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80 km/h for new drivers

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    #32
    gbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 429 ✭✭gbh


    Might be an idea to limit L plate drivers to under 1.2 litre cars. And maybe for a year or so after they pass their tests. Most accidents seem to occur with people driving cars that have more power than they can handle and who think that brakes are a nice decorative extra..It would be far easier to police as well instead of having a guard on every road with a speed camera to see if learners are breaking the speed limit which will never happen...


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    #33
    Squirrel
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    Anan1 wrote:
    Actually, it's not. They won't have to do anything, if they do it will be by choice.

    That's what I mean, a lot of people in my school who drive race around the place, limit them to 80 and chances are they'll try make up some time somewhere else, why, because they'd make that choice like idiots


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    #34
    Anan1
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    Squirrel wrote:
    That's what I mean, a lot of people in my school who drive race around the place, limit them to 80 and chances are they'll try make up some time somewhere else, why, because they'd make that choice like idiots

    I understand what you mean. The same logic could, however, equally be applied to limiting me to 120 on a motorway. Of course, the kind of driver who will disregard yield signs in order to make up time is unlikely to be complying with speed limits in the first place.


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    #35
    Squirrel
    Registered Users Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭Squirrel


    Anan1 wrote:
    I understand what you mean. The same logic could, however, equally be applied to limiting me to 120 on a motorway. Of course, the kind of driver who will disregard yield signs in order to make up time is unlikely to be complying with speed limits in the first place.

    I suppose yeah, I don't know how often they go over the limit because I avoid getting into a car with them, they'll kill either themselves or someone else in the future


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