the minimum. just try and relax, because there’s nothing you can do. overtaking dangerously is a lot worse than holding a few people up.

if you think that it’s a bad thing that the irish are too polite, you’re in a sad state of affairs. maybe we should all drive around tailgating, flashing lights, cutting people off, stopping in yellow boxes etc. etc.