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Ambrose Nankivell
Guest
> Richard Bates wrote:
>
>> Heard on Radio Four this moring that ROI has now converted all speed
>> limit signs to Km/h.
>>
>> He also said that drivers would need to look at the speedometer more
>> often.
>>
>> Excellent, I say.
>
> Humm, a disaster more likely, looking at a speedo and trying to check
> the speed against the new limits whilst driving. Driver awareness is
> bad enough at the best of times, but each look down away from the
> road is bad enough, let alone trying to work out which point on which
> scale on a speedo as well, means more time to miss and register
> someone else on the road.
Of course, this is in a country were speed cameras are very rare, penalty
points less than 2 years old, and you only get two points out of twelve for
drink driving.
So there's not a huge worry in drivers about being caught speeding.
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>
>> Heard on Radio Four this moring that ROI has now converted all speed
>> limit signs to Km/h.
>>
>> He also said that drivers would need to look at the speedometer more
>> often.
>>
>> Excellent, I say.
>
> Humm, a disaster more likely, looking at a speedo and trying to check
> the speed against the new limits whilst driving. Driver awareness is
> bad enough at the best of times, but each look down away from the
> road is bad enough, let alone trying to work out which point on which
> scale on a speedo as well, means more time to miss and register
> someone else on the road.
Of course, this is in a country were speed cameras are very rare, penalty
points less than 2 years old, and you only get two points out of twelve for
drink driving.
So there's not a huge worry in drivers about being caught speeding.
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