Why is there no 70 or 90 km/h? Euric
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Wade VMS Systems" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2004-09-06 09:55 Subject: [USMA:31034] Re: Latest info on changeover to metic signs in Ireland > >Metric speed changeover accelerates as deadline is set for December > > > >Irish Independent > >Thursday September 2nd 2004 > > Since I don't get the Independent, I never saw this. > > It is quite possible that they are planning to do this by December 1st. > They told me their target was by "end of November". but they cannot make > a formal announcement until the legislation is passed (the legislature > resumes next week). > > >Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Co Council has told Transport Minister Seamus > >Brennan and the National Roads Authority (NRA) it will not increase the > >controversial 40mph speed limit on the Stillorgan dual-carriageway at > >RTE. This is because the council has serious safety concerns about such > >a move and wants to keep the existing limit, it wsa learned yesterday. > >The minister has the power to override the council and raise the limit, > >despite the safety concerns. > > What both the reporter and the Council seem to have missed is that > keeping the existing limit is not an option. The only limits they can > impose are 50, 60, 80 or 100 km/h. Thus if they don't increase them to > 80 km/h they will have to decrease them to 60 km/h. Given that the minister > has repeatedly used this road as an example of an inappropriately low limit, > I don't see how he can back down on this. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tom Wade | EMail: tee dot wade at eurokom dot ie > EuroKom | X400: g=tom;s=wade;o=eurokom;p=eurokom; > Unit A2 | a=eirmail400;c=ie > Nutgrove Office Park | Tel: +353 (1) 296-9696 > Rathfarnham | Fax: +353 (1) 296-9697 > Dublin 14 | Disclaimer: This is not a disclaimer > Ireland | Tip: "Friends don't let friends do Unix !" >
