Greens pushing to reduce speed limits

unkel

BTW Dan Boyle has been a boards.ie user for years. He's posted in the motors section before, although he hasn't been around since he got his promotion...

steveone

the greatest single bunch of <SNIP>, the green party,,


saving us from ourselves, they make suicide an option..

_Kaiser_

Ah yet another ridiculous, impractical (after all, they can't enforce the limits we have) nanny-state idea from the Greens backed up by an organisation fronted by a TV presenter who just doesn't know when to leave (kinda like the Simpsons really! )

Maybe if the politicians were serious about reducing CO2 emmisions - this year's political buzzwords - they'd start lobbying places like China about the number of coal-fired plants they have and are still building, but nope it's a lot easier to be seen to do something, than actually do something which is after all about the only thing our politicians excel at!

kippy

Next thing you know the we'll only be given four options of car depending on our needs.
No more 2+ litre cars at all.
No cars that do less than 20 MPG in City locations.
etc etc

_Kaiser_

kippy wrote: »

Next thing you know the we'll only be given four options of car depending on our needs.
No more 2+ litre cars at all.
No cars that do less than 20 MPG in City locations.
etc etc

If the Greens (and some of the posters here and in Commuting/Transport) had their way, we'd all be getting buses/trains or cycling/walking everywhere.

Yet ironically they've no problem in taking their cut of motor tax, fuel costs, VRT etc. Hypocritical? You decide..

steveone

kippy wrote: »

Next thing you know the we'll only be given four options of car depending on our needs.
No more 2+ litre cars at all.
No cars that do less than 20 MPG in City locations.
etc etc

INGSOC

steveone

i see my post was snipped. perhaps the term "pathetic humans" would have sufficed, i suppose i shouldn't lower the tone.

AugustusMaximus

unkel wrote: »

BTW Dan Boyle has been a boards.ie user for years. He's posted in the motors section before, although he hasn't been around since he got his promotion...

I'd be very interested if Dan will reply in this thread.

Seth Brundle

I'm confused.
I thought that Mary White was the one who came out with stupid ideas for the greens. I know this idea is stupid but by Dan Boyle coming out with it, does this mean that its more stupid than a Mary White idea or less stupid?
Still, its a stupid idea nonetheless.

Maybe they should go the whole hog and ban any form of transport.

Rowley Birkin QC

:D

His future prospects of making friends don't look too good either.

ninty9er

Joker wrote: »

I'm disgusted at Fianna Fáil, I thought they had some control over these despicable fools.

Not over what they say, but FF tends to be well able to curtail the implementation of the ideas when incompatible with the national will.

maidhc

bigkev49 wrote: »

:D

His future prospects of making friends don't look too good either.

dbtd?

he will have to wait at least 4 more years before he can use that username

D_murph

VH wrote: »

thats me done with this thread

good and dont let the door hit you on the way out :rolleyes:

Rowley Birkin QC

Anyone hear Dan on The Last Word the other evening?

He seemed to totally back away from this proposal as a serious measure towards the end of the interview when Matt Cooper was asking him if he would actually like to see it implemented.

Flying this particular kite obviously didn't go according to plan.

congo_90

this is just another big scam to punish the average joe, increase frustration and get more "speeding" tickets. We're slowly losing all freedom like the new drinking law.

My car runs at its best at around 100km/h +-5km/h. At that speed its using minimum fuel in "the sweet spot". By reducing speeds on primary roads (which I spend a lot of time on), It will Increase my fuel consumption!!

This proposal just has bad news all over it and I can safely say they will get it.

Thats my 2cents

stepbar

I'd like to see them try and bring that one in.

galwaytt

pburns wrote: »

The move is aping similar legislation in Spain and Germany.

So...whatya think?

I think it's bollox - and here's why: No to Speed Limits

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Lord Nikon

Tbh, we're all worrying about nothing. I know the majority of us in here go over the speed limit at some time of the day, what difference will it make if the new limits are introduced? Probably none.

This idea ranks up there with their new "planning permission to build a patio in your back garden, to prevent bad flooding" idea. Ha ha, bollox.

WishUWereHere

Caoimhín wrote: »

Another daft hippie idea from the tofu munchers.

Hey less of the Hippy bashing please! I'm a Hippy, but would NEVER vote green.

Listened to their cuckoo brained idea 11 years ago about diesel being 'the thing'. Now, it's public enemy #1.

The green party should come with a health warning.

WishUWereHere

skyhighflyer wrote: »

And you just know if they get away with this, that's it; the limits will stay the same forever. Look at the USA, they lowered the limits in the 70s due to the fuel crisis and they stayed that way for more than 20 years :eek:

Fcuking Greens, obviously decent public transport isn't possible to make happen so let's just penalise people wth no alternative. Again.

Than again, by allowing them into governmant the Irish

have only themselves to blame. *Rubs hands in anticiaption of next general election* Cnuts.

Totally agree with every ducking word above. Another angle for me is these tax hungry vultures know there will be uproar if they slap any tax on in these eerie times. So these duckers lower the speed limit people forget and hey presto, Gatso/Fardai have another E80 in the governments coffers.

But what the he’ll, someone voted these trash into power.

WishUWereHere

unkel wrote: »

BTW Dan Boyle has been a boards.ie user for years. He's posted in the motors section before, although he hasn't been around since he got his promotion...

Oh, we not good enough for him now? Hehe

Decoda

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=114079637#post114079637

Current thread here.....for anyone caught in the 12 year time warp.....

bazz26

WishUWereHere wrote: »

Hey less of the Hippy bashing please! I'm a Hippy, but would NEVER vote green.

Listened to their cuckoo brained idea 11 years ago about diesel being 'the thing'. Now, it's public enemy #1.

The green party should come with a health warning.

WishUWereHere wrote: »

Totally agree with every ducking word above. Another angle for me is these tax hungry vultures know there will be uproar if they slap any tax on in these eerie times. So these duckers lower the speed limit people forget and hey presto, Gatso/Fardai have another E80 in the governments coffers.

But what the he’ll, someone voted these trash into power.

WishUWereHere wrote: »

Oh, we not good enough for him now? Hehe

Your replying to posts made 12 years ago dude.

WishUWereHere

bazz26 wrote: »

Your replying to posts made 12 years ago dude.

I am? Damn I put greens decreasing speed limit into search and this came up.

Apologies Mods please feel free to delete if so rsauired.

byhookorbycrook

I drive a particular N route more days . A part ( 80 ph) of it is where one would normally overtake as it is wide and straight . The speed van sits at the point you’d normally overtake, it’s there 3 days a week. Revenue gathering and damn all ok o do with safety .

mikeym

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40018148.html

bazz26

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

I drive a particular N route more days . A part ( 80 ph) of it is where one would normally overtake as it is wide and straight . The speed van sits at the point you’d normally overtake, it’s there 3 days a week. Revenue gathering and damn all ok o do with safety .

Well if you don't want to be shot in a barrel then don't be the fish in it.

i57dwun4yb1pt8

it lives again, kill it with fire ..

extra-ordinary_

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

I drive a particular N route more days . A part ( 80 ph) of it is where one would normally overtake as it is wide and straight . The speed van sits at the point you’d normally overtake, it’s there 3 days a week. Revenue gathering and damn all ok o do with safety .

You do know that it costs more to implement the go safe vans than what they generate in revenue?